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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.

Note

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