Operation Manual – Login
H3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 2 Logging in through the Console Port
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Operation Command Description
Set the timeout time for
the user interface
idle-timeout minutes
[ seconds ]
Optional
The default timeout time of a
user interface is 10 minutes.
With the timeout time being 10
minutes, the connection to a
user interface is terminated if
no operation is performed in the
user interface within 10
minutes.
You can use the idle-timeout 0
command to disable the
timeout function.
Note that if you configure to authenticate the users in the scheme mode, the command
level available to users logging into a switch depends on the command level specified
in the service-type terminal [ level level ] command.
2.6.2 Configuration Example
I. Network requirements
Assume the switch is configured to allow users to log in through Telnet, and the user
level is set to the administrator level (level 3). Perform the following configurations for
users logging in through the console port (AUX user interface).
z Configure the local user name as “guest”.
z Set the authentication password of the local user to 123456 (in plain text).
z Set the service type of the local user to Terminal and the command level to 2.
z Configure to authenticate the users in the scheme mode.
z The baud rate of the Console port is 19,200 bps.
z The screen can contain up to 30 lines.
z The history command buffer can store up to 20 commands.
z The timeout time of the AUX user interface is 6 minutes.