Dell Managed PDU LED - Manual (Page 226)

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Telnet and Secure Shell (SSH)
While SSH is enabled, you cannot use Telnet to access the command line interface.
Enabling SSH enables SCP automatically.
To configure the options for Telnet and Secure Shell (SSH):
1. On the Administration tab of the Web interface, select Network on the top
menu bar, and select access under the Console heading on the left navigation
menu.
2. Configure the port settings for Telnet and SSH.
3. Under Console on the left navigation menu, select ssh host key , specify a
host key file previously created with the Rack PDU Security Wizard, and load it
to the Rack PDU.
If you do not specify a host key file here, if you install an invalid host key, or if you
enable SSH with no host key installed, the Rack PDU generates an RSA host key
of 2048 bits. For the Rack PDU to create a host key, it must reboot.
The Rack PDU
can take up to 1 minute to create this host key, and SSH is not accessible
during that time.
When SSH is enabled and its port is configured, no further configuration is
required to use Secure CoPy (SCP). SCP uses the same configuration as SSH.
To use SSH, you must have an SSH client installed. Most Linux and other
UNIX
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platforms include an SSH client, but Microsoft Windows operating
systems do not. SSH clients are available from various vendors.
For information on the extra security a non-standard port provides, see
Port assignments .
Alternatively, from a command line interface such as the command
prompt on Windows operating systems, you can use FTP or Secure
CoPy (SCP) to transfer the host key file.