Interactive Admission Methods
To accretion admission to a accessory for authoritative purposes, you can use three basal methods: the animate port, VTY ports, and the
auxiliary port, anniversary discussed in detail in the sections that follow.
Console Port
The animate anchorage is the absence admission adjustment for accessory administration and configuration. This blazon of affiliation is acclimated to
physically affix to the animate anchorage of a accessory via the TTY band 0. By default, the animate anchorage is not countersign configured. affiliation to the animate anchorage should not be larboard logged in. Therefore, it's recommended to configure the abeyance for EXEC
sessions on the animate line, so that if a user forgets to log out or leaves the affair abandoned for an continued period, the accessory log out the abandoned sessions automatically. Example 3-2 shows how to set up the animate band for a countersign and administration automatic
logout if the affair is abandoned for added than ten minutes. The carriage ascribe none command prevents alien admission to the curve via about-face Telnet.
Example 3-2. Configuring Animate Anchorage Countersign and Abandoned Time
Router(config)# band animate 0
Router(config-line)# exec-timeout 10 0
Router(config-line)# carriage ascribe none
Router(config-line)# countersign
Router(config-line)# login
Router(config-line)# end
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