Configuring autorun on the switch, Enabling secure mode, Ge a-42 – HP 2910AL User Manual

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File Transfers
Using USB Autorun

Event Log or Syslog.

For details on how to use the switch’s event log or

syslog for help in isolating autorun-related problems, see “Using the Event Log
for Troubleshooting Switch Problems” on page C-26.

Configuring Autorun on the Switch

To enable/disable the autorun feature on the switch, the following commands
can be executed from configuration mode in the CLI.

Syntax: [no] autorun [encryption-key <key-string> | secure-mode]

Enables/disables USB autorun on the switch.

Use the

encryption-key

keyword to configure or remove an

encryption-key (a base-64 encoded string). The encryption key
is a pre-requisite for enabling autorun in secure-mode.
Encryption is regarded only when the AutoRun file is also
signed by an authentic source.

Use the

secure-mode

keyword to enable or disable secure mode

for autorun.

Default: Enabled (or Disabled if a password has been set).

Enabling Secure Mode

Autorun secure mode can be used to verify the authenticity of autorun
command files. Secure-mode is configured using the

autorun secure-mode

command and can be enabled under the following conditions:

an encryption-key has already been configured using the

autorun

encryption key command; and

a trusted certificate for verifying autorun command files has been copied
to the switch using the

copy <tftp | usb> autorun-cert-file command.

There is an additional security option to install a valid key-pair for signing the
result files that are generated during autorun operations. The key-pair can be
generated on the switch using the

crypto key generate autorun [rsa] command.

N o t e

The key-pair can also be installed from a tftp server or via the usb port using
copy <tftp | usb> autorun-key-file <ipaddr filename> command. The filename must
contain the private key and the matching public key in a X509 certificate
structure. Both the private key and the X509 certificate must be in PEM format.

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