This command configures idle-timeout for SSH/SFTP connections.
none | Idle timeout disabled. |
minutes | Timeout value in minutes. Range is 1 to 240. |
60 minutes.
If you enable the idle timer using the enable idletimeout command, the SSH2 connection times out after 20 minutes of inactivity by default. If you disable the idle timer using the disable idletimeout command, the SSH2 connection times out after 60 minutes of inactivity by default. This timeout value can be modified using the command “configure ssh2 idletimeout <minutes> wherein <minutes> can be from 1 to 240 ”. This ssh idle timer is applicable for SFTP connections as well.
Configured ssh idle timeout is displayed in “show management” output:
# show management CLI idle timeout : Enabled (2 minutes) CLI max number of login attempts : 3 CLI max number of sessions : 8 CLI paging : Enabled (this session only) CLI space-completion : Disabled (this session only) CLI configuration logging : Disabled CLI journal size : 100 CLI password prompting only : Disabled CLI scripting : Disabled (this session only) CLI scripting error mode : Ignore-Error (this session only) CLI persistent mode : Persistent (this session only) CLI prompting : Enabled (this session only) CLI screen size : 32 Lines 112 Columns (this session only) CLI refresh : Enabled Telnet access : Enabled (tcp port 23 vr all) : Access Profile : not set SSH access : Enabled (Key valid, tcp port 22 vr all) : Access Profile : not set SSH2 idle timeout : 20 minutes Web access : Enabled (tcp port 80) : Access Profile : not set Total Read Only Communities : 1 Total Read Write Communities : 1 RMON : Disabled SNMP access : Enabled : Access Profile : not set SNMP Notifications : Enabled SNMP Notification Receivers : None SNMP stats: InPkts 0 OutPkts 0 Errors 0 AuthErrors 0 Gets 0 GetNexts 0 Sets 0 Drops 0 SNMP traps: Sent 0 AuthTraps Enabled SNMP inform: Sent 0 Retries 0 Failed 0
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 16.1.
This command is available on ExtremeSwitching X435, X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X690, and X695 series switches.