Chapter 3 B Command - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Command Reference Manual

banner motd
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banner motd
To configure a message of the day (MOTD) banner, use the banner motd command in configuration
mode.
Syntax Description delimiting-character
message
Defaults None.
Command Modes Configuration mode.
Command History Release
1.3(4)
Usage Guidelines The configured MOTD banner is displayed before the login prompt on the terminal whenever a user logs
in to a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch.
Follow these guidelines when choosing your delimiting character:
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You can include tokens in the form $(token) in the message text. Tokens will be replaced with the
corresponding configuration variable. For example:
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Examples The following example configures a banner message with the following text "Testing the MOTD
Feature".
switch# config terminal
switch(config)# banner motd # Testing the MOTD Feature. #
The following example spans multiple lines and uses tokens to configure the banner message:
switch# config terminal
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banner motd [delimiting-character message delimiting-character]
no banner motd [delimiting-character message delimiting-character]
(Optional) Identifies the delimiting character.
(Optional) Specifies the banner message that is restricted to 40 lines with a
maximum of 80 characters in each line.
Modification
This command was introduced.
Do not use the delimiting-character in the message string.
Do not use " and % as delimiters.
$(hostname) displays the host name for the switch:
$(line) displays the vty or tty line no or name:
The $(line-desc) and $(domain) tokens are not supported.
Chapter 3 B Commands
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