Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

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84 Chapter 3 Managing the network access devices
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Managing SSH keys using the CLI
The Nortel SNAS 4050 and the network access devices controlled by the Nortel 
SNAS 4050 domain exchange public keys so that they can authenticate 
themselves to each other in future SSH communications.
To enable secure communication between the Nortel SNAS 4050 and the network 
access device, do the following:
1
Generate an SSH public key for the Nortel SNAS 4050 domain (see 
necessary. Apply the change immediately.
If you created the domain manually, the SSH key was generated automatically 
(see 
).
2
Export the Nortel SNAS 4050 public key to each network access device.
For an Ethernet Routing Switch 8300:
Use the 
/cfg/domain #/switch #/sshkey/export
 command to 
export the key directly to the switch (see 
For an Ethernet Routing Switch 5510, 5520, or 5530:
Use the 
/cfg/domain #/sshkey/export
 command to upload the key 
to a TFTP server, for manual retrieval from the switch (see 
). For information 
about downloading the key from the server to the switch, see Release 
Notes for Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series, Software Release 
4.3 
(217468-B).
Note: The SSH key for the Nortel SNAS 4050 domain is not the same 
as the SSH key generated during initial setup for all Nortel SNAS 4050 
hosts in the cluster (see