Enabling SSH access

To access a switch over a secured link like SSH or HTTPS the installation of an additional module is required. In the following example the SSH image to be installed is available on an TFTP server reachable under 172.16.0.319. You can get the module from your provider.

 

* X250e-24p.11 # download image 172.16.0.319 summitX-12.6.2.10-ssh.xmod "VR-Default"

   

Do you want to install image after downloading? (y - yes, n - no, <cr> - cancel) Yes
Downloading to Switch.......
Installing to primary partition!
Installing to Switch...................................................................
SSL will be usable after restart of thttpd process. Restart snmpMaster process to use AES/3DES users for SNMPv3.
Image installed successfully

  With this the necessary software is installed- but as can be seen in the above message- not ready for use.
To change this the following needs to be done:

For usage of SSL:  

* X250e-24p.13 # restart process "thttpd"
No default configuration database has been selected to boot up the system.
Save configuration will set the new configuration as the default database.

   

Do you want to save configuration changes to currently selected configurationfile (primary.cfg)? (y or n) No

   

Step 1: terminating process thttpd gracefully ...
Step 2: starting process thttpd ...
Restarted process thttpd successfully

  For accessing the switch over SSH:  

* X250e-24p.5 # configure ssh2 key
WARNING: Generating new server host key
This could take approximately 10 minutes and cannot be canceled.  Continue? (y/N) Yes
............................................Key Generated

  No Reboot is necessary at all!