Secure Shell (SSH)

SSH server enables an SSH client to make a secure and encrypted connection to a switch. Switches support SSH version 2.0 only. The user authentication mechanisms supported for SSH are public key authentication and password authentication (RADIUS, TACACS+ or locally stored password). Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) provides file transfer. SSH Server and sftp-client via the copy command are supported for managing the router.

Configuration commands

The SSH server is enabled by default.

(switch#) To disable the SSH server:

no ip ssh server enable.

Expected results

  • Administrators can create the user account.
  • Administrators can generate working SSH keys.
  • The output of the show commands is correct.
  • Administrators can successfully connect to the switch via an SSH client using SSH 2.0.

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