Operation Manual – Login
H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 2 Logging in through the Console Port
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Operation Command Description
Set the history command
buffer size
history-command
max-size value
Optional
The default history command
buffer size is 10. That is, a
history command buffer can
store up to 10 commands by
default.
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 not to authenticate the users, the command level available to
users logging into a switch depends on both the authentication-mode none command
and the user privilege level level command, as listed in the following table.
Table 2-5 Determine the command level (A)
Scenario
Authentication
mode
User type Command
Command
level
The user privilege level
level command not executed
Level 3
None
(authentication-
mode none)
Users
logging in
through
Console port
The user privilege level
level command already
executed
Determined
by the level
argument
2.4.2 Configuration Example
I. Network requirements
Assume the switch is configured to allow you to login through Telnet, and your user
level is set to the administrator level (level 3). After you telnet to the switch, you need to
limit the console user at the following aspects.
z Do not authenticate users logging in through the Console port.
z Commands of level 2 are available to users logging into the AUX user interface.
z The baud rate of the Console port is 19,200 bps.