3Com 4500 Switch User Manual


 
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To do… Use the command… Remarks
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 of a user 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.
Console Port Login Configurations for Different Authentication
Modes
Table 2-3 Console port login configurations for different authentication modes
Authentication
mode
Authentication related configuration Remarks
None Set the authentication mode to none
Optional
Refer to
Console Port
Login Configuration with
Authentication Mode
Being None
Set the authentication mode to local password
authentication
Password
Set the password for local authentication
Refer to
Console Port
Login Configuration with
Authentication Mode
Being Password.
Set the authentication mode to scheme
Specify to perform local authentication or
remote authentication
Scheme
Set user names and passwords locally or on
AAA Server
Refer to
Console Port
Login Configuration with
Authentication Mode
Being Scheme
.