Unable to connect to Solaris 10 Operating System on x86 system with SSH

(Doc ID 1006555.1)

Last updated on JULY 02, 2014

Applies to:

Solaris SPARC Operating System - Version 10 3/05 and later
All Platforms
***Checked for relevance on 03-07-2014***

Symptoms

On a newly installed machine with Solaris[TM] 10 Operating System for x86 (FCS), attempts to connect via SSH fail with "Connection refused". The "svcs ssh" command on the new system reports that svc:/network/ssh:default is in maintenance mode.

Cause

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