7.0.8 Insight Remote Support Monitored Devices Configuration Guide

Monitored Devices Configuration Guide

Chapter 32: Configuring Provision-based Networking Switches

1. Type the show version command to determine which software version your Provision-based switch

is running:

# sho ver

2. Type the config command to enable the global configuration mode:

# config

The output should show a version number similar to x.14.60, where x will be a letter such as K.

4. Use the snmp-server command to type the Hosting Device's IP address. Depending on the version

of the firmware on the Provision-based switch, use one of the following versions of the command:

Firmware version Command

14.60 and lower

# snmp-server host <IP address> public not-info

14.61 and higher

# snmp-server host <IP address> community public trap-

level not-info

5. Verify that the settings you just typed were saved:

# sho run

6. Type the write memory command to save the configuration changes:

# write mem

Configure SSH Public Key Authentication

Option 1: Using the Hosting Device Certificate

Prerequisites

l TFTP server — used to move the public key to the Provision-based switch.

Copy the Certificate to the Switch

To copy the certificate to the Provision-based switch, complete the following steps:

1. On the Hosting Device, export the Hosting Device public key. The alias name is “jetty”:

rsadmin cert -export -keycomment manager@[IP_of_switch] -sshkey -out [file_path_

name]

where file_path_name is a path that the TFTP server can see.

2. Telnet or SSH to the switch using username/password authentication.

3. Enter configuration mode:

configure

4. Turn off filetransfer using SSH:

no ip ssh filetransfer

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