Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 User Manual

© Copyright Lenovo 2017 Chapter 4: Securing Administration 89
Secure Shell and Secure Copy
BecauseusingTelnetdoesnotprovideasecureconnectionformanaginga
CN4093,SecureShell(SSH)andSecureCopy(SCP)featureshavebeenincluded
forCN4093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
CN4093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CN4093,SCPisusedtodownload
anduploadtheswitchconfiguration
viasecurechannels.
AlthoughSSHandSCParedisabledbydefault,enablingandusingthesefeatures
providesthefollowingbenefits:
 IdentifyingtheadministratorusingName/Password
 Authenticationofremoteadministrators
 Authorizationofremoteadministrators
 Determiningthepermittedactionsandcustomizingserviceforindividual
administrators
 Encryptionofmanagementmessages
 Encryptingmessagesbetweentheremoteadministratorandswitch
 Securecopysupport
TheEnterpriseNOSimplementationofSSHsupportsbothversions1.5and2.0and
supportsSSHclientsversion1.5‐2.x.ThefollowingSSHclientshavebeentested:
 SSH1.2.23andSSH1.2.27forLinux(freeware)
 SecureCRT3.0.2andSecureCRT3.0.3forWindowsNT(VanDykeTechnologies,
Inc.)
 F‐SecureSSH1.1forWindows(DataFellows)
 PuttySSH
 CygwinOpenSSH
 MacXOpenSSH
 Solaris8OpenSSH
 AxeSSHSSHPro
 SSHCommunicationsVandykeSSHA
 F‐Secure

Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	Flex System Fabric CN4093
Category	Switch
Language	English