Users Guide

Default The SSH server uses default public key lengths for client authentication:
• RSA key: 2048 bits
• ECDSA key : 256 bits
• Ed25519 key: 256 bits
Command Mode EXEC
Usage Information If necessary, you can regenerate the public keys used by the SSH server with a customized bit size. You cannot
change the default size of the Ed25519 key. The crypto ssh-key generate command is available only to the
sysadmin and secadmin roles.
Example
OS10# crypto ssh-key generate rsa 4096
Host key already exists. Overwrite [confirm yes/no]:yes
Generated 4096-bit RSA key
OS10#
Supported Releases 10.4.1.0 or later
disable
Lowers the privilege level.
Syntax
disable privilege-level
Parameters
• privilege-level—Enter the privilege level, from 0 to 15.
Defaults 1
Command Mode Privileged EXEC
Usage Information
If you do not specify a privilege level, the system assigns level 1.
Example
OS10# disable
OS10# disable 6
Supported Releases 10.4.3.0 or later
enable
Enables a specic privilege level.
Syntax
enable privilege-level
Parameters
• privilege-level—Enter the congured privilege level, from 0 to 15.
Defaults 15
Command Mode Exec
Usage Information
Dell EMC Networking recommends conguring a password for privilege level 15 using the enable password
command. If you do not congure a password for a level, you can switch to that level without entering a password,
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