Configuring The Ssh Server - HP A7500 Series Configuration Manual

Object
SSH client
By default, the device is enabled with the SSH server and client functions.
On a device that serves as the SSH client, you can log in to an SSH server to perform operations on
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the server.
On a device that serves as the SSH server, you can configure the authentication mode and user level
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for SSH users. By default, password authentication is adopted for SSH login, but no login password
is configured, so you cannot log in to the device through SSH by default. Before you can log in to
the device through SSH, you need to log in to the device through the console port and configure the
authentication mode, user level, and common settings.
This section includes these topics:

Configuring the SSH server

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Configuring the SSH client to log in to the SSH server
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Configuring the SSH server
Configuration prerequisites
You have logged in to the device, and want to log in to the device through SSH in the future.
By default, you can log in to the device through the console port without authentication and have user
privilege level 3 after login. For information about logging in to the device with the default configuration,
see "Configuration
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure the device that serves as an SSH server:
To do...
Enter system view
Create local key pair(s)
Enable SSH server
Enter one or more VTY user
interface views
Specify the scheme authentication
mode
Enable the current user interface to
support SSH
Requirements
Configure the authentication mode and other settings.
If the host operates as an SSH client, run the SSH client program on the host.
Obtain the IP address of the VLAN interface on the server.
requirements."
Use the command...
system-view
public-key local create
{ dsa | rsa }
ssh server enable
user-interface vty
first-number [ last-number ]
authentication-mode
scheme
protocol inbound { all |
ssh }
Remarks
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Required
By default, no local key pair(s) are created.
Required
By default, SSH server is disabled.
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Required
By default, authentication mode for VTY
user interfaces is password.
Optional
By default, both protocols are supported.
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