Users Guide

Security Commands 1191
ssh
Use the ssh command to establish an outboard connection to a remote SSH
server from the switch console.
Syntax
ssh [-l login-name] [-p port] {ip-address | hostname }
• ip-address — An IP address in numeric format. Both IPv4 and IPv6
addresses are supported.
• hostname — A hostname that can be resolved by the configured DNS.
• login-name — The user identity configured on the target host.
• port — The TCP port number configured on the target host for receiving
SSH connections.
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.
Command Mode
Privileged Exec mode
User Guidelines
The SSH capability only supports user name and password authentication to
the target device.
Example
console#ssh -l my-login mysshserver.dell.net
Command History
Command introduced in firmware release 6.6.1. Updated example in
firmware release 6.6.2.
ssh session-limit
Use the ssh session-limit command to limit the number of outbound SSH
sessions.