Configuration Example - 3Com E4500-24 Cli Configuration Manual

To do...
Make terminal services
available
Set the maximum number of
lines the screen can contain
Set the history command buffer
size
Set the timeout time of the VTY
user interface
Note that if you configure not to authenticate the users, the command level available to users logging in
to a switch depends on the user privilege level level command

Configuration Example

Network requirements
Assume current user logins through the console port, and the current user level is set to the
administrator level (level 3). Perform the following configurations for users logging in through VTY 0
using Telnet.
Do not authenticate the users.
Commands of level 2 are available to the users.
Telnet protocol is supported.
The screen can contain up to 30 lines.
The history command buffer can contain up to 20 commands.
The timeout time of VTY 0 is 6 minutes.
Network diagram
Figure 3-1 Network diagram for Telnet configuration (with the authentication mode being none)
Use the command...
shell
screen-length
screen-length
history-command
max-size value
idle-timeout minutes
[ seconds ]
3-4
Remarks
Optional
By default, terminal services are
available in all user interfaces.
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.
Optional
The default history command
buffer size is 10. That is, a history
command buffer can store up to 10
commands by default.
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.