Setting The Idle-Timeout - Cisco CSS11501S-C-K9 Configuration Manual

Chapter 4 Using the Configuration Manager

Setting the Idle-Timeout

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Use the idle-timeout to further ensure the device configuration security. Telnet
and GUI management sessions are monitored for activity. If a management
session is idle beyond the specified idle-timeout, the telnet connection is closed
or the Web GUI connection or serial console connection is logged out. The default
timeout period is 15 minutes.
In the following example, the idle-timeout period is changed to 10 minutes.
1. Initiate a management session as described previously.
Enter Privileged and Configuration modes.
2.
SCA> enable
SCA# configure
(config[myDevice])#
3. Reset the timeout period using the following command.
(config[myDevice])# password idle-timeout 10
(config[myDevice])#
4. Verify the keepalive information by entering the show password command.
(config[myDevice])# show password
...
Password Idle Timeout
Return to Privileged mode.
5.
(config[myDevice])# end
SCA#
Save the configuration to flash memory. If not saved, the configuration is lost
6.
during a power cycle or when the reload command is used.
SCA# write flash
SCA#
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Setting the Idle-Timeout
: 10 minutes
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