Dell Force10 C150 Manual page 13

Deploying the Dell Force10 MXL into a Cisco Nexus Network Environment
MXL1(conf)#enable password NewEnablePassword
MXL1(conf)#exit
MXL1#
Configuring a username allows an individual to authenticate and is required for remote management.
The root user (with password calvin) is automatically configured on the MXL during its first boot to
enable rapid remote management during deployment. It is highly recommended to remove the default
root user once local user accounts are configured.
Setting the enable password keeps unprivileged users and anyone with serial console access from
changing the configuration of the switch. A user with privilege set to 15 runs in privileged execution
mode and is not required to enter the enable password to manage the switch.
For a more secure remote management service it is recommended to use SSH.
Enable the SSH service on the MXL
SSH provides secure remote management connectivity to the MXL's CLI.
MXL1#configure
MXL1(conf)#ip ssh server enable
MXL1(conf)#exit
MXL1#
SSH requires keys in order to work properly.
You can determine if either an RSA or RSA1 key exists already by entering:
MXL1#
MXL1#show crypto key mypubkey rsa
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEA7grssrAVe5qZM2hDGlxDBAolYCVFIWpeffW
BK1Ac1lvVsIKm+BjICf/bS16qwRuimdznFxNdUmru6hcbLNSe2m4c7mtdVI5D9gC6DYnHKH
OG9sqTkF46o2TQ5QsYV4cBZWvY69XF14XFzbAJBAJCcnZnD953pKm5VnMdzEf7YzE=
MXL1#
Or to check for existence of RSA1 Key:
MXL1#
MXL1#show crypto key mypubkey rsa1
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEA7grssrAVe5qZM2hDGlxDBAolYCVFIWpeffW
BK1Ac1lvVsIKm+BjICf/bS16qwRuimdznFxNdUmru6hcbLNSe2m4c7mtdVI5D9gC6DYnHKH
OG9sqTkF46o2TQ5QsYV4cBZWvY69XF14XFzbAJBAJCcnZnD953pKm5VnMdzEf7YzE=
MXL1#
If no keys exist – or you wish to create new keys – then the following commands would be used with
either RSA or RSA1 as the keyword in the command.
MXL1#configure
MXL1(conf)#crypto key gen rsa
Enter key size <1024-2048>. Default<1024>:
Generating SSHv2 RSA key.
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