Console settings field descriptions

Console settings deal with how often activity monitors are refreshed, and inactivity timeout for console sessions.

The following table provides field definitions for the Console settings:
Field Definition
Default Console Auto Refresh System Setting in seconds The default number of seconds to elapse between automatic refreshes of the activity monitors. Users with permission can override this value via. Menu button () > System Settings > Console
Time out after n minute(s) of inactivity The amount of time that a user session is inactive before the user is logged out.
  • The range is 0-10000 minutes.
  • The default is 0 minutes, which indicates no inactivity timeout.
  • This value cannot be less than or equal to the Display warning message n minute(s) before timing out parameter value. However, if the Time out after n minute(s) of inactivity parameter value is set to 0, the Display warning message n minute(s) before timing out must be 0.
  • The console timeout value must be greater than the Auto Refresh value.
  • If Auto Refresh is enabled and console timeout is enabled (set greater than 0), the web browser session will not time out. However, if the user does not explicitly press keys or click the mouse, the console timeout will trigger.
    Attention: The default setting in the IBM® Sterling Control Center Monitor web console will timeout in 30 minutes when the default value is set to 0.

    Example 1
    Setting of:
    Auto Refresh=120 seconds
    Time out after 30 minute(s) of inactivity.
    Display warning message 2 minute(s) before timing out.

    Means: Data in console monitors would refresh every 120 seconds.  
    User would get a pop-up dialog with a 2 minute count down after
    28 minutes of inactivity (no keyboard or mouse activity).

    Example 2
    Setting of:
    Auto Refresh=120 seconds
    Time out after 30 minute(s) of inactivity.
    Display warning message 0 minute(s) before timing out.

    Means: Data in console monitors would refresh every 120 seconds.  
    User would get logged out of console after 30 minutes of inactivity
    (no keyboard or mouse activity).  
    There will  be no warning dialog.

    Example 3
    Setting of:
    Auto Refresh=120 seconds
    Time out after 0 minute(s) of inactivity.
    Display warning message 0 minute(s) before timing out.  

    Means: Data in console monitors would refresh every 120 seconds.
    User does not have to do any keyboard or mouse activity to keep
    logged on.  User will never be logged out due to inactivity.

    Example 4
    Setting of:
    Auto Refresh permission=none
    Time out after 10 minute(s) of inactivity.
    Display warning message 1 minute(s) before timing out.  

    Means: Data in console monitors will not be automatically refreshed.  
    User would get a pop-up dialog with a 1 minute count down after
    9 minutes of inactivity (no keyboard or mouse activity).

Display warning message n minute(s) before timing out Number of minutes before the inactivity timeout has been reached, that the warning message will be displayed. The default is 0. The range is 0-9999.

The warning message contains a counter that shows the minutes and seconds remaining until the user is logged off.

  • When the warning message is displayed, if the user clicks OK, the dialog closes and the inactivity timer is reset.
  • When the inactivity timeout is reached, the user session is canceled and the user is logged out of the console.