3com 4210 PWR 9-Port 3CR17341-91-ME User Manual

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Assume the switch is configured to allow users to log in through Telnet, and the 
user level is set to the administrator level (level 3). Perform the following 
configurations for users logging in through the Console port (AUX user interface).

■

Authenticate the users using passwords.

■

Set the local password to 123456 (in plain text).

■

The commands of level 2 are available to the users.

■

The baud rate of the Console port is 19,200 bps.

■

The screen can contain up to 30 lines.

■

The history command buffer can store up to 20 commands.

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The timeout time of the AUX user interface is 6 minutes.

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.

Table 15   Console port login configuration with the authentication mode being password