HP 5120 EI Switch Series Configuration Manual page 246

Then, transmit the public key file to the server through FTP or TFTP.
Configure the SFTP server
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# Generate the RSA key pairs.
<SwitchB> system-view
[SwitchB] public-key local create rsa
The range of public key size is (512 ~ 2048).
NOTES: If the key modulus is greater than 512,
It will take a few minutes.
Press CTRL+C to abort.
Input the bits of the modulus[default = 1024]:
Generating Keys...
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# Generate a DSA key pair.
[SwitchB] public-key local create dsa
The range of public key size is (512 ~ 2048).
NOTES: If the key modulus is greater than 512,
It will take a few minutes.
Press CTRL+C to abort.
Input the bits of the modulus[default = 1024]:
Generating Keys...
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# Enable the SSH server.
[SwitchB] ssh server enable
# Enable the SFTP server.
[SwitchB] sftp server enable
# Configure an IP address for VLAN-interface 1, which the SSH client uses as the destination for SSH
connection.
[SwitchB] interface vlan-interface 1
[SwitchB-Vlan-interface1] ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
[SwitchB-Vlan-interface1] quit
# Set the authentication mode on the user interfaces to AAA.
[SwitchB] user-interface vty 0 4
[SwitchB-ui-vty0-4] authentication-mode scheme
# Set the protocol that a remote user uses to log in as SSH.
[SwitchB-ui-vty0-4] protocol inbound ssh
[SwitchB-ui-vty0-4] quit
# Import the peer public key from the file pubkey.
[SwitchB] public-key peer Switch001 import sshkey pubkey
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