PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.15.0.0 Security Configuration Guide for DM5500

Configure SSH session timeout

This topic describes how the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance console behaves for connections with prolonged inactivity. These steps also change the behavior of the timeout mechanism that regulates SSH sessions.

1. Connect to the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance console and change to the root user.
2. Using a Linux text editor, open /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
3. Modify the following property:

   Property	Description
   ClientAliveInterval	The number of seconds of inactivity after which PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance terminates the SSH session.

4. Save and close the file.
5. Reload the SSH daemon to apply the changes:
   systemctl reload sshd