Quick Reference Guide

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Telnet Commands
This section describes the following SFTOS Telnet commands:
• ip telnet maxsessions on page 71
• ip telnet timeout on page 71
• session-limit on page 72
• session-timeout on page 72
• show telnet on page 73
• telnet on page 73
• telnetcon maxsessions on page 73
• telnetcon timeout on page 73
ip telnet maxsessions
This command specifies the maximum number of Telnet connection sessions that can be established.
Syntax
ip telnet maxsessions 0-5
A value of 0 indicates that no Telnet connection can be established. The range is 0 to 5.
The command no telnet maxsessions sets the maximum number of Telnet connection sessions that
can be established to the default value.
Default
5
Mode
Global Config
Command
History
ip telnet timeout
This command sets the Telnet connection session timeout value, in minutes. A session is active as long
as the session has been idle for the value set.
Syntax
ip telnet timeout 1-160
ip address (routed) Configures an IP address on a routed interface.
show interface Displays a summary of statistics for a specific port, including
the management port, or a count of all CPU traffic based upon
the argument.
Version 2.3
Changed from
telnetcon maxsessions and moved from Privileged Exec mode to
Global Config.
Note: Changing the timeout value for active sessions does not become effective until the
session is reaccessed. Any keystroke will also activate the new timeout duration.