Configuring A Message-Of-The-Day; Configuring A Login Banner - D-Link xStack DGS-3610 Series Configuration Manual

DGS-3610 Series Configuration Guide
banner: a message-of-the-day (MOTD) and a login banner. The MOTD is used for all users
who connect to the network devices. When users log in the network devices, the notification
message will be displayed in the terminal firstly. By using the MOTD, you can send some
urgent messages (for example, the system is to be disabled) to the network users. The login
banner also is displayed after the MOTD, Its main function is to provide some common login
messages. By default, the MOTD and login banners are not configured.
2.7.2

Configuring a Message-of-the-Day

You can create a single or multi-line MODT, these information will be displayed on the screen
when the users log in to the network devices. You may configure the message of the day in
the global configuration mode:
Command
DGS-3610(Config)# banner motd c
message c
Use the no banner motd command in the global configuration mode to delete the MOTD
configured, The following example shows how to configure an MOTD. The # symbol is used
as the delimiter, and the text of the MOTD is ―Notice: system will shutdown on July 6th.‖ See
the following configuration example:
DGS-3610(config)# banner motd #
Enter TEXT message. End with the character '#'.
Notice: system will shutdown on July 6th.
#
DGS-3610(config)#
2.7.3

Configuring a Login Banner

You may configure the login banner message in the global configuration mode by executing
the following commands:
Chapter 2 Configuration of Switch Basic Management
Function
Configure the text for the message of the day. c denotes
the delimiter, it can be any characters of your choice (for
example, a pound sign ‗&' etc.). After inputting the
delimiting character, press the Enter key. Now, you can
start to enter the text, and enter the delimiter again and
press Enter to end the inputting of a text. Please note that
if you enter more characters after inputting the delimiter
for ending the text, such characters will be discarded by
the system. To be noted that the text of MOTD should not
include the letters regarded as the delimiting character.
The length of the text should not exceed to 255 bytes.
//The delimiter for starting
# //The delimiter for ending.
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