Example Of Configuring And Displaying A Banner - ProCurve 6400cl Management And Configuration Manual

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The switch allows up to 320 banner characters, including blank spaces and
CR-LF (
<delimiter> are not allowed as part of the banner text.) While entering banner
text, you can backspace to edit the current line (that is, a line that has not
been terminated by a CR-LF.) However, terminating a line in a banner by
entering a CR-LF prevents any further editing of that line. To edit a line in
a banner entry after terminating the line with a CR-LF requires entering the
delimiter described above and then re-configuring new banner text.
The banner text string must terminate with the character defined by banner
motd < delimiter >.
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). (The tilde "
[Enter]

Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner

Suppose a system operator wanted to configure the following banner message
on her company's 5300xl switches:
This is a private system maintained by the
Allied Widget Corporation.
Unauthorized use of this system can result in
civil and criminal penalties!
In this case, the operator will use the [Enter] key to create line breaks, blank
spaces for line centering, and the % symbol to terminate the banner message.
Figure 2. Example of Configuring a Login Banner
To view the current banner configuration, use either the show banner motd or
show running command.
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" and the delimiter defined by banner motd