Monitoring Console Sessions

This topic describes the following:

Monitoring the Parameters of the Current Console Session

Purpose

Display parameters of the current console session.

Action

To display parameters of the current console session:

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

Meaning

Table 41 lists the show terminal command output fields.

Table 41: show terminal Output Fields

Field Name

Field Description

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. If there is no time limit, the value is:

  • Never

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. If there is no time limit, the value is:

  • Never

Monitoring the Parameters of the Future and Current Console Sessions

Purpose

Display the parameters configured for all future console sessions and the current console session.

Action

To display the parameters configured for all future console sessions and the current console session:

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

Meaning

Table 42 lists the show line console 0 command output fields.

Table 42: show line console 0 Output Fields

Field Name

Field Description

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.

configured speed

Configured speed of the console session

current speed

Current speed of the console session

exec-timeout

Time interval that the terminal waits for expected user input. If there is no time limit, the value is:

  • Never

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