Enabling Ssh Or Telnet Service; Displaying Ssh Protocol Status - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring SSH Services

Enabling SSH or Telnet Service

By default, the SSH service is enabled with the rsa key.
To enable or disable the SSH or Telnet service, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 switch# configure terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# feature ssh
Updated
Enables the use of the SSH service.
Step 3 switch(config)# no feature ssh
Updated
(Optional) Disables (default) the use of the SSH service.
Step 4
switch(config)# feature telnet
Updated
Enables the use of the Telnet service.
Step 5 switch(config)# no feature telnet
Updated
(Optional) Disables (default) the use of the Telnet service.

Displaying SSH Protocol Status

Displays SSH Protocol Status
Use the show ssh server command to display the status of the SSH protocol (enabled or disabled)
and the versions that are enabled for that switch (see the following example).
switch# show ssh server
ssh is enabled
version 1 enabled
version 2 enabled
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