H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Operation Manual
Operation Manual – Login
H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 2 Logging in Through the Console Port
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To do… Use the command… Remarks
Make terminal services
available
shell
Optional
By default, terminal services
are available in all user
interfaces.
Set the maximum
number of lines the
screen can contain
screen-length
screen-length
Optional
By default, the screen can
contain up to 24 lines.
You can use the
screen-length 0 command to
disable the function to display
information in pages.
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 if you configure not to authenticate the users, 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 2-4 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