Cisco Systems SRW248G4PK9NA User Manual

Before You Begin

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Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide 

The following actions must be performed before using the SCP feature:

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When using the password authentication method, a username/password 
must be set up on the SSH server.

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When using public/private keys authentication method, the public key must 
be stored on the SSH server.

This section describes some common tasks performed using the SSH client. All 
pages referenced are pages found under the SSH Client branch of the menu tree.

Decide which method is to be used: password or public/private key. Use the SSH 
User Authentication page.

If the password method was selected, perform the following steps:

a. Create a global password in the SSH User Authentication page, or create a 

temporary one in the Upgrade/Backup Firmware/Language or Backup 
Configuration/Log pages, when you actually activate the secure data transfer.

b. Upgrade the firmware, boot image or language file, using SCP, by selecting the 

via SCP (over SSH) option in the Upgrade/Backup Firmware/Language page. 
The password can be entered in this page directly, or the password entered in 
the SSH User Authentication page can be used.

c. Download/backup the configuration file, using SCP, by selecting the via SCP 

(over SSH) option in the Download/Backup Configuration/Log page. The 
password can be entered in this page directly, or the password entered in the 
SSH User Authentication page can be used.

Set up a username/password on the SSH server or modify the password on the 
SSH server. This activity depends on the server and is not described here.