3com WX3000 Manuel D’Utilisation

 

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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 of 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 when the authentication mode is password, the command level available to users logging in to 

the user interface is determined by the user privilege level level command. 

As shown in 

, assume current user logs in using the oap connect slot 0 command, and the 

user level is set to the manage level (level 3). Perform the following configurations for users logging in to 

VTY 0 using Telnet.  

z 

Authenticate users using the local password. 

z 

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

z 

Commands of level 2 are available to the users. 

z 

Telnet protocol is supported. 

z 

The screen can contain up to 30 lines. 

z 

The history command buffer can contain up to 20 commands. 

z 

The timeout time of VTY 0 is 6 minutes. 

Figure 3-2 Network diagram for Telnet configuration (with the authentication mode being password) 

RS-232 serial 

interface

Console port

PC

Console cable

Switching engine

 

 

# Enter system view. 

<device> system-view 

# Enter VTY 0 user interface view. 

[device] user-interface vty 0 

# Configure to authenticate users logging in to VTY 0 using the password.