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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Chapter40 Configuring Management Access
Configuring CLI Parameters
Detailed Steps
To customize the CLI prompt, perform the following step:
Step1 Choose Configuration > Device Management > Management Access > Command Line (CLI) > CLI
Prompt, then do any of the following to customize the prompt:
•To add an attribute to the prompt, click the attribute in the Available Prompts list and then click Add.
You can add multiple attributes to the prompt. The attribute is moved from the Available Prompts
list to the Selected Prompts list.
•To remove an attribute from the prompt, click the attribute in the Selected Prompts list and then click
Delete. The attribute is moved from the Selected Prompts list to the Available Prompts list.
•To change the order in which the attributes appear in the command prompt, click the attribute in the
Selected Prompts list and click Move Up or Move Down to change the order.
The prompt is changed and displays in the CLI Prompt Preview field.
Step2 Click Apply.
The new prompt is saved to the running configuration.
Changing the Console Timeout
The console timeout sets how long a connection can remain in privileged EXEC mode or configuration
mode; when the timeout is reached, the session drops into user EXEC mode. By default, the session does
not time out. This setting does not affect how long you can remain connected to the console port, which
never times out.
To change the console timeout, enter the following command:
Step1 To define a new timeout value in minutes, choose Configuration > Device Management >
Management Access > Command Line (CLI) > Console Timeout.
Step2 To specify an unlimited amount of time, enter 0. The default value is 0.
Step3 Click Apply.
priority Displays the failover priority as pri (primary) or sec (secondary).
state Displays the traffic-passing state of the unit. The following values appear for
the state:
•act—Failover is enabled, and the unit is actively passing traffic.
•stby— Failover is enabled, and the unit is not passing traffic and is in a
standby, failed, or another nonactive state.
•actNoFailover—Failover is not enabled, and the unit is actively passing
traffic.
•stbyNoFailover—Failover is not enabled, and the unit is not passing
traffic. This condition might occur when there is an interface failure
above the threshold on the standby unit.