Admin Guide

Connecting to a remote host using the SSH client
Configure the SSHv2 parameters to connect to a remote host.
About this task
The command format, for the ACLI SSH client command, is similar to Telnet with two additional
parameters: -l login and an optional -p port parameter.
On IPv6 networks, the VSP switch supports SSH server only. The VSP switch does not support
outbound SSH client over IPv6. On IPv4 networks, the VSP switch supports both SSH server and
SSH client.
Procedure
1. Enter Privileged EXEC mode:
enable
2. Enable SSH server.
3. Connect to a remote host:
ssh WORD<1–256> -l WORD<1–32> [-p <1–32768>]
Example
Connect to the remote host:
Switch:1>enable
Switch:1#ssh 192.0.2.1 -l rwa
Variable definitions
Use the following table to use the ssh command.
Table 42: Variable definitions
Variable Value
WORD<1–32> Specifies the user login name of the remote SSH
server.
-p <1-32768> Specifies the port number to connect to the remote
SSH server. The default is 22.
Generating user key files
Configure the SSH parameters to generate DSA user key files.
Procedure
1. Enter Global Configuration mode:
enable
Secure Shell
October 2015 Administering Avaya VSP 7200 Series and 8000 Series 156
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