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NTERFACE

4-14

The access mode shown in the following tables is indicated by these
abbreviations:
NE (Normal Exec) IC (Interface Configuration)
PE (Privileged Exec) LC (Line Configuration)
GC (Global Configuration) VC (VLAN Database Configuration)
ACL (Access Control List MST (Multiple Spanning Tree)
Configuration)

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 Command Syntax
Command Function Mode Page
line Identifies a specific line for configuration and
starts the line configuration mode
GC 4-15
login Enables password checking at login LC 4-16
password Specifies a password on a line LC 4-17
exec-timeout Sets the interval that the command interpreter
waits until user input is detected
LC 4-18
password-thresh Sets the password intrusion threshold, which
limits the number of failed logon attempts
LC 4-19
silent-time* Sets the amount of time the management
console is inaccessible after the number of
unsuccessful logon attempts exceeds the
threshold set by the password-thresh
command
LC 4-20
databits* Sets the number of data bits per character that
are interpreted and generated by hardware
LC 4-21
parity* Defines the generation of a parity bit LC 4-22
speed* Sets the terminal baud rate LC 4-23
* These commands only apply to the serial port.