Operation Manual

System Services Commands
Mobility System Software Command Reference Guide
Version 7.3
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Quotation marks can be used in the message if they are enclosed by delimiting characters. For
example, to set the text “Do you agree?” (including the quotation marks) as the text to be displayed
following the MOTD banner, type the following command:
MX# set banner acknowledge message ‘"Do you agree?"‘
success: change accepted.
See Also
● set banner motd on page 4-26
● clear banner motd on page 4-19
● show banner motd on page 4-36
set banner motd
Configures the banner string that is displayed before the beginning of each login prompt for each
CLI session on the MX.
Syntax set banner motd “text”
Defaults None.
Access Enabled.
History Introduced in MSS Version 1.0.
Usage Type a delimiting character, then the message, then another delimiting character.
Examples To create a banner that says Meeting @ 4:00 p.m. in Conference Room #3, type the
following command:
MX# set banner motd "Meeting @ 4:00 p.m. in Conference Room #3"
success: motd changed.
See Also
● set banner acknowledge on page 4-25
● clear banner motd on page 4-19
● show banner motd on page 4-36
set confirm
Enables or disables the display of confirmation messages for commands that might have a large
impact on the network.
Syntax set confirm {on | off}
Defaults Configuration messages are enabled.
“ Delimiting character that begins and ends the message; for example, double
quotes (“).
text Up to 2000 alphanumeric characters, including tabs and carriage returns, but
not the delimiting character.
Note: The text cannot contain lines longer than 256 characters.
on Enables confirmation messages.
off Disables confirmation messages.