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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release8.1
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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands
set banner motd
set banner motd
To program an MOTD banner to appear before session login, use the set banner motd command.
set banner motd c [text] c
Syntax Description
Defaults This command has no default settings.
Command Types Switch command.
Command Modes Privileged.
Usage Guidelines The MOTD banner cannot contain more than 3,070 characters, including tabs. Tabs display as eight
characters but take only one character of memory.
You can use either the clear banner motd command or the set banner motd cc command to clear the
message-of-the-day banner.
Examples This example shows how to set the message of the day using the pound sign (#) as the delimiting
character:
Console> (enable) set banner motd #
** System upgrade at 6:00am Tuesday.
** Please log out before leaving on Monday. #
MOTD banner set.
Console> (enable)
This example shows how to clear the message of the day:
Console> (enable) set banner motd ##
MOTD banner cleared.
Console> (enable)
Related Commands clear banner motd
set banner lcd
set banner telnet
show banner
cDelimiting character used to begin and end the message.
text (Optional) Message of the day.