Logging Into the Switch

Using Secure Shell

 

 

 

 

To view the parameters of the Secure Shell session, issue the who command. The following will display.

-> who

Session number = 0

User name = (at login),

Access type = console,

Access port = Local,

IP address

= 0.0.0.0,

Read-only domains

= None,

Read-only families

= ,

Read-Write domains

= None,

Read-Write families

= ,

End-User profile

=

Session number = 1

 

User name

= rrlogin1,

Access type = ssh,

 

Access port = NI,

 

IP address

= 11.233.10.145,

Read-only domains

= None,

Read-only families

= ,

Read-Write domains

= All ,

Read-Write families

= ,

End-User profile

=

This display shows two sessions currently running on the remote OmniSwitch at IP address 11.333.30.135. Session number 0 is identified as the console session. Session number 1 indicates the User name is rrlogin1, the IP address is 11.233.10.145, and the Access type is “ssh” which indicates a Secure Shell session.

Closing a Secure Shell Session

To terminate the Secure Shell session, issue the exit command. The following will display:

-> exit

Connection to 11.333.30.135 closed.

Using the example shown above, this display indicates the Secure Shell session between the two switches is closed. At this point, the user is logged into the local OmniSwitch at IP address 11.233.10.145.

Log Into the Switch with Secure Shell FTP

To open a Secure Shell FTP session from a local OmniSwitch to a remote device, proceed as follows:

1Log on to the OmniSwitch and issue the sftp CLI command. The command syntax requires you to

identify the IP address for the device to which you are connecting. The following command establishes a Secure Shell FTP interface from the local OmniSwitch to IP address 10.222.30.125.

-> sftp 10.222.30.125 login as:

2You must have a login and password that is recognized by the IP address you specify. When you enter your login, the device you are logging in to will request your password as shown here.

-> sftp 10.222.30.125 login as: rrlogin2

rrlogin2's password for keyboard-interactive method:

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