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Chapter2 Administrative Commands
broadcast
broadcast
To send text messages to all other CLI users, enter the
broadcast
command in User Exec mode or
Privileged Exec mode.
broadcast
message
Syntax Description
Defaults This command has no default settings.
Command Modes User Execute mode, Privileged Execute mode.
Usage Guidelines Platform Availability:
Cisco SFS 3001, Cisco SFS 7000, Cisco SFS 7008, Cisco SFS 3012, Cisco 4x InfiniBand Switch Module
for IBM BladeCenter
Privilege Level:
Unrestricted read-write user.
Multi-word messages must begin and end with quotation marks (“,”). Single-word me ssage s do not
require quotation marks.
You can broadcast a message to warn other CLI users about events that may impact their sessions, such
as a network outage or major configuration change. A broad cas t m ess ag e ap pe ar s on every active CLI
session on the Server Switch, including the user who sends the messag e.
Examples The following example prints “FC card 5 going down in 10 minutes” to the terminal screens of all users
on the Server Switch:
SFS-7000P# broadcast "FC card 5 going down in 10 minutes."
Related Commands reload
who
write
message Message to broadcast. This message may consist of one or more words and
may include any alphanumeric character or symbol (except for quotation
marks).