Configuring a Session Management (TD/SMP) Terminal

Logging In with Multisessions

The following is a typical procedure for logging in at a session management terminal with MULTISESSIONS enabled at the access server port:

Step Action

1Press the Return key once or twice to obtain the introductory banner and username prompt. After the user optionally enters a user name, the access server invokes session management, and the terminal prompts the user for a network resource name. The access server then uses that name to create a session for the terminal session. If a preferred service is defined and AUTOCONNECT is enabled, the access server starts a session with the preferred service. If you do not enter a network resource name for a terminal session, the access server places the port in local mode.

2Request additional terminal sessions (and associated sessions) by entering a terminal command. The terminal prompts the user again for a network resource name for each terminal session. The access server creates a session for each terminal session.

3Switch among your terminal sessions by using a switch session key on the terminal keyboard.

In local mode, you can enter access server commands at the access server prompt. (The Local Mode Command Restrictions During Session Management table lists command restrictions that apply to session management terminals.) If you enter LOCAL as a service name for a terminal session, the access server places the port in local mode.

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