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
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 to authenticate the users in the password mode, the
command level available to users logging into a switch depends on both the
authentication-mode password and the user privilege level level command, as
listed in the following table.
Table 2-5 Determine the command level (B)
Scenario
Authentication
mode
User type Command
Command
level
The user privilege level
level command not
executed
Level 3
Local authentication
(authentication-m
ode password)
Users logging
into the AUX
user interface
The user privilege level
level command already
executed
Determined
by the level
argument
2.5.2 Configuration Example
I. Network requirements
Assume the switch is configured to allow you to login through Telnet, and your user
level is set to the administrator level (level 3). After you telnet to the switch, you need to
limit the Console user at the following aspects.
z The user is authenticated against the local password when logging in through the
Console port.
z The local password is set to 123456 (in plain text).
z The commands of level 2 are available to users logging into the AUX user
interface.
z The baud rate of the Console port is 19,200 bps.
z The screen can contain up to 30 lines.