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User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.4
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Chapter 2 Preparing Devices for Management
Setting Up SSH
Step 3 (Optional) Configure a user account in the local database of the device.
hostname(config)# username name password 0 password
Step 4 Exit configuration mode and return to Exec mode.
hostname(config)# exit
Step 5 Save the configuration changes.
hostname(config)# write memory
Setting Up SSH on Cisco IOS Routers, Catalyst Switches, and Catalyst 6500/7600
devices
This procedure describes the tasks required to set up SSH on Cisco IOS routers, Catalyst switches, and
Catalyst 6500/7600 devices.
Tip You must configure SSH on Cisco IOS routers because Security Manager uses SSH connections to
handle interactive command deployments during SSL deployments.
Related Topics
• Critical Line-Ending Conventions for SSH, page 2-5
• Testing Authentication, page 2-5
• Preventing Non-SSH Connections (Optional), page 2-7
Step 1 Enter configuration mode.
router# config terminal
Step 2 Configure the hostname and domain name if the device is new.
router(config)# hostname name
hostname(config)# ip domain-name your_domain
Step 3 Generate the RSA key pair for the SSH session. When the device prompts you to enter the size of the
modulus, we recommend that you enter 1024.
hostname(config)# crypto key generate rsa
Step 4 (Optional) Set the timeout interval in minutes and the number of retries.
hostname(config)# ip ssh timeout time
hostname(config)# ip ssh authentication-retries n
Step 5 Exit configuration mode and return to Exec mode.
hostname(config)# exit
Step 6 Save the configuration changes.
hostname# write memory