3Com Switch 4200G Configuration Guide

14 CHAPTER 3: LOGGING IN THROUGH THE CONSOLE PORT
CAUTION: Changing of Console port configuration terminates the connection to the
Console port. To establish the connection again, you need to modify the
configuration of the termination emulation utility running on your PC accordingly.
Refer to “Setting up the Connection to the Console Port” for more.
Console Port Login
Configurations for
Different Authentication
Modes
Table 13 lists Console port login configurations for different authentication modes.
Terminal
configuration
Make terminal services
available
Optional
By default, terminal services are available in all user
interfaces
Set the maximum
number of lines the
screen can contain
Optional
By default, the screen can contain up to 24 lines.
Set history command
buffer size
Optional
By default, the history command buffer can contain
up to 10 commands.
Set the timeout time of
a user interface
Optional
The default timeout time is 10 minutes.
Table 12 Common configuration of Console port login (Continued)
Configuration Description
Table 13 Console port login configurations for different authentication modes
Authentication
mode
Console port login configuration Description
None Perform common
configuration
Perform common
configuration for
Console port login
Optional
Refer to “Common
Configuration” for more.
Password Configure the
password
Configure the
password for local
authentication
Required
Perform common
configuration
Perform common
configuration for
Console port login
Optional
Refer to “Common
Configuration” for more.