54 CHAPTER 3: LOGGING IN THROUGH TELNET
Configuration procedure
# Enter system view, and enable the Telnet service.
<SW4800G> system-view
[SW4800G] telnet server enable 
# Enter VTY 0 user interface view.
[SW4800G] user-interface vty 0 
# Configure to authenticate users logging in to VTY 0 using the local password.
[SW4800G-ui-vty0] authentication-mode password 
# Set the local password to 123456 (in plain text).
[SW4800G-ui-vty0] set authentication password simple 123456 
# Specify commands of level 2 are available to users logging in to VTY 0.
[SW4800G-ui-vty0] user privilege level 2 
# Configure Telnet protocol is supported.
[SW4800G-ui-vty0] protocol inbound telnet 
# Set the maximum number of lines the screen can contain to 30.
[SW4800G-ui-vty0] screen-length 30 
# Set the maximum number of commands the history command buffer can store 
to 20.
[SW4800G-ui-vty0] history-command max-size 20 
# Set the timeout time to 6 minutes.
[SW4800G-ui-vty0] idle-timeout 6 
Telnet Configuration 
with Authentication 
Mode Being Scheme
Configuration Procedure
To do… Use the command…  Remarks 
Enter system view system-view - 
Enable the Telnet server 
function
telnet server enable Required