Blade ICE G8124 Manuale Utente

BMD00220, October 2010

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Secure switch management is needed for environments that perform significant management 
functions across the Internet. Common functions for secured management are described in the 
following sections: 

SNMP read and write functions are enabled by default. For best security practices, if SNMP 

is not needed for your network, it is recommended that you disable these functions prior to 
connecting the switch to the network (see 

).

Because using Telnet does not provide a secure connection for managing a G8124, Secure Shell 
(SSH) and Secure Copy (SCP) features have been included for G8124 management. SSH and SCP 
use secure tunnels to encrypt and secure messages between a remote administrator and the switch.

SSH is a protocol that enables remote administrators to log securely into the G8124 over a network 
to execute management commands.

SCP is typically used to copy files securely from one machine to another. SCP uses SSH for 
encryption of data on the network. On a G8124, SCP is used to download and upload the switch 
configuration via secure channels.