SSH access via a connection to the Management port provides the same options for user and administrator access as those available through the console port or Telnet; however, SSH is more secure than Telnet. You can access the chassis with an SSH connection from a PC or workstation connected to the network once the following conditions are met:
the chassis has successfully initialized
the Management port has been configured using the bof>address command as shown below:
bof
address ip-prefix/ip-prefix-length [active | standby]
where:
address is an IPv4 or IPv6 address
SSH connection attempts after a reboot may generate key warnings as the node generates new SSH keys on each reboot. To avoid these key warnings, enable key preservation using the config>system>security>ssh>preserve-key command.