Yes it can, you may need the crypto image though. Here are the commands to configure SSH.
Switch(config)#hostname SwitchOne
SwitchOne(config)#ip domain-name mydomain.com
SwitchOne(config)#crypto key generate rsa
Enter modulus: 1024
SwitchOne(config)#ip ssh time-out 60
SwitchOne(config)#ip ssh authentication-retries 2
SwitchOne(config)#line vty 0 4
SwitchOne(config-line)#transport input ssh
SwitchOne(config-line)#^Z
SwitchOne#write memory