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
 
1 

Open a CLI session on the device.


2 

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

show system security ssh ↵


3 

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.


4 

Close the CLI session.


5 

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

End of steps