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Fabric OS Command Reference

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timeOut

Sets or displays the idle timeout value for a login session.

SYNOPSIS

timeout [timeval]

DESCRIPTION

Use this command without an operand to display the current timeout value (in minutes) after which idle
logins are automatically terminated.

Use this command with the timeval operand to set the login timeout value to the specified interval. A
value of 0 disables timeout of login sessions.

The new timeout value takes effect with the next logins.

NOTES

The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in
place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for
details.

OPERANDS

This command has the following operand:

timeval

Specify the number of minutes for the Telnet timeout value. Valid values are 1 to
99,999, or 0 to disable login timeouts. This operand is optional; if omitted, the
command displays the current timeout value.

EXAMPLES

To set the idle timeout to 10 minutes:

switch:admin> timeout 10
IDLE Timeout Changed to 10 minutes
The modified IDLE Timeout will be in effect after NEXT login