Configuring The Terminal - Avaya 5900 Series Quick Start Configuration

Configuring the terminal

You can configure the switch terminal settings to suit your preferences for the terminal speed and
display.
About this task
Use the following procedure to configure terminal settings including the terminal connection speed,
and number of characters in the terminal display width and length.
Important:
After you modify the terminal configuration, the new settings are applied to the current active
session and to all future sessions (serial, telnet or SSH). Terminal configuration change does
not affect open concurrent sessions.
Procedure
1. Log on to ACLI to enter User EXEC mode.
2. At the command prompt, enter the following command:
terminal {speed <19200 | 38400 | 9600> | length <0-132> | width
<1-132>}
3. To display the current serial port information, enter the following command:
show terminal
Example
Switch#show terminal
Terminal speed: 9600
Terminal width: 79
Terminal length: 23
Variable definitions
Use the definitions in the following table to use the terminal command.
Variable
length
speed <19200 | 38400 | 9600>
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Definition
Sets the length of the terminal display in lines. By
default, 23 lines are displayed.
DEFAULT: 23
Sets the transmit and receive baud rates for the
terminal.
DEFAULT: 9600
Quick Start Configuration for Avaya ERS 5900 Series
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Important:
If you set the terminal length to 0, the pagination
is disabled and the display scrolls continuously.
Configuring the terminal
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