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Monitoring the Console Settings

You can use the following commands to monitor console settings.

show line console 0

Use to view the parameters configured for all future console sessions and the current console session.

Example

host1#show line console 0
dsr-detect disabled
configured speed 9600, current speed 9600
exec-timeout never

See show line console 0.

show terminal

Use to view parameters of the current console session.
Field descriptions
- Length—Number of lines on the screen
- Width—Number of characters on each line of the screen
- data-character-bits—Number of bits per character
  - 7—Setting for the standard ASCII set
  - 8—Setting for the international character set
- Speed—Speed of the console session
- dsr-detect—Status of DSR signal detection
  - enabled—DSR signal must be detected for a user to log in to the console.
  - disabled—DSR signal need not be detected for a user to log in to the console.
- exec-timeout—Time interval that the terminal waits for expected user input
  - Never—Indicates that there is no time limit
- exec-banner—Status for the exec banner: enabled or disabled. This banner is displayed by the CLI after user authentication (if any) and before the first prompt of a CLI session.
- motd-banner—Status for the MOTD banner: enabled or disabled. This banner is displayed by the CLI when a connection is initiated.
- login-timeout—Time interval during which the user must log in.
  - Never—Indicates that there is no time limit

Example

host1#show terminal
Length: 25 lines, Width: 80 columns
data-character-bits: 8 bits per character
Speed: 9600 bits per second
dsr-detect disabled
exec-timeout never
exec-banner enabled
motd-banner enabled
login-timeout 30 seconds

See show terminal.

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