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User Interface Display Options
Creating a new Banner
Three steps are required to change the login banner. They are listed here.
• Create a text file containing the new banner in the switch's flash directory.
• Add the
• Enable the feature by executing the
To create the text file containing your banner you may use the
edit buffer sub-menu. This method allows you to create the file in the flash directory without
leaving the
UI
MS Wordpad) and ftp the file to the switch's flash directory. In either case, be sure to remem-
ber the name of your file.
To add the
command of the
Chapter 7, "Managing Files").
To enable the new login banner, add the
using the
message to display at each login until the switch is rebooted. After a reboot, the switch will
not display the banner unless the
Permanent Banner
If you want the banner message to display after the system has been rebooted, you must add
additional lines to the
to the
Banners for Different Access Methods
You may use different banners for sessions accessed by console, Telnet or ftp methods. To do
this, create different text files for each banner with unique filenames. When you add the
commands to the
access methods. Here is an example:
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command syntax to the switch's mpx.cmd file.
console session. You can also create the text file in an external editor (such as
command syntax to the switch's
's
sub-menu. (For information on using the file sub-menu, refer to
UI
command of the
's
UI
file. The following example lists the commands you must add
file. This example uses a banner text file with the name
Any commands added to the
added after the lines
commands in the
order the switch may not boot properly.
, use the filenames to associate the banner with the session
sub-menu. This command will cause the banner
command is executed again.
o Note o
file must be
and
. If the
file are not in the proper
command.
command in the UI's
file, use the edit
syntax to the
.
file,
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