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z  Method II: Input a character after the command keywords at the first line, and then press the Enter 
key. End the setting with the character input at the first line. The character at the first line and the 
end character are not part of the banner information.  
z  Method III: Input multiple characters after the command keywords at the first line (with the first and 
last characters being different), then press the Enter key. End the setting with the first character 
input at the first line. The first input character at the first line and the end character are not part of 
the banner information. The line feed character inserted in the information is part of the banner 
information. 
Follow these steps to configure a banner: 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Enter system view 
system-view 
— 
Configure the banner to be displayed at login (available for 
Modem login users) 
header incoming
 text Optional 
Configure the banner to be displayed at login authentication
header login
 text Optional
 
Configure the authorization information before login 
header legal
 text Optional 
Configure the banner to be displayed when a user enters 
user view (non Modem login users) 
header shell 
text Optional
 
Configure the banner to be displayed before login 
header motd
 text Optional
 
 
Banner configuration example 
# Configure the banner to be displayed when a user enters user view as Welcome to H3C!. 
z  Single-line input mode: 
<System> system-view 
[System] header shell %Welcome to H3C!% 
z  Multiple-line input mode (method I): 
<System> system-view 
[System] header shell 
Please input banner content, and quit with the character '%'. 
Welcome to H3C! 
               % 
z  Multiple-line input mode (method II): 
<System> system-view 
[System] header shell W 
Please input banner content, and quit with the character 'W'. 
Welcome to H3C! 
               W 
Configuring CLI Hotkeys 
Follow these steps to configure CLI hotkeys: 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Enter system view 
system-view
 — 
Configure CLI hotkeys 
hotkey 
{ 
CTRL_G
 | 
CTRL_L
 | 
CTRL_O
 | 
CTRL_T
 | 
CTRL_U
 } 
command
 
Optional 
The 
Ctrl+G
, 
Ctrl+L
 and 
Ctrl+O
 hotkeys are 
specified with command lines by default.