Administrator Guide

To limit the number of concurrent sessions that any user can have on console, auxiliary, and virtual
terminal lines, use the login concurrent-session limit number-of-sessions command.
If the login concurrent-session clear-line enable command is configured, you are
provided with an option to clear any of your existing sessions after a successful login authentication.
When you reach the maximum concurrent session limit, you can still log in by clearing any of your existing
sessions.
Example
The following example shows how to limit the number of concurrent sessions that any user can have to
four:
DellEMC(conf)# login concurrent-session limit 4
DellEMC(conf)#
The following example shows how to use the login concurrent-session clear-line enable
command.
DellEMC(conf)# login concurrent-session clear-line enable
DellEMC(conf)#
When you try to log in, the following message appears with all your existing concurrent sessions, providing
an option to close any one of the existing sessions:
$ telnet 10.11.178.14
Trying 10.11.178.14...
Connected to 10.11.178.14.
Escape character is '^]'.
Login: admin
Password:
Current sessions for user admin:
Line Location
2 vty 0 10.14.1.97
3 vty 1 10.14.1.97
Clear existing session? [line number/Enter to cancel]:
When you try to create more than the permitted number of sessions, the following message appears,
prompting you to close one of your existing sessions. Close any of your existing sessions to log in to the
system.
$ telnet 10.11.178.14
Trying 10.11.178.14...
Connected to 10.11.178.14.
Escape character is '^]'.
Login: admin
Password:
Maximum concurrent sessions for the user reached.
Current sessions for user admin:
Line Location
2 vty 0 10.14.1.97
3 vty 1 10.14.1.97
4 vty 2 10.14.1.97
5 vty 3 10.14.1.97
Clear existing session? [line number/Enter to cancel]:
Related
Commands
● login statistics — enable and configure user login statistics on console and virtual terminal lines.
● show login statistics — displays login statistics of users who have used the console or virtual terminal
lines to log in to the system.
login statistics
Enable and configure user login statistics on console and virtual terminal lines.
Syntax
login statistics {enable | time-period days}
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