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The BMC SSH fails with the "Could not load host key" error on node

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Applies to

  • AFF-A800
  • AFF-C800
  • BMC

Issue

BMC SSH login fails. Example:
 
BMC Login: admin
Password:
Error loading host key "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key": invalid format
Error loading host key "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key": invalid format
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting.

 

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