ssh2

ssh2 {cipher cipher} {mac mac} {port portnum} {compression [on | off]} {user username} {username} [host | ipaddress] {remote command } {vr vr_name}

Description

Initiates an SSH2 client session to a remote SSH2 server.

Syntax Description


`cipher`	Specifies the name of the cipher. Possible values are: aes128-cbc aes128-ctr aes192-cbc aes192-ctr aes256-cbc aes256-ctr chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
`mac`	Specifies the name of the Message Authentication Code. Possible values are: hmac-md5 hmac-md5-96 hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com hmac-sha1 hmac-sha1-96 hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com hmac-sha2-256 hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com hmac-sha2-512 hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com
`portnum`	Specifies the TCP port number to be used for communicating with the SSH2 client. The default is port 22.
on	Specifies that the data is to be compressed.
off	Specifies that compression is not to be used. This is the default.
`username`	Specifies a login name for the remote host, as an alternate to the username@host parameter. Can be omitted if it is the same as the username on the switch.
`host`	Specifies the name of the remote host.
`ipaddress`	Specifies the IP address of the remote host.
`remote command`	Specifies a command to be passed to the remote system for execution. The switch does not support remote commands. The option is only valid if the remote system is a system, such as a UNIX workstation, that accepts remote commands.
`vr_name`	Specifies the virtual router. The default virtual router is VR-Mgmt. Note: User-created VRs are supported only on the platforms listed for this feature in the ExtremeXOS and Switch Engine 31.7 Feature License Requirements document.

Default

The default settings for SSH2 parameters are as follows:

cipher—the full cipher list
mac—the full Message Authentication Code list
port—22
compression—off
vr_name—VR-Mgmt

Usage Guidelines

SSH2 does not need to be enabled on the switch in order to use this command.

Typically, this command is used to establish a secure session to a remote switch. You are prompted for your password. Once you have logged in successfully, all ExtremeXOS command you enter are executed on the remote switch. When you terminate the remote session, commands will then resume being executed on the original switch.

Host Name, User Name, and Remote IP Address Character Restrictions

This section provides information about the characters supported by the switch for host names and remote IP addresses.

When specifying a host name, user name, or remote IP address, the switch permits only the following characters:

Alphabetical letters, upper case and lower case (A-Z, a-z)
Numerals (0-9)
Period ( . )
Dash ( - ) Permitted for host and user names
Underscore ( _ ) Permitted for host and user names
Colon ( : ) Permitted for host names and remote IP addresses
At symbol ( @ ) Permitted only for user names

When naming the host, creating a user name, or configuring the IP address, remember the requirements listed above.

Remote Filename Character Restrictions

This section provides information about the characters supported by the switch for remote filenames.

When specifying a remote filename, the switch permits only the following characters:

Alphabetical letters, upper case and lower case (A-Z, a-z)
Numerals (0-9)
Period ( . )
Dash ( - )
Underscore ( _ )
Slash ( / )

When naming a remote file, remember the requirements listed above.

Example

The following example establishes an SSH2 session on switch engineering1:

# ssh2 admin@engineering1

The following example establishes an SSH2 session with the switch named X460-G2 over TCP port 2050 with compression enabled:

# ssh2 compression on port 2050 admin@X460-G2

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 11.2.

Changes to cipher, as well as the addition of mac, were first available in ExtremeXOS 15.7.1.

Ciphers and MACs that are unsupported in OpenSSH 8.1p1 were removed in ExtremeXOS 30.7.

Platform Availability

This command is available on all platforms with the SSH2 module installed.