Configuring the logon banner

About this task

Configure the logon banner to display a warning message to users before authentication.

Enter Global Configuration mode:

enable

configure terminal
Configure the switch to use a custom banner or use the default banner:

banner <custom|static>
Create a custom banner:

banner WORD<1–80>

Switch:1> enable

Switch:1# configure terminal

Activate the use of the default banner:

Switch:1(config)# banner static

The following table defines parameters for the banner command.


Variable	Value
custom\|static	Activates or disables use of the default banner.
displaymotd	Enables displaymotd.
motd	Sets the message of the day banner.
`WORD<1–80>`	Adds lines of text to the CLI logon banner.