H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches Operation Manual
Operation Manual – Login
H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 2
Logging in through the Console Port
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Set 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 the
authentication-mode none command and the service-type terminal [ level level ]
command, as listed in
Table 2-6.
Table 2-6 Determine the command level
Scenario
Authentication
mode
User type Command configuration
Command level
The service-type terminal
[ level level ] command is
not configured.
Level 0
The default
command level
available for local
users is level 0.
authentication
-mode scheme
[ command-au
thorization ]
Users logging
into the
console port
and pass
AAA&RADIU
S or local
authentication
The service-type terminal
[ level level ] command is
already configured.
Determined by the
level argument
2.6.2 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 Configure the name of the local user to be guest.
z Set the authentication password of the local user to 123456 (in plain text).