Configures the time-out for idle console, SSH2, and Telnet sessions.
| minutes | Specifies the time-out interval, in minutes. Range is 1 to 240 (1 minute to 4 hours). |
The default time-out is 20 minutes.
This command configures the length of time the switch will wait before disconnecting idle console, SSH2, or Telnet sessions.
The idletimeout feature must be enabled for this command to have an effect (the idletimeout feature is enabled by default).
The following command sets the time-out for idle login and console sessions to 10 minutes:
configure cli idle-timeout 10
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.
The cli keyword was added and the idletimeout keyword was changed to idle-timeout in ExtremeXOS 30.3.
This command is available on ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, and 5720 series switches.