CLI Guide

line Enter a text string for your text banner message ending the

message with your delineator. The delineator is a percent

character (%). Range: maximum of 50 lines, up to 255

characters per line

Defaults No banner is configured and the CR is required when creating a banner.

Command Modes CONFIGURATION

Supported Modes Full–Switch

Command History

Version Description

9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.

8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.

Usage Information A login banner message displays only in EXEC Privilege mode after entering the

enable command then the password. These banners do not display to users in

EXEC mode.

Example

Dell(conf)#banner login ?

keyboard-interactive Press enter key to get prompt

LINE c banner-text(max length 255) c, where

'c' is a delimiting

character

Dell(conf)#no banner login ?

keyboard-interactive Prompt will be displayed by default

<cr>

Dell(conf)#banner login keyboard-interactive

Enter TEXT message. End with the character '%'.

This is the banner%

Dell(conf)#end

Dell#exit

13d21h9m: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %SEC-5-LOGOUT: Exec session is

terminated for user on

line console

This is the banner

Dell Force10 con0 now available

Press RETURN to get started.

13d21h10m: STKUNIT0-M:CP %SEC-5-LOGIN_SUCCESS: Login

successful for user on line

console

This is the banner

Commands

banner motd — sets a Message of the Day banner.

exec-banner — enables the display of a text string when you enter EXEC mode.

Control and Monitoring