Cisco Cisco Packet Data Gateway (PDG)
SSH Configuration Mode Commands
max servers ▀
Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 17 ▄
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max servers
Configures the maximum number of SSH servers that can be started within any 60-second interval. If this limit is
reached, the system waits two minutes before trying to start any more servers.
reached, the system waits two minutes before trying to start any more servers.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration > Context Configuration > SSH Configuration
configure > context context_name > server sshd
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-sshd)#
Syntax
max servers number
number
Default: 40
Specifies the maximum number of servers that can be spawned in any 60-second interval.
Specifies the maximum number of servers that can be spawned in any 60-second interval.
number
must be an
integer from 1 through 100.
In 16.0 and later releases, this range is increased to 1-4000 to support the Stranded CDR feature. For more
information on this feature, see the “
In 16.0 and later releases, this range is increased to 1-4000 to support the Stranded CDR feature. For more
information on this feature, see the “
gtpp push-to-active url
” CLI command in the Global
Configuration mode.
Usage
Set the number of servers to tune the system response as a heavily loaded system may need more servers to
support the incoming requests.
The converse would be true as well in that a system can benefit by reducing the number of servers such that
telnet services do not cause excessive system impact to other services.
support the incoming requests.
The converse would be true as well in that a system can benefit by reducing the number of servers such that
telnet services do not cause excessive system impact to other services.
Example
max servers 50