H3C Technologies H3C S3600 Series Switches - Manual (Page 895)

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Figure 1-2 Network diagram for SSH connections
Configure the devices accordingly This document describes two cases:
z The switch acts as the SSH server to cooperate with software that supports the SSH client
functions.
z The switch acts as the SSH server to cooperate with another switch that acts as an SSH client.
Complete the following tasks to configure the SSH server and clients:
Server Client
Server side
configuration
Client side configuration
switch
Software that supports the
SSH client functions Configuring the
SSH Server Configuring an SSH Client that
Runs SSH Client Software
switch Another switch
Configuring the
SSH Server Configuring an SSH Client Assumed
by an SSH2-Capable Switch
An SSH server forms a secure connection with each SSH client. The following describe steps for
configuring an SSH client and an SSH server to form an SSH connection in between. If multiple SSH
servers need to form connections with multiple SSH clients, configure each client and each server
accordingly.
Configuring the SSH Server
The session establishment between an SSH client and the SSH server involves five stages. Similarly,
SSH server configuration involves five aspects, as shown in the following table.
Complete the following tasks to configure the SSH server:
Task Remarks
Preparation
Configuring the User Interfaces for
SSH Clients
Required