3Com Switch 7757, Configuration Manual

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38 C
HAPTER
3: L
OGGING IN THROUGH THE
C
ONSOLE
P
ORT
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CAUTION: Changing of Console port configuration terminates the connection to
the Console port. To establish the connection again, you need to modify the
configuration of the termination emulation utility running on your PC accordingly.
Refer to “Logging in through the Console Port” on page 35 for more.
Console Port Login
Configurations for
Different Authentication
Modes
Table 13 lists Console port login configurations for different authentication modes.
AUX user
interface
configuration Configure the command
level available to the
users logging into the
AUX user interface Optional
By default, commands of level 3 are available to
the users logging into the AUX user interface.
Terminal
configuration Make terminal services
available Optional
By default, terminal services are available in all
user interfaces
Set the maximum
number of lines the
screen can contain Optional
By default, the screen can contain up to 24 lines.
Set history command
buffer size Optional
By default, the history command buffer can
contain up to 10 commands.
Set the timeout time of a
user interface Optional
The default timeout time is 10 minutes.
Table 12 Common configuration of Console port login
Configuration Remarks
Table 13 Console port login configurations for different authentication modes
Authentication
mode
Console port login configuration Remarks
None Perform
common
configuration
Perform common
configuration for
Console port login Optional
Refer to “Common
Configuration” on page 37 for
more.
Password Configure the
password
Configure the
password for local
authentication Required
Perform
common
configuration Perform common
configuration for
Console port login Optional
Refer to “Common
Configuration” on page 37 for
more.