Create a new connected :class:`SSHClient` instance. All arguments
        are passed to :meth:`SSHClient.connect`.

def connect_ssh(*args, **kwargs):
        """
        Create a new connected :class:`SSHClient` instance. All arguments
        are passed to :meth:`SSHClient.connect`.
        """

        client = SSHClient()
        client.connect(*args, **kwargs)
        return client