File Transfers

Using USB Autorun

Event Log or Syslog. For details on how to use the switch’s event log or syslog for help in isolating autorun-related problems, see “Using the Event Log for Troubleshooting Switch Problems” on page C-27.

Configuring Autorun on the Switch

To enable/disable the autorun feature on the switch, the following commands can be executed from configuration mode in the CLI.

Syntax: [no] autorun [encryption-key <key-string> secure-mode]Enables/disables USB autorun on the switch.

Use the encryption-keykeyword to configure or remove an encryption-key (a base-64 encoded string). The encryption key is a pre-requisite for enabling autorun in secure-mode. Encryption is regarded only when the AutoRun file is also signed by an authentic source.

Use the secure-modekeyword to enable or disable secure mode for autorun.Default: Enabled (or Disabled if a password has been set).Enabling Secure Mode

Autorun secure mode can be used to verify the authenticity of autorun command files. Secure-mode is configured using the autorun secure-modecommand and can be enabled under the following conditions:

an encryption-key has already been configured using the autorun encryption key command; and

a trusted certificate for verifying autorun command files has been copied to the switch using the copy <tftp usb> autorun-cert-filecommand.

There is an additional security option to install a valid key-pair for signing the result files that are generated during autorun operations. The key-pair can be generated on the switch using the crypto key generate autorun [rsa] command.

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The key-pair can also be installed from a tftp server or via the usb port using

 

copy <tftp usb> autorun-key-file<ipaddr filename> command. The filename must

 

contain the private key and the matching public key in a X509 certificate

 

structure. Both the private key and the X509 certificate must be in PEM format.

 

 

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