Blade ICE G8124 Configuring SSH/SCP Features on the Switch, To Enable or Disable the SSH Feature

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BLADEOS 6.5.2 Application Guide

Although SSH and SCP are disabled by default, enabling and using these features provides the following benefits:

￿Identifying the administrator using Name/Password

￿Authentication of remote administrators

￿Authorization of remote administrators

￿Determining the permitted actions and customizing service for individual administrators

￿Encryption of management messages

￿Encrypting messages between the remote administrator and switch

￿Secure copy support

The BLADEOS implementation of SSH supports both versions 1.5 and 2.0 and supports SSH clients version 1.5 - 2.x. The following SSH clients have been tested:

￿SSH 1.2.23 and SSH 1.2.27 for Linux (freeware)

￿SecureCRT 3.0.2 and SecureCRT 3.0.3 for Windows NT (Van Dyke Technologies, Inc.)

￿F-Secure SSH 1.1 for Windows (Data Fellows)

￿Putty SSH

￿Cygwin OpenSSH

￿Mac X OpenSSH

￿Solaris 8 OpenSSH

￿AxeSSH SSHPro

￿SSH Communications Vandyke SSH A

￿F-Secure

Configuring SSH/SCP Features on the Switch

SSH and SCP features are disabled by default. To change the SSH/SCP settings, using the following procedures.

To Enable or Disable the SSH Feature

Begin a Telnet session from the console port and enter the following commands:

RS G8124(config)# [no] ssh enable

To Enable or Disable SCP Apply and Save

Enter the following commands from the switch CLI to enable the SCP putcfg_apply and putcfg_apply_save commands:

RS G8124(config)# [no] ssh scp-enable

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Blade ICE G8124-E manual Configuring SSH/SCP Features on the Switch, To Enable or Disable the SSH Feature

G8124-E, G8124 specifications

The Blade ICE G8124 is a cutting-edge networking solution designed for high-performance data center environments. It has emerged as a popular choice among organizations that require reliable and efficient network infrastructure to support their growing demands for bandwidth and low-latency connectivity.

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