Overview

Secure Shell (SSH) offers an approach to logging in to a remote device securely. Using encryption and strong authentication, SSH protects devices against attacks such as IP spoofing and plain text password interception.

The switch can not only work as an SSH server to support connections with SSH clients, but also work as an SSH client to allow users to establish SSH connections with a remote device acting as the SSH server. When acting as an SSH server, the switch supports SSH2.0 and SSH1. When acting as an SSH client, the switch supports SSH2.0 only.

When acting as an SSH server, the switch supports SSH2.0 and SSH1 in non-FIPS mode and supports SSH2 in FIPS mode. When acting as an SSH client, the switch supports SSH2.0 only.

Unless otherwise noted, SSH in this document refers to SSH2.0.