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NETGEAR 8800 User Manual

Using the acknowledge parameter prompts the user with the following message after the

banner appears and before the login prompt:

Hit any key to accept these provisions.

To disable the acknowledgement feature, which forces the user to press a key before the

configure banner command omitting the acknowledge

parameter.

Startup Screen and Prompt Text

Once you log into the switch, the system displays the startup screen, as follows:

password: blue7

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Press the <tab> or '?' key at any time for completions.

Remember to save your configuration changes.

* <switchname>.1 #

You must have an administrator-level account to change the text of the prompt. The prompt

text is taken from the SNMP

sysname setting.

The number that follows the period after the switch name indicates the sequential line of the

specific command or line for this CLI session.

If an asterisk (*) appears in front of the command line prompt, it indicates that you have

outstanding configuration changes that have not been saved. For example:

* XCM8806-1.19 #

If you have logged on with administrator capabilities, the command line prompt ends with a

(#) sign. For example:

XCM8806-1.18 #

If you have logged on with user capabilities, the command line prompt ends with a (>) sign.

For example:

XCM8806-1.2 >

Using the system recovery commands (see Chapter 8, Status Monitoring and Statistics for

information on system recovery), you can configure either one or more specified slots on a

modular switch or the entire stand-alone switch to shut down in case of an error. If you have

configured this feature and a hardware error is detected, the system displays an explanatory