SMC Networks 100BASE-TX, 16 10BASE-T manual Line Commands

4 Command Line Interface

Line Commands

You can access the onboard configuration program by attaching a VT100 compatible device to the server’s serial port. These commands are used to set communication parameters for the serial port or Telnet (i.e., a virtual terminal).

Table 4-5. Line Commands

Command	Function	Mode	Page
line	Identifies a specific line for configuration and starts the line	GC	4-10
	configuration mode
login	Enables password checking at login	LC	4-11
password	Specifies a password on a line	LC	4-12
timeout login	Sets the interval that the system waits for a user to log into the	LC	4-13
response	CLI
exec-timeout	Sets the interval that the command interpreter waits until user	LC	4-13
	input is detected
password-thresh	Sets the password intrusion threshold, which limits the number	LC	4-14
	of failed logon attempts
silent-time*	Sets the amount of time the management console is	LC	4-15
	inaccessible after the number of unsuccessful logon attempts
	exceeds the threshold set by the password-threshcommand
databits*	Sets the number of data bits per character that are interpreted	LC	4-15
	and generated by hardware
parity*	Defines the generation of a parity bit	LC	4-16
speed*	Sets the terminal baud rate	LC	4-17
stopbits*	Sets the number of the stop bits transmitted per byte	LC	4-17
disconnect	Terminates a line connection	PE	4-18
show line	Displays a terminal line's parameters	NE, PE	4-18

* These commands only apply to the serial port.

line

This command identifies a specific line for configuration, and to process subsequent line configuration commands.

Syntax

line {console vty}

•console - Console terminal line.

•vty - Virtual terminal for remote console access (i.e., Telnet).

Default Setting

There is no default line.

Command Mode

Global Configuration

4-10