Enabling Administrative Services

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There are many features of the Pluribus Networks fabric that require or can be enhanced using remote access. For example, when packets are written to a log file, you may want to transfer that file from a switch to a different system for analysis. Also, if you are creating a NetVM environment, an IOS image of the guest OS must be loaded on the switch.

You can enhance or modify several services such as SSH, NFS, Web, SNMP, SFTP.

To check the status of various services, use the following command:

CLI (network-admin@Leaf-1) > admin-service-show

switch:                        Leaf-1

if:                                mgmt

ssh:                        on

nfs:                        on

web:                        on

web-ssl:                        off

web-ssl-port:                443

web-port:                80

web-log:                        off

snmp:                        on

net-api:                        on

icmp:                        on

switch:                        Leaf-1

if:                                data

ssh:                        on

nfs:                        on

web:                        on

web-ssl:                        off

web-ssl-port:                443

web-port:                80

web-log:                        off

snmp:                        on

net-api:                        on

icmp:                        on

Netvisor ONE supports the file transfer method, SFTP and  SFTP is enabled by default on Netvisor ONE. Because SFTP relies on Secure Shell (SSH), you must enable SSH before enabling SFTP.

To enable SSH, use the following command

CLI (network-admin@Leaf1) > admin-service-modify nic mgmt ssh

To enable SFTP, use the following command:

CLI (network-admin@Leaf1) > admin-sftp-modify enable

sftp password: <password>

confirm sftp password: <password>

 

The default SFTP username is sftp and the password can be changed using the admin-sftp-modify command:

CLI (network-admin@Leaf1) > admin-sftp-modify

sftp password: <password>

confirm sftp password: <password>

To display the details, use the following commands:

CLI (network-admin@Leaf-1) > admin-service-show

switch  if   ssh  nfs web web-ssl web-ssl-port web-port snmp net-api icmp

------  ---- ---  --- --- ------- ------------ -------- ---- ------- ----

Leaf-1  mgmt  on  off off  off      443          80      on   off     on

Leaf-1  data  on  off off  off      443          80      on   off     on

admin-service-show: Fabric required. Please use fabric-create/join/show

CLI (network-admin@Leaf1) > admin-sftp-show

switch:     Leaf1

sftp-user:  sftp

enable:     yes

 

Use SFTP from a host to the switch, and login with the username sftp and the password configured for SFTP. Then you can download the available files or upload files to the switch.

CLI (network-admin@Leaf1) > admin-service-show

switch nic  ssh  nfs web web-port snmp net-api icmp

------ ---  ---  --- --- -------- ---- ------- ----

Leaf1  mgmt  on  off  on   80     off   on      on