Login SpecificationsLogging Into the Switch

Login Specifications

Telnet clients supported

Any standard Telnet client.

 

 

FTP clients supported

Any standard FTP client.

 

 

HTTP (WebView) clients supported

– Internet Explorer for Windows NT, Windows

 

XP, and Windows 2000, version 5.5

 

– Netscape for Windows NT, Windows XP, and

 

Windows 2000, version 4.7

 

– Netscape for Sun OS 2.8, version 4.7

 

– Netscape for HP-UX 11.0, version 4.7.

 

 

Secure Shell clients supported

Any standard Secure Shell client (Secure Shell

 

Version 2).

 

 

SNMP clients supported

Any standard SNMP manager (such as HP Open-

 

View).

 

 

Login Defaults

Access to managing the switch is always available for the admin user through the console port, even if management access to the console port is disabled

Parameter Description

Command

Default

 

 

 

Session login attempts allowed

session login-attempt

3 attempts

before the TCP connection is

 

 

closed.

 

 

 

 

 

Timeout period allowed for

session login-timeout

55 seconds

session login before the TCP

 

 

connection is closed.

 

 

 

 

 

Inactivity timeout period. The

session timeout

4 minutes

length of time the switch can

 

 

remain idle during a login

 

 

session before the switch will

 

 

close the session.

 

 

 

 

 

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omniswitch specifications

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