Sometimes we can meet such situation on a router or a switch:
[labnario]display users User-Intf Delay Type Network Address AuthenStatus AuthorcmdFlag + 34 VTY 0 00:00:00 TEL 172.29.12.226 pass no Username : huawei 35 VTY 1 00:08:01 TEL 172.29.12.226 pass no Username : labnario 36 VTY 2 00:07:38 TEL 172.29.12.226 pass no Username : killer 37 VTY 3 00:07:00 TEL 172.29.12.226 pass no Username : killer 38 VTY 4 00:01:34 TEL 172.29.12.226 pass no Username : labnario
By default, on Huawei device, there are 5 vty lines available. If all these lines are occupied by users, no other user is able to access the device. Such situation can appear in 2 cases:
- The device is fully occupied by telnet users.
- All telnet sessions are hang.
The first case is normal and it can often happen. Sessions will be deleted when users log out from the device or their sessions’ idle-timeout expires. By default idle-timeout is set to 10 minutes.