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Cisco IE 2000 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 7 Performing Switch Administration
How to Perform Switch Administration

Configuring a Login Banner

You can configure a login banner to be displayed on all connected terminals. This banner appear s after
the MOTD banner and before the login prompt.
Managing the MAC Address Table

Changing the Address Aging Time

Command Purpose
Step 1 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2 banner login c message c Specifies the login message.
c—Enters the delimiting character of your choice, for example, a pound
sign (#), and press the Return key. The delimiting character signifies
the beginning and end of the banner text. Characters after th e ending
delimiter are discarded.
message—Enters a login message up to 255 characters. You cannot use
the delimiting character in the message.
Step 3 end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Command Purpose
Step 1 configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2 mac address-table aging-time [0 |
10-1000000] [vlan vlan-id]
Sets the length of time that a dynamic entry remains in the MAC
address table after the entry is used or updated.
The range is 10 to 1000000 seconds. The default is 300. You can also
enter 0, which disables aging. Static address entries are never aged
or removed from the table.
vlan-id—Valid IDs are 1 to 4096.
Step 3 end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.