Cisco ASA Series User Manual

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Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide
Chapter 1 Configuring Management Access
Configuring CLI Parameters
Detailed Steps
To customize the CLI prompt, enter the following commands:
Changing the Console Timeout
The console timeout sets how long a connection can remain in privileged EXEC mode or configuration
mode; when the timeout is reached, the session drops into user EXEC mode. By default, the session does
not time out. This setting does not affect how long you can remain connected to the console port, which
never times out.
To change the console timeout, perform the following steps:
Detailed Steps
priority Displays the failover priority as pri (primary) or sec (secondary).
state Displays the traffic-passing state of the unit. The following values appear for
the state:
• act—Failover is enabled, and the unit is actively passing traffic.
• stby— Failover is enabled, and the unit is not passing traffic and is in a
standby, failed, or another inactive state.
• actNoFailover—Failover is not enabled, and the unit is actively passing
traffic.
• stbyNoFailover—Failover is not enabled, and the unit is not passing
traffic. This condition might occur when there is an interface failure
above the threshold on the standby unit.
Shows the role (master or slave) of a unit in a cluster. For example, in the
prompt ciscoasa/cl2/slave, the hostname is ciscoasa, the unit name is cl2, and
the state name is slave.
Command Purpose
prompt {[hostname] [context] [domain]
[slot] [state] [priority] [cluster-unit]}
Example:
hostname(config)# firewall transparent
Customizes the CLI prompt.
Command Purpose
console timeout number
Example:
hostname(config)# console timeout 0
Specifies the idle time in minutes (0 through 60) after which the privileged
session ends. The default timeout is 0, which means the session does not
time out.

Cisco ASA Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	ASA Series
Category	Network Hardware
Language	English