HP MSR Series Configuration Manual page 441

The range of public key size is (512 ~ 2048).
If the key modulus is greater than 512, it will take a few minutes.
Press CTRL+C to abort.
Input the modulus length [default = 1024]:
Generating Keys...
.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*
........+......+.....+......................................+
...+.................+..........+...+
Create the key pair successfully.
# Enable the SFTP server.
[RouterB] sftp server enable
# Assign an IP address to GigabitEthernet 2/0/1. The client uses this address as the destination
address for SSH connection.
[RouterB] interface gigabitethernet 2/0/1
[RouterB-GigabitEthernet2/0/1] ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
[RouterB-GigabitEthernet2/0/1] quit
# Import the peer public key from the file pubkey, and name it routerkey.
[RouterB] public-key peer routerkey import sshkey pubkey
# Create an SSH user client001. Specify the service type as sftp and the authentication
method as publickey for the user. Assign the public key routerkey to the user.
[RouterB] ssh user client001 service-type sftp authentication-type publickey assign
publickey routerkey
# Create a local device management user client001.
[RouterB] local-user client001 class manage
# Authorize the local user client001 to use the SSH service.
[RouterB-luser-manage-client001] service-type ssh
# Assign the user role network-admin and the working directory flash:/ to the local user
client001.
[RouterB-luser-manage-client001] authorization-attribute user-role network-admin
work-directory flash:/
[RouterB-luser-manage-client001] quit
3. Establish a connection between the SFTP client and the SFTP server:
# Establish a connection to the SFTP server and enter SFTP client view.
<RouterA> sftp 192.168.0.1 identity-key rsa
Username: client001
Press CTRL+C to abort.
Connecting to 192.168.0.1 port 22.
The server is not authenticated. Continue? [Y/N]:y
Do you want to save the server public key? [Y/N]:n
sftp>
# Display files under the current directory of the server, delete the file z, and verify the result.
sftp> dir -l
-rwxrwxrwx 1 noone
-rwxrwxrwx 1 noone
-rwxrwxrwx 1 noone
drwxrwxrwx 1 noone
-rwxrwxrwx 1 noone
-rwxrwxrwx 1 noone
nogroup 1759 Aug 23 06:52 config.cfg
nogroup 225 Aug 24 08:01 pubkey2
nogroup 283 Aug 24 07:39 pubkey
nogroup 0 Sep 01 06:22 new
nogroup 225 Sep 01 06:55 pub
nogroup 0 Sep 01 08:00 z
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