Administrator Guide

Security Commands 1081
User Guidelines
Public key authentication allow administrators with an SSH client access to
the switch without requiring a password. Use the crypto key pubkey-chain ssh
user-key command to configure the administrators public key.AAA
authentication is independent from this configuration.
Example
The following example enables public key authentication for incoming SSH
sessions.
console(config)#ip ssh pubkey-auth
ip ssh server
Use the ip ssh server command in Global Configuration mode to enable the
switch to be configured from SSH. To disable this function, use the no form
of this command.
Syntax
ip ssh server
no ip ssh server
Default Configuration
The SSH server is disabled by default.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
To generate SSH server keys, use the commands crypto key generate rsa and
crypto key generate dsa.
These keys are required to allow the SSH server to
operate.
Dell Networking N-Series switches support the SSH service over IPv4 or IPv6.
Example
The following example enables the switch to be configured using SSH.
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