Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual page 183

Configuring SSH Services
Note
Step 7
server# cat key_rsa.pub >> $HOME/.ssh/ authorized_keys
Appends the public key stored in key_rsa.pub to the authorized_keys file on the SCP server. The passwordless
ssh/scp is then enabled from the switch to this server using the standard ssh and scp commands.
To copy the public key to the authorized_keys file on the server, user can also copy the key from
the show command mentioned above.
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