Users Guide

Enabling the System to Clear Existing Sessions

To enable the system to clear existing login sessions, follow this procedure:

• Use the following command.

CONFIGURATION mode

The following example enables you to clear your existing login sessions.

Dell(config)#login concurrent-session clear-line enable

Example of Clearing Existing Sessions

When you try to log in, the following message appears with all your existing concurrent sessions, providing an option to close any one of

the existing sessions:

$ telnet 10.11.178.14

Trying 10.11.178.14...

Connected to 10.11.178.14.

Escape character is '^]'.

Password:

Current sessions for user admin:

Line Location

2 vty 0 10.14.1.97

3 vty 1 10.14.1.97

Clear existing session? [line number/Enter to cancel]:

When you try to create more than the permitted number of sessions, the following message appears, prompting you to close one of the

existing sessions. If you close any of the existing sessions, you are allowed to login.

$ telnet 10.11.178.17

Trying 10.11.178.17...

Connected to 10.11.178.17.

Escape character is '^]'.

Password:

Maximum concurrent sessions for the user reached.

Current sessions for user admin:

Line Location

2 vty 0 10.14.1.97

3 vty 1 10.14.1.97

4 vty 2 10.14.1.97

5 vty 3 10.14.1.97

Kill existing session? [line number/Enter to cancel]:

Log Messages in the Internal Buffer

All error messages, except those beginning with %BOOTUP (Message), are log in the internal buffer.

For example, %BOOTUP:RPM0:CP %PORTPIPE-INIT-SUCCESS: Portpipe 0 enabled

Configuration Task List for System Log Management

There are two configuration tasks for system log management:

• Disable System Logging

• Send System Messages to a Syslog Server

Management