Configures the banner string to be displayed for CLI screens.
| after-login | Specifies that a banner be displayed after login. |
| before-login | Specifies that a banner be displayed before login. |
| acknowledge | Require acknowledgement of the banner before login. |
| save-to-configuration | Save the before login banner to the configuration file as well as non-volatile memory. |
N/A.
A banner for a CLI session that displays before login.
A banner for a CLI session that displays after login.
If no optional parameters are specified, the command defaults to configuring a banner that is displayed before the CLI session login prompt.
For each CLI session banner, you can enter up to 24 rows of 79-column text.
Press [Return] at the beginning of a line to terminate the command and apply the banner. To clear the banner, press [Return] at the beginning of the first line.
Note
The system does not wait for a keypress when you use SSH for access; this only applies to the serial console login sessions and Telnet sessions.
To disable the acknowledgement feature, use the configure banner command omitting the acknowledge parameter.
To display any configured banners, use the show banner command.
To unconfigure one or more configured banners, use the unconfigure banner command.
The following example add the text "test" before the pre-login prompt:
# configure banner before-login test # logout Do you wish to save your configuration changes to primary.cfg? (y/N) Y test login: # show banner Before-Login banner: test Acknowledge: Disabled Save to : Non-volatile memory only After-Login banner:
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.
The acknowledge parameter was added in ExtremeXOS 11.5.
The after-login option was added in ExtremeXOS 12.5.
This command is available on the Summit X450-G2, X460-G2, X670-G2, X770, and ExtremeSwitching X440-G2, X620, X690, X870 series switches.
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