Operation Manual – Login
Quidway S3100 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 Logging in through the Console Port
Huawei Technologies Proprietary
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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
{
password
|
scheme
|
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.
