HP Cisco MDS 9020 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference Guide - Release 4.x - Page 1004

ssh key Chapter 21 S Commands Send documentation comments to [email protected] ssh key To generate an SSH key, use the ssh key command in configuration mode. To delete the SSH keys, use the no form of the command. ssh key {dsa [bits] | rsa [bits] | rsa1 [bits]} [force] no ssh key Syntax Description dsa bits rsa bits rsa1 bits force Generates a DSA key. The range for the number of bits is 768 to 1856. Generates an RSA key. The range for the number of bits is 768 to 2048. Generates an RSA1 key. The range for the number of bits is 768 to 2048. (Optional) Forces the generation of keys even when previous keys are present. Defaults None. Command Modes Configuration mode. Command History Release 1.0(2) Modification This command was introduced. Usage Guidelines None. Examples The following example shows how to generate an SSH key. switch# config terminal switch(config)# ssh key rsa1 1024 generating rsa1 key..... generated rsa1 key switch(config)# switch(config)# ssh key dsa 1024 generating dsa key..... generated dsa key switch(config)# switch(config)# ssh key rsa 1024 generating rsa key..... generated rsa key switch(config)# switch(config)# no ssh key cleared RSA keys switch(config)# 21-66 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference OL-18089-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x