Users Guide

Parameters
hostname (OPTIONAL) Enter the IP address or the host name of the remote device.
ipv4 address (OPTIONAL) Enter the IP address in dotted decimal format A.B.C.D.
-l username (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword -l followed by the user name used in this SSH session.
The default is the user name of the user associated with the terminal.
-p port-number (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword -p followed by the port number. The range is from 1 to
65536. The default is 22.
-v {1 | 2} (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword -v then the SSH version 1 or 2. The default is the
version from the protocol negotiation.
Defaults As shown in the Parameters section.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.10(0.0) Removed the support for hmac-sha2-256-96 algorithm.
8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
Example
Dell#ssh 10.16.151.48 -l anvltest
Trying 10.16.151.48...
01:18:16: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %SEC-5-SSH_USAGE: Initiated SSH Client v2 (FIPS
Disabled) to anvltest@10.16.151.48 by default from console
anvltest@10.16.151.48's password:
Last login: Thu Jan 5 00:17:47 2012 from login-maa-101
[anvltest@dt-maa-linux-1 ~]# exit
logout
Dell#
username
Establish an authentication system based on user names.
Syntax
username name access-list-name [nopassword | {password | secret | sha256-
password} [encryption-type] password] [privilege level]
If you do not want a specic user to enter a password, use the nopassword option.
To delete authentication for a user, use the no username name command.
Parameters
name Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63 characters.
access-list-name Enter the name of a congured access control list (either an IP access control list or MAC
access control list).
nopassword Enter the keyword nopassword to specify that the user should not enter a password.
password Enter the keyword password followed by the encryption-type or the password.
secret Enter the keyword secret followed by the encryption-type or the password.
encryption-type Enter an encryption type for the password that you enter.
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