Configures the height and width of the serial console terminal.
By default, the serial console is 24 rows high and 80 rows wide.
Privileged EXEC mode
Configure the size of the serial console terminal to prevent overwritten or misaligned console output when multiple users connect to the serial console. The terminal emulators that connect to the console must have the same window size as the console to prevent overwritten or misaligned output.
The configuration of the console size does not persist after a reboot.
Use the console command without options to display the size of the serial console terminal.
The following example displays the size of the serial console terminal.
device# console Serial console height 24 width 80
The following example configures a height of 43 rows and a width of 132 columns.
device# console height 43 width 132 Set serial console height 43 width 132
The following example configures a height of 24 rows.
device# console height 24 Set serial console height 24
The following example configures a width of 80 columns.
device# console width 80 Set serial console width 80