Configuirng The Default Gateway; Configuring The Motd Banner - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuirng the Default Gateway

Configuirng the Default Gateway
You can manually configure the management interface from the CLI. You can configure the mgmt 0 interface
with either IPv4 address parameters or an IPv6 address.
Before You Begin
Establish a connection on the console port.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. ip default gateway ipv4-address
3. (Optional) show ip route
4. (Optional) copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
Step 2 ip default gateway ipv4-address
Example:
switch(config)# ip default-gateway 172.16.1.1
Step 3
show ip route
Example:
switch(config)# show ip route
Step 4
copy running-config startup-config
Example:
switch(config)# copy running-config
startup-config

Configuring the MOTD Banner

You can configure the MOTD to display before the login prompt on the terminal when a user logs in. The
MOTD banner has the following characteristics:
• Maximum of 80 characters per line
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Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Configures the IPv4 address for the default gateway.
(Optional)
Displays the default gataeway configuration.
(Optional)
Configures the IPv4 or IPv6 address on the mgmt 0
interface.
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