Banner motd – Dell PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

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User Interface Commands

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Use tokens in the form of $(token) in the message text to customize the

banner. The tokens are described in the table below:

Use the no banner login Line Configuration command to disable the Login
banner on a particular line or lines.

Example

The following example sets a Login banner that uses tokens. The percent sign

(%) is used as a delimiting character. Note that the $(token) syntax is

replaced by the corresponding configuration variable.

console(config)# banner login %

Enter TEXT message. End with the character '%'.

You have entered $(hostname).$(domain)

%

When the login banner is executed, the user will see the following

banner:

You have entered host123.ourdomain.com

banner motd

Use the banner motd command in Global Configuration mode to specify and

enable a message-of-the-day banner. This message is displayed before the

Token

Information Displayed in the Banner

$(hostname)

Displays the host name for the device.

$(domain)

Displays the domain name for the device.

$(bold)

Indicates that the next text is a bold text. Using this token again

indicates the end of the bold text.

$(inverse)

Indicates that the next text is an inverse text. Using this token again

indicates the end of the inverse text.

$(contact)

Displays the system contact string.

$(location)

Displays the system location string.

$(mac-address)

Displays the base MAC address of the device.

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