To verify that SSH2 is enabled on a device

Purpose

Perform this procedure to verify that SSH2 is enabled on a device, and to enable SSH2 on the device, if required.

Steps
 

Open a CLI session on the device.


Run the following CLI command to see whether SSH2 is enabled:

show system security ssh ↵


If required, enter the following command at the prompt to enable SSH2:

configure system security ssh version 2 ↵

Note: A 7705 SAR may become temporarily unreachable after you enable SSH and start the SSH server on the device.


Close the CLI session.


If you are performing this procedure for device discovery, see Workflow for device discovery for the next steps.

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