HP Cisco MDS 9124 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference Guide - Release 4.x - Page 134

banner motd Chapter 3 B Commands Send documentation comments to [email protected] banner motd To configure a message of the day (MOTD) banner, use the banner motd command in configuration mode. banner motd [delimiting-character message delimiting-character] no banner motd [delimiting-character message delimiting-character] Syntax Description delimiting-character message (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. Defaults None. Command Modes Configuration mode. Command History Release 1.3(4) Modification This command was introduced. 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: • Do not use the delimiting-character in the message string. • Do not use " and % as delimiters. You can include tokens in the form $(token) in the message text. Tokens will be replaced with the corresponding configuration variable. For example: • $(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. 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 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference 3-2 OL-18089-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x