R2511-HP MSR Router Series Terminal Access Command Reference(V5)
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ascii-code&<1-3>: Specifies the ASCII value of the hotkey, in the range of 1 to 255. The &<1-3> means
that you can provide up to three ASCII values.
Usage guidelines
Terminal access supports VTY switching, allowing you to switch between applications. In terminal access,
each terminal can be logically divided into eight VTYs and each VTY corresponds to one application.
When multiple VTYs are configured on a terminal with the corresponding switching hotkeys, you can
press the switching hotkeys to quickly switch between the VTYs without making any selection on the menu.
The connection of the original VTY application is not torn down. This way, dynamic switching between
the VTYs (in other words, different applications) on a terminal is implemented.
The ASCII value of the hotkey must be different from any other hotkey configured on the device.
Otherwise, hotkey conflicts will occur. For example, the hotkey value cannot be 17 or 19 because these
values are used for flow control. Using a hotkey may not get a fast response when the terminal display
is busy.
Examples
# Configure the hotkey for VTY 1 as <Ctrl+A>, which is 1.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] rta template abc
[Sysname-rta-template-abc] vty 1 hotkey 1
vty password
Use vty password to configure the password for VTY authentication.
Use undo vty password to cancel the password configured.
Syntax
vty vty-number password { simple | cipher } string
undo vty vty-number password
Default
No password is configured for VTY authentication.
Views
Terminal template view
Default command level
2: System level
Parameters
vty-number: Specifies a VTY by number, in the range of 0 to 7.
cipher: Sets a ciphertext password.
simple: Sets a plaintext password.
string: Specifies the ciphertext or plaintext password string. The argument is a case sensitive. If simple is
specified, it must be a string of 1 to 16 characters. If cipher is specified, it must be a ciphertext string of
1 to 53 characters.
Usage guidelines
For security purposes, all passwords, including passwords configured in plain text, are saved in cipher
text to the configuration file.