3Com 5500-EI PWR Install Manual page 860

Before performing the following steps, you must generate an RSA public key pair (using the client
software) on the client, save the key pair in a file named public, and then upload the file to the SSH
server through FTP or TFTP. For details, refer to the SSH client configuration part. .
# Import the client's public key named Switch001 from file public.
[Switch] public-key peer Switch001 import sshkey public
# Assign the public key Switch001 to client client001.
[Switch] ssh user client001 assign publickey Switch001
Configure the SSH client (taking PuTTY version 0.58 as an example)
# Generate an RSA key pair.
1) Run PuTTYGen.exe, choose SSH2(RSA) and click Generate.
Figure 1-23 Generate a client key pair (1)
While generating the key pair, you must move the mouse continuously and keep the mouse off the
green process bar shown in
generating process is stopped.
Figure 1-24. Otherwise, the process bar stops moving and the key pair
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