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How to enable remote command execution (ssh) in the HMC Enhanced+ GUI

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Summary

How to enable remote ssh access to the IBM Power Systems HMC.

Objective

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Environment

Following some software maintenance a couple of years ago (I can't tell you what new software I installed), the facility to use ssh to connect to my HMC had been turned off. (The developer has told me that this problem will be fixed before the code is Generally Available).

As I was remote, I needed to turn sshd back on using the GUI and I specifically wanted to use the Enhanced+ GUI as the Classic version was going away soon.

It took a while to find, as it is not under HMC management ... but it is in a logical place:

Steps

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Hopefully this may help you as you move across to the Enhanced+ GUI.

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 May 2021

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