Cisco MDS 9000 Series Command Reference

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 21 S Commands
send
send
To send a message to all active CLI users currently using the switch, use the send command in EXEC
mode.
send message-text
Syntax Description
Defaults None.
Command Modes EXEC mode.
Command History
Usage Guidelines This message is restricted to 80 alphanumeric characters with spaces.
Examples The following example sends a warning message to all active users about the switch being shut down.
switch# send Shutting down the system in 2 minutes. Please log off.
Broadcast Message from admin@excal-112
(/dev/pts/3) at 16:50 ...
Shutting down the system in 2 minutes. Please log off.
message-text Specifies the text of your message.
Release Modification
1.0(2) This command was introduced.

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	Varies by model
Protocols	Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), iSCSI
Redundancy	Redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans
Management	Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), CLI, SNMP
Virtualization Support	VSANs (Virtual SANs)
Security Features	Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Hot Swappable Components	power supplies, fans
Power Supply Options	AC and DC options available