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Default — The absolute timeout is disabled by default. 3Com
recommends using the idle timeout instead to close unused sessions.
Access — Enabled.
History — Introduced in MSS Version 3.0.
Usage — If the idle timeout is disabled, MSS changes the default
absolute timeout from 0 (disabled) to 60 minutes to prevent an
abandoned session from remaining open indefinitely.
Examples — The following command changes the absolute timeout
value to 30 minutes:
WX4400# set ip ssh absolute-timeout 30
success: absolute timeout set to 30 minutes
See Also
■ “set ip ssh” on page 143
■ “set ip ssh idle-timeout” on page 144
■ “set ip ssh server” on page 145
set ip ssh
idle-timeout
Changes the number of minutes an SSH session can remain idle.
Syntax — set ip ssh idle-timeout minutes
■ minutes — Number of minutes an SSH session can remain idle. You
can set the idle timeout to a value from 0 (disabled) to 2,147,483,647
minutes.
Default — The default idle timeout is 30 minutes.
Access — Enabled.
History — Introduced in MSS Version 3.0.
Usage — If the idle timeout is disabled, MSS changes the default
absolute timeout from 0 (disabled) to 60 minutes to prevent an
abandoned session from remaining open indefinitely. 3Com recommends
using the idle timeout instead to close unused sessions.
