Admin Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: New in this document
- Chapter 3: Basic administration
- Chapter 4: System startup fundamentals
- Chapter 5: Boot parameter configuration using ACLI
- Chapter 6: Run-time process management using ACLI
- Chapter 7: Chassis operations
- Chassis operations fundamentals
- Chassis operations configuration using ACLI
- Enabling jumbo frames
- Configuring port lock
- Configuring SONMP
- Viewing the topology message status
- Associating a port to a VRF instance
- Configuring an IP address for the management port
- Configuring Ethernet ports with Autonegotiation
- Enabling channelization
- Configuring serial management port dropping
- Controlling slot power
- Enabling or disabling the USB port
- Chassis operations configuration using EDM
- Editing system information
- Editing chassis information
- Configuring system flags
- Configuring channelization
- Configuring basic port parameters
- Viewing the boot configuration
- Configuring boot flags
- Enabling Jumbo frames
- Configuring the date and time
- Associating a port to a VRF instance
- Configuring CP Limit
- Configuring an IP address for the management port
- Editing the management port parameters
- Configuring the management port IPv6 interface parameters
- Configuring management port IPv6 addresses
- Auto reactivating the port of the SLPP shutdown
- Editing serial port parameters
- Enabling port lock
- Locking a port
- Viewing power information
- Viewing power status on VSP 8400
- Viewing fan information
- Viewing topology status information
- Viewing the topology message status
- Configuring a forced message control pattern
- Chapter 8: Hardware status using EDM
- Chapter 9: Domain Name Service
- Chapter 10: Licensing
- Chapter 11: Network Time Protocol
- Chapter 12: Secure Shell
- Secure Shell fundamentals
- Secure Shell configuration using ACLI
- Downloading the software
- Enabling the SSHv2 server
- Changing the SSH server authentication mode
- Setting SSH configuration parameters
- Verifying and displaying SSH configuration information
- Connecting to a remote host using the SSH client
- Generating user key files
- Managing an SSL certificate
- Disabling SFTP without disabling SSH
- Enabling SSH rekey
- Configuring SSH rekey data-limit
- Configuring SSH rekey time-interval
- Displaying SSH rekey information
- Downgrading or upgrading from releases that support different key sizes
- Secure Shell configuration using Enterprise Device Manager
- Chapter 13: System access
- System access fundamentals
- System access configuration using ACLI
- Enabling ACLI access levels
- Changing passwords
- Configuring an access policy
- Specifying a name for an access policy
- Allowing a network access to the switch
- Configuring access policies by MAC address
- System access security enhancements
- Displaying the boot config flags status
- Enabling enhanced secure mode
- Creating accounts for different access levels
- Deleting accounts in enhanced secure mode
- Configuring a password for a specific user
- Returning the system to the factory defaults
- Configuring the password complexity rule
- Configuring the password length rule
- Configuring the change interval rule
- Configuring the reuse rule
- Configuring the maximum number of sessions
- Configuring the maximum age rule
- Configuring the pre- and post-notification rule
- System access configuration using EDM
- Chapter 14: ACLI show command reference
- Access, logon names, and passwords
- Basic switch configuration
- Current switch configuration
- CLI settings
- Ftp-access sessions
- Hardware information
- NTP server statistics
- Power summary
- Power information for power supplies
- System information
- System status (detailed)
- Telnet-access sessions
- Users logged on
- Port egress COS queue statistics
- CPU queue statistics
- Chapter 15: Port numbering and MAC address assignment reference
- Chapter 16: Supported standards, RFCs, and MIBs
- Glossary
SSH public key encryption clients have to connect to the VSP server with the same access
level, such as rwa then the clients must connect to the server one-by-one as the VSP only
supports one public key per access level.
• Encryption. The SSHv2 server uses encryption algorithms to scramble data and render it
unintelligible except to the receiver.
Supported encryption and ciphers are: 3DES, AES128-cbc, AES192-cbc, AES256-cbc,
AES128–ctr, AES192-ctr, AES256-ctr, rijndael128-cbc, rijndael 192-cbc, aeadAes-128Gcm,
aeadAes-256Gcm, blowfish-cbc, secure hash algorithm 1 (SHA-1) and SHA-2.
• Integrity. This feature guarantees that the data transmits from the sender to the receiver
without alterations. If a third party captures and modifies the traffic, the SSHv2 server detects
this alteration.
SSHv2 considerations using EDM
You must use ACLI to initially configure SSHv2. You can use Enterprise Device Manager (EDM) to
change the SSHv2 configuration parameters. However, Avaya recommends that you use ACLI.
Avaya also recommends that you use the console port (10101) to configure the SSHv2 parameters.
Important:
Do not enable SSHv2 secure mode using Configuration and Orchestration Manager (COM). If
you enable SSHv2 secure mode, then the system disables Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP). This locks you out of a COM session. Enable SSH secure mode using ACLI
or EDM.
SSHv2 secure mode is different from enhanced secure mode and hsecure. SSHv2 secure
mode disables unsecure management protocols on the device such as FTP, rlogin, SNMP,
telnet, and TFTP. SSHv2 secure mode is enabled through the ssh secure command.
When you enable SSHv2 secure mode, the system disables FTP, rlogin, SNMPv1, SNMPv2,
SNMPv3, telnet and TFTP. After SSHv2 secure mode is enabled, you can choose to enable
individual non-secure protocols. However, after you save the configuration and restart the
system, the non-secure protocol is again disabled, even though it is shown as enabled in the
configuration file. After you enable SSHv2 secure mode, you cannot enable non-secure
protocols by disabling SSHv2 secure mode.
You can disable block-snmp after you enable SSHv2 secure mode, and you can connect again
using COM.
SSHv2 support for IPv6
On IPv6 networks, the VSP switch supports SSHv2 server only. The VSP switch does not support
outbound SSHv2 client over IPv6. On IPv4 networks, the VSP switch supports both SSHv2 server
and SSHv2 client.
Interoperability
The VSP SSHv2 client can operate with the following SSHv2 servers:
• Another Avaya Virtual Services Platform 8000 Series
• ERS 8600/8800
• VSP 4000
• Linux running Open SSH
• VSP 7000
Secure Shell fundamentals
January 2017 Administering Avaya VSP 7200 Series and 8000 Series 149
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