Operation Manual – Login
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 Logging In Through the Console Port
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III. Configuration procedure
# Enter system view.
<H3C> system-view
# Enter AUX user interface view.
[H3C] user-interface aux 0
# Specify to authenticate the user logging in through the console port using the local
password.
[H3C-ui-aux0] authentication-mode password
# Set the local password to
123456
(in plain text).
[H3C-ui-aux0] set authentication password simple 123456
# Specify commands of level 2 are available to the user logging in to the AUX user
interface.
[H3C-ui-aux0] user privilege level 2
# Set the baud rate of the console port to 19,200 bps.
[H3C-ui-aux0] speed 19200
# Set the maximum number of lines the screen can contain to 30.
[H3C-ui-aux0] screen-length 30
# Set the maximum number of commands the history command buffer can store to 20.
[H3C-ui-aux0] history-command max-size 20
# Set the timeout time of the AUX user interface to 6 minutes.
[H3C-ui-aux0] idle-timeout 6
After the above configuration, to ensure a successful login, the console user needs to
change the corresponding configuration of the terminal emulation program running on
the PC, to make the configuration consistent with that on the switch. Refer to section
2.2
“
Setting Up the Connection to the Console Port
” for more.