Quick Reference Guide

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DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 5/15/12 – FOR PROOF ONLY
• When a user connects to a device, the message-of-the-day (MOTD) banner appears first, followed by the
login banner and prompts. After the user logs in to the device, the EXEC banner is displayed.
• To customize the banner, use tokens in the form $(token) in the message text.
The following table displays the tokens.
• To disable the EXEC banner on a particular line or lines, use the no exec-banner line configuration
command.
Example
The following example sets a MOTD banner that uses tokens. The percent sign (%) is used as a delimiting
character. Notice that the $(token) syntax is replaced by the corresponding configuration variable..
Token Information displayed in the banner
$(hostname) Displays the host name for the device.
$(domain) Displays the domain name for the device.
$(bold) Indicates that the next text is a bold text. Using this token again
indicates the end of the bold text.
$(inverse) Indicates that the next text is an inverse text. Using this token again
indicates the end of the inverse text.
$(contact) Displays the system contact string.
$(location) Displays the system location string.
$(mac-address) Displays the base MAC address of the device.
Console (config)# banner motd %
Enter TEXT message. End with the character '%'.
$(bold)Upgrade$(bold) to all devices begins at March 12
%
When the login banner is executed, the user will see the following banner:
Upgrade to all devices begins at March 12