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Log into the IOS devices.

On the gateway or gatekeeper, enter the command 

 to determine if the SSH Server

is enabled.

If the SSH Server is not enabled, perform the following steps.

Access the configurable terminal and enter the following commands:

gw(config)# ip domain name <domain name>

gw(config)# crypto key generate rsa

gw(config) # ip ssh version 2

Where the domain name is your configured domain name.

Enter 

 or higher for how many bits to use.

Note: Important! If you enter lower than 768, IOS automatically uses SSH Version 1, which is
not compatible with the Operations Console, which is trying to connect with SSH Version 2.

Choose the key modulus size in the range of 360 to 2048 for your General Purpose Keys.

Enter the following commands:

gw(config)# ip ssh time-out 60 

gw(config)# ip ssh authentication-retries 5

Enter the 

 command and confirm that "SSH version enabled -version 1.99" or

"SSH version enabled - version 2.0" displays.

Configure a user name and password in IOS by entering the following command:

Where the username and password are your configured username and password.

Configure the IOS settings to allow SSH logins by entering the following commands.

Note: These commands are located in the running configuration towards the end. Search for
the line vty configurations in the configuration. The important settings are those indicated by
an asterisk (*).

line vty 0 4*

exec-timeout 35 0

password <password>*

session-limit 10

login local*

transport input telnet*

transport output all

To configure these settings, access the configurable terminal and enter the following:

gw# configure terminal

gw(config)# line vty 0 4

gw(config-line)# password <password>

gw(config-line)# login local

gw(config-line)# transport input ssh

Configuration and Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal Release 4.1(1)