HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration - Page 319

Configuring SSH and Telnet Starting SSH Sessions to Remote Devices Procedure Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Command or Action switch# copy server-file bootflash: filename switch# configure terminal switch# show user-account switch# copy running-config startup-config Purpose Downloads the file containing the SSH key in PEM-formatted Public Key Certificate form from a server. The server can be FTP, SCP, SFTP, or TFTP Enters configuration mode. (Optional) Displays the user account configuration. (Optional) Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration. The following example shows how to specify the SSH public keys in PEM-formatted public key certificate form: switch# copy tftp://10.10.1.1/cert.pem bootflash:cert.pem switch# configure terminal switch# show user-account switch# copy running-config startup-config Starting SSH Sessions to Remote Devices To start SSH sessions to connect to remote devices from your Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch, perform this task: Procedure Step 1 Command or Action switch# ssh {hostname | username@hostname} [vrf vrf-name] Purpose Creates an SSH session to a remote device. The hostname argument can be an IPv4 address, an IPv6 address, or a host name. Clearing SSH Hosts When you download a file from a server using SCP or SFTP, you establish a trusted SSH relationship with that server. To clear the list of trusted SSH servers for your user account, perform this task: Procedure Step 1 Command or Action switch# clear ssh hosts Purpose Clears the SSH host sessions. Disabling the SSH Server By default, the SSH server is enabled on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. OL-16597-01 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide 273