Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Security Configuration Manual page 143

Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)
This procedure is only required if you are configuring the Switch as an SSH server.
Note
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. ip ssh version [1 | 2]
4. ip ssh {timeout seconds | authentication-retries number}
5. Use one or both of the following:
6. end
7. show running-config
8. copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
enable
Example:
Switch> enable
Step 2 configure terminal
Example:
Switch# configure terminal
Step 3 ip ssh version [1 | 2]
Example:
Switch(config)# ip ssh version 1
Step 4 ip ssh {timeout seconds |
authentication-retries number}
OL-29048-01
• line vtyline_number[ ending_line_number ]
• transport input ssh
Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if prompted.
Enters the global configuration mode.
(Optional) Configures the Switch to run SSH Version 1 or SSH Version
2.
If you do not enter this command or do not specify a keyword, the SSH
server selects the latest SSH version supported by the SSH client. For
example, if the SSH client supports SSHv1 and SSHv2, the SSH server
selects SSHv2.
Configures the SSH control parameters:
Catalyst 2960-X Switch Security Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)EX
Purpose
• 1—Configure the Switch to run SSH Version 1.
• 2—Configure the Switch to run SSH Version 2.
Configuring the SSH Server
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