Connecting to a remote server with SSH

You can connect to a remote server from the device using the SSH (Secure Socket Handling) protocol to permit a secure (encrypted) connection.

About this task

To connect to a remote server with SSH, perform the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Establish an SSH connection with the login name and IP address for the remote server.
    device# ssh 10.20.51.68 -l admin vrf mgmt-vrf 

    You can use the -m and -c options to override the default encryption and hash algorithms

  2. Enter yes if prompted.
    The authenticity of host '10.20.51.68 (10.20.51.68)' can't be established.
    RSA key fingerprint is ea:32:38:f7:76:b7:7d:23:dd:a7:25:99:e7:50:87:d0.
    Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
     
    Warning: Permanently added '10.20.51.68' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
    admin@10.20.51.68's password: ********
     
    SECURITY WARNING: The default password for at least 
    one default account (root, admin and user) have not been changed.
    Welcome to the Extreme SLX-OS Software
    admin connected from 10.20.51.66 using ssh on C60_68F