Cisco Nexus 5500 Series - Configuring the EXEC Banner

PurposeCommand or Action
Configures the MOTD banner. Do not use the
delimiting-character in the message text.
banner motd delimiting-character message
delimiting-character
Step 2
Example:
switch(config)# banner motd #Welcome to the
Switch#
switch(config)#
Do not use " or % as a delimiting
character.
Note
Exits global configuration mode.exit
Example:
switch(config)# exit
switch#
Step 3
(Optional)
Displays the configured MOTD banner.
show banner motd
Example:
switch# show banner motd
Step 4
(Optional)
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
copy running-config startup-config
Example:
switch# copy running-config startup-config
Step 5
Configuring the EXEC Banner
You can configure the EXEC banner to display a message when a user logs in to a device. The EXEC banner
has the following characteristics:
•
Maximum of 254 characters per line including the delimiting characters
•
Maximum of 40 lines
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
configure terminal
2.
banner exec delimiting-character message delimiting-character
3.
(Optional) no banner exec
4.
exit
5.
(Optional) show banner exec
6.
(Optional) copy running-config startup-config
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
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Basic Device Management
Configuring the EXEC Banner