Term
Maximum Number of
Remote Connection
Sessions
Allow New Telnet
Sessions
Secure Shell Commands
This section describes the commands you use to configure Secure Shell (SSH) access to the
switch. Use SSH to access the switch from a remote management host.
Note:
The system allows a maximum of 5 SSH sessions.
ip ssh
Use this command to enable SSH access to the system. (This command is the short form of
the ip ssh server enable command.)
Default
disabled
Format
ip ssh
Mode
Privileged EXEC
ip ssh protocol
This command is used to set or remove protocol levels (or versions) for SSH. Either SSH1
(1), SSH2 (2), or both SSH 1 and SSH 2 (1 and 2) can be set.
Default
2
Format
ip ssh protocol [1] [2]
Mode
Privileged EXEC
ip ssh server enable
This command enables the IP secure shell server. No new SSH connections are allowed, but
the existing SSH connections continue to work until timed-out or logged-out.
Default
enabled
Format
ip ssh server enable
Mode
Privileged EXEC
M6100 Series Switches
Definition
This object indicates the number of simultaneous remote connection sessions allowed. The
factory default is 5.
New Telnet sessions will not be allowed when this field is set to no. The factory default value
is yes.
Management Commands
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