Brocade Virtual ADX Administration Guide (Supporting ADX v03.1.00) - Manual (Page 31)

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Managing System Functions
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Configuring a message for display at the Privileged EXEC level
You can configure the Brocade Virtual ADX to display a message when a user enters the Privileged
EXEC CLI level.
A delimiting character is established on the first line of the banner exec command. You begin and
end the message with this delimiting character. It can be any character except “ (double-quotation
mark) and cannot appear in the banner text. The banner text can be up to 2047 characters long
and can consist of multiple lines.
To configure the Brocade Virtual ADX to display a message when a user enters the Privileged EXEC
CLI level, enter the following command.
Virtual ADX(config)#banner exec $ (Press Return)
Enter TEXT message, End with the character '$'.
You are entering Privileged EXEC level
Don’t foul anything up! $
In this example, the delimiting character is $ (dollar sign). The text in between the dollar signs is the
contents of the banner.
To remove the banner, enter no banner exec.
Syntax: [no] banner exec delimiting-character
The delimiting-character variable can be any character except “ (double-quotation mark).
Configuring a message for display on a Console
You can configure the Brocade Virtual ADX to display a message on the Console when a user
establishes a Telnet session. This message indicates where the user is connecting from and
displays a configurable text message.
To configure a message on the Console, enter the following.
Virtual ADX(config)#banner incoming $ (Press Return)
Enter TEXT message, End with the character '$'.
Incoming Telnet Session!! $
When a user connects to the CLI using Telnet, the following message appears on the Console.
Telnet from 10.157.22.63
Incoming Telnet Session!!
Syntax: [no] banner incoming delimiting-character
Configuring a message for display on a terminal
You can configure the Brocade Virtual ADX to display a message on a user’s terminal when he or
she establishes a Telnet CLI session.
To display the message “Welcome to Brocade Virtual ADX!” when a Telnet CLI session is
established, enter the following.
Virtual ADX(config)#banner motd $ (Press Return)
Enter TEXT message, End with the character '$'.
Welcome to Brocade Virtual ADX! $
When you access the Web Management Interface, the banner is displayed on the login panel.