Configuring Terminal Attributes for a VTY User Interface

Terminal attributes of a VTY user interface include the timeout period of an idle connection, number of rows displayed on a terminal screen, and buffer size for historical commands.

Procedure

Run system-view
The system view is displayed.
Run user-interface vty first-ui-number [ last-ui-number ]
One or more VTY user interface views are displayed.
Run shell
The VTY terminal service is started.
Run idle-timeout minutes [ seconds ]
A timeout period is set for an idle connection.

If a connection remains idle within a specified timeout period, the system automatically ends the connection after the timeout period expires.
Run screen-length screen-length
The number of rows displayed on each terminal screen is set.
Run history-commandmax-size size-value
A buffer size is set for historical commands.
Run commit
The configuration is committed.