Operation Manual – Login
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 Logging in Through the Console Port
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Remarks
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 2-4
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-m
ode 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 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
The user is not authenticated when logging in through the Console port.
z
Commands of level 2 are available to user logging into the AUX user interface.
z
The baud rate of the Console port is 19,200 bps.
