FortiSwitch-5003A CLI reference Connecting to the CLI
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Connecting to the FortiSwitch-5003A CLI using SSH
Secure Shell (SSH) provides strong secure authentication and secure communications to the
FortiSwitch-5003A CLI from your internal network or the internet. Once the FortiSwitch-5003A board is
configured to accept SSH connections, you can run an SSH client on your management computer and
use this client to connect to the FortiSwitch-5003A CLI.
To connect to the CLI using SSH
1 Install and start an SSH client.
2 Connect to the FortiSwitch-5003A mgmt interface.
3 Type a valid administrator name and press Enter.
4 Type the password for this administrator and press Enter.
A prompt similar to the following appears:
FS5A033E080001~#
You have connected to the FortiSwitch-5003A CLI, and you can enter CLI commands.