Operation Manual – Login
H3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 3 Logging in through Telnet
3-5
Operation
Command
Description
Set the timeout time of
the VTY 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 the
user privilege level
level
command
3.2.2 Configuration Example
I. Network requirements
Assume current user logins through the Console port, and the user level is set to the
administrator level (level 3). Perform the following configurations for users logging in
through VTY 0 using Telnet.
z
Do not authenticate the users.
z
Commands of level 2 are available to the users.
z
Telnet protocol is supported.
z
The screen can contain up to 30 lines.
z
The history command buffer can contain up to 20 commands.
z
The timeout time of VTY 0 is 6 minutes.
II. Network diagram
Figure 3-1
Network diagram for Telnet configuration (with the authentication mode
being none)
III. Configuration procedure
# Enter system view.
<Sysname> system-view
# Enter VTY 0 user interface view.
[Sysname] user-interface vty 0
