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AT-S41 User’s Guide
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the local management station after the specified period of time.
This security feature can prevent unauthorized individuals from
using your management station should you step away from your
system while configuring a stack. The default for the console
timeout value is 5 minutes.You can set the timeout for between 0
and 60 minutes.
Set [T]elnet UI Timeout
This command causes the management software to automatically
end a management session if it does not detect any activity from
the remote management station after the specified period of
time. This security feature can prevent unauthorized individuals
from using your management station should you step away from
your system while configuring a stack. The default for the Telnet
timeout value is 5 minutes. You can set the timeout for between 0
and 60 minutes.
Change Administrator User [N]ame
This command changes the login name for the switch. The user
name can be from 0 to 12 characters in length and can consist of
alphanumeric characters (a to z, A to Z, and 0 to 9). The same user
name is used for both local and remote management sessions.
The default user name is “manager.” The user name is case-
sensitive.
Change Administrator [P]assword
This command changes the login password for the switch. The
password can be from 0 to 12 characters in length and can consist
of alphanumeric characters (a to z, A to Z, and 0 to 9). The same
password is used for both local and remote management
sessions. The default password is “manager.” The password is
case-sensitive.
Caution
Do not include spaces or special characters, such as asterisks (*) or
exclamation points (!) in a user name or password. This is particularly
important if you will be managing the switch from a Web browser,
since most Web browsers cannot handle special characters in user
names or passwords.
Enable/Disable Te[l]net Server
This command allows you to disable the Telnet management
feature on the stack, and so prevent individuals from managing
the stack remotely using a Telnet session.