Switched Rack PDU

USER’S GUIDE

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Option

Description

 

 

SSH User Host Key File

 

 

Status:

The Status field Indicates the status of the host key (private key). In the

 

control console, you display host key status by selecting Advanced SSH

 

Configuration.

 

SSH Disabled: No host key in use: No host key has been transferred

 

to the Rack PDU, or a host key has been transferred improperly.

NOTE: A host key must be installed to the /sec directory of the Rack PDU.

Generating: The Rack PDU is generating a host key because no valid host key was installed in its /sec directory.

Loading: A host key is being loaded (i.e., being activated on the Rack PDU).

Valid: The host key is valid. (If you install an invalid host key, the Rack PDU discards it and generates a valid one. However, a host key that the Rack PDU generates is only 768 bits in length. A valid host key created by the APC Security Wizard is 1024 bits.)

Filename:

You can create a host key file with the APC Security Wizard and then

 

upload it to the Rack PDU by using the Web interface. Use the Browse

 

button for the Filename field to locate the file, then click Apply.

 

Alternatively, you can use FTP or Secure CoPy (SCP) to transfer the host

 

key file to the Rack PDU.

 

NOTE: Creating and uploading a host key in advance reduces the time

 

required to enable SSH. If no host key is loaded when you enable SSH,

 

the Rack PDU creates one when it reboots. The Rack PDU takes up to

 

5 minutes to create this key, and the SSH server is not accessible

 

during that time.

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