Specifications

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If you connect by using SSH, the first time you connect to the switch, you must exchange
encryption keys with the switch to establish the connection. Your SSH client handles this
exchange automatically. In our case, the SSH client displayed a window to confirm the key
exchange, as shown in Figure 4-5.
Figure 4-5 SSH key exchange message
When you first log on to the switch, and if there no other user logged on to the switch, you are
prompted to choose the CLI that you use. IBM switches support two kinds of CLI:
򐂰 IBM Networking OS, which is the default
򐂰 Industry standard CLI
You see a prompt similar to the one in Figure 4-6. Choose the CLI you want to use.
Figure 4-6 Initial prompt - CLI type selection
You then log on to the system. You can continue with the setup.