Operation Manual – Login
Quidway S5600 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 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
ports
The user privilege level
level command already
executed
Determined
by the level
argument
2.4.2 Configuration Example
I. Network requirements
Assume that you are a level 3 VTY user and want to perform the following configuration
for users logging in through the Console port:
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.
z The screen can contain up to 30 lines.