NVIDIA NVOS User Manual for InfiniBand Switches v25.02.7002

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nv show system ssh-server
nv show system ssh-server port
nv set/unset system ssh-server inactive-timeout
nv set/unset system ssh-server max-sessions
nv set/unset system ssh-server port

SSH Commands

nv show system ssh-server

	nv show system ssh-server Show SSH server configurations.
Syntax Description	N/A
Default	N/A
History	25.02.2002 25.02.3000 Updated command output
Example	Copy Copied! `admin@nvos:~$ nv show system ssh-server operational applied ---------------------- ----------- -------- authentication-retries 6 6 login-timeout 120 120 inactive-timeout 15 15 login-record-period 1 1 max-sessions 100 100 pka-only disabled disabled [port] 22 22`
REST API	GET https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/ssh-server
Related Commands	nv show system ssh-server
Notes	Applied for new connections only.

nv show system ssh-server port

	nv show system ssh-server port Show TCP port numbers for to listen for incoming SSH sessions.
Syntax Description	N/A
Default	N/A
History	25.02.3000
Example	Copy Copied! `admin@nvos:~$ nv show system ssh-server port Ports ----- 22`
REST API	GET https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/ssh-server/port
Related Commands	nv show system ssh-server
Notes	Applied for new connections only.

nv set/unset system ssh-server inactive-timeout

	nv set/unset system ssh-server inactive-timeout [<integer time>] Configure inactive timeout for ssh connections in minutes <0-35000>.
Syntax Description	integer time	Number of minutes: 0–35000 minutes
Default	15 minutes
History	25.02.2002 25.02.5002 Updated command syntax
Example	Copy Copied! `admin@nvos:~$ nv set system ssh-server inactive-timeout 300`
REST API	PATCH https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/ssh-server/inactive-timeout
Related Commands	nv show system ssh-server
Notes	Applied for new connections only.

nv set/unset system ssh-server max-sessions

	nv set/unset system ssh-server max-sessions [<integer sessions>] Configuring the maximum number of ssh connections <3–100>.
Syntax Description	integer sessions	Number of sessions: 3–100 sessions
Default	100
History	25.02.2002
Example	Copy Copied! `admin@nvos:~$ nv set system ssh-server max-sessions 10`
REST API	PATCH https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/ssh-server/max-sessions
Related Commands	nv show system ssh-server
Notes	Applied for new connections only.

nv set/unset system ssh-server port

	nv set/unset system ssh-server port Configure the ports for the systems ssh-server.
Syntax Description	N/A
Default	22
History	25.02.2002 25.02.5002 Updated command syntax
Example	Copy Copied! `admin@nvos:~$ nv set system ssh-server port`
REST API	PATCH https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/ssh-server/port
Related Commands	nv show system ssh-server
Notes	Multiple ports can be configured. By default, port 22 is used. Any user configuration will remove the default, the user need to configure port 22 explicitly.

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