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SSH Commands
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DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 9/13/06 – FOR PROOF ONLY
Default Configuration
Device configuration from a SSH server is enabled.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
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If encryption keys are not generated, the SSH server is in standby until the keys are generated.
To generate SSH server keys, use the
crypto key generate dsa
, and
crypto key generate rsa
Global Configuration mode commands.
Example
The following example enables configuring the device from a SSH server.
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to key gene
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ate dsa
The
crypto key generate dsa
Global Configuration mode command generates DSA key pairs.
Syntax
crypto key generate dsa
Default Configuration
DSA key pairs do not exist.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
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DSA keys are generated in pairs: one public DSA key and one private DSA key. If the device
already has DSA keys, a warning and prompt to replace the existing keys with new keys are
displayed.
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This command is not saved in the device configuration; however, the keys generated by this
command are saved in the private configuration, which is never displayed to the user or
backed up on another device.
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DSA keys are saved to the backup master.
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This command may take a considerable period of time to execute.
Console(config)#
ip ssh server