Connection with Dell switch fails auth

I am new to SSHJ and trying to connect to Dell PowerConnect switches with authPassword to execute standard tasks for troubleshooting (for example, bounce POE on a single port to reset a device remotely). I can establish the connection, but auth fails with: W/System.err: net.schmizz.sshj.userauth.UserAuthException: Exhausted available authentication methods

I can connect with putty and from a Linux box using username & password authentication. I found how to get allowed auth methods after a failure, and it only reports "publickey". How to I override that or force a connection using username & password like putty does?

Here's my code: public static String executeRemoteSSHJ(String username,String password,String hostname,int port) throws Exception{ String stringempty = ""; //Provide option for returning empty string

    final SSHClient ssh = new SSHClient();

    Command cmd = null; //declare

    try {
        ssh.loadKnownHosts();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    ssh.addHostKeyVerifier(new PromiscuousVerifier());
    ssh.connect(hostname,port);

    Session session = null;

    try {

        ssh.authPassword(username, password);
        ssh.auth

        session = ssh.startSession();

        cmd = session.exec("show int status");

        cmd.join(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

        Log.i("TESTING", "\n exit status: " + String.valueOf(cmd.getExitStatus())); //TESTING

    } catch (ConnectionException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();  //Print all the information about the error that occurred
        return stringempty;
    } catch (TransportException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();  //Print all the information about the error that occurred
        return stringempty;
    } catch (UserAuthException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();  //Print all the information about the error that occurred
        return stringempty;
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();  //Print all the information about the error that occurred
        return stringempty;
    } finally {
        try {
            // TESTING: This block -- tell me what authentication methods are allowed!
            Iterable<String> testresult = ssh.getUserAuth().getAllowedMethods(); //TESTING
            for (String i : testresult) {
                Log.i("TESTRESULT", i); //TESTING
            }
            //END TESTING

            if (session != null) {
                session.close();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // Do Nothing
        }
        ssh.disconnect();
    }

    return cmd.getInputStream().toString();

}

Here's my log file: I/TransportImpl: Client identity string: SSH-2.0-SSHJ_0.27.0 I/TransportImpl: Server identity string: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.9p1.RL W/System.err: net.schmizz.sshj.userauth.UserAuthException: Exhausted available authentication methods at net.schmizz.sshj.SSHClient.auth(SSHClient.java:230) at net.schmizz.sshj.SSHClient.auth(SSHClient.java:205) at net.schmizz.sshj.SSHClient.authPassword(SSHClient.java:291) at net.schmizz.sshj.SSHClient.authPassword(SSHClient.java:261) W/System.err: at net.schmizz.sshj.SSHClient.authPassword(SSHClient.java:245) at net.metalx.myapplication.MainActivity.executeRemoteSSHJ(MainActivity.java:405) at net.metalx.myapplication.MainActivity$2.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:216) at net.metalx.myapplication.MainActivity$2.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:204) at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:333) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:245) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1162) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:636) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764) I/TESTRESULT: publickey I/TransportImpl: Disconnected - BY_APPLICATION

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Connection with Dell switch fails auth #522