To enable SSH host key persistence on a device
Purpose
Perform this procedure to enable the persistence of the server host key on a 7210 SAS, 7450 ESS, 7750 SR, 7705 SAR, or 7950 XRS. For other devices, see the user documentation for information about configuring SSH2 host key persistence.
Steps
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Open a CLI session on the device. |
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Enter the following at the prompt to disable the SSH server: configure system security ssh server-shutdown ↵ |
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Enter the following at the prompt to enable host key persistence: configure system security ssh preserve-key ↵ |
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Enter the following at the prompt to enable the SSH server: configure system security ssh no server-shutdown ↵ |
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Enter the following at the prompt to verify that the preserve-key function is enabled on the server: show system security ssh ↵ |
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Close the CLI session. |
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If you are performing this procedure for device discovery, see Workflow for device discovery for the next steps. End of steps |