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S-Series Secure Management Table of Contents Introduction ............................2 Enabling SSH........................... 2 Enabling SSL/HTTPS ........................4 Introduction Enabling secure management via Secure SHell (SSH) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL/HTTPS) on the S-Series is a four-step process. SSH and SSL both provide an encrypted transport session between the management station and switch.
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S-Series Secure Management SFTOS #copy tftp://192.168.0.10/rsa2.key nvram:sshkey-rsa2 Mode........... TFTP Set TFTP Server IP......192.168.0.10 TFTP Path........TFTP Filename........rsa2.key Data Type........SSH RSA2 key Management access will be blocked for the duration of the transfer Are you sure you want to start? (y/n) y TFTP SSH key receive complete...
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S-Series Secure Management Using an SSH client, connect to the switch and login to verify that the SSH server is working. 4. Once you have verified that you can connect to the switch with an SSH client, the Telnet server can be disabled with this command for additional security, if it was enabled.
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S-Series Secure Management Certificate file transfer operation completed successfully SFTOS #copy tftp://192.168.0.10/rootcert.pem nvram:sslpem-root Mode........... TFTP Set TFTP Server IP......192.168.0.10 TFTP Path........TFTP Filename........rootcert.pem Data Type........SSL Root cert Management access will be blocked for the duration of the transfer Are you sure you want to start? (y/n) y TFTP SSL certificate receive complete...