Smarts NCM: What impact is there if the sshdaemon process is disabled? what is the sshdaemon?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


Is there any detrimental impact on NCM functionality if the sshdaemon process is disabled?

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - NCM

Resolution

The sshdaemon process is used to enable an ssh command line interface to the network and devices as follows:

ssh -l <NCM USERNAME> -p 1031 <NCM AS IP>


For example: 

 ssh -l sysadmin -p 1031 10.22.33.44
EMC  Proxy>help
 
======= AVAILABLE COMMANDS =======
 
q        - exit
?/h      - help [<cmdname>]
cls      - clear
pl       - pagelength numberOflines(value 0 for No paging)
ln       - listnetworks [pattern](patterns with only wildcard--> * supported)
cn       - connectnetwork networkName
fd       - finddevice deviceName | deviceIp
 
==================================
 
EMC  Proxy>ln
 
     Test
     Mimic
     Cust1
     MSP
     TestNetwork
     Austin1
     test-network
     Test1


It provides basic information and is limited. Can be used to list networks and find devices.

If this functionality is not required, sshdaemon can be disabled without any impact