Operation Manual – Login
Quidway S5600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510
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
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.
