Administrator Guide
Usage Information After entering the banner login command, type one or more spaces and a delineator character. Enter the banner
text then the second delineator character. When the user is connected to the router, if a message of the day
banner is congured, it displays rst. If no message of the day banner is congured, the login banner and prompt
appear. After the user has logged in, the banner EXEC (if congured) displays.
Example
Dell(conf)# banner exec ?
LINE c banner-text c, where 'c' is a delimiting character
Dell(conf)# banner exec %
Enter TEXT message. End with the character '%'.
This is the banner%
Dell(conf)# end
Dell# exit
2d18h1m: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-5-LOGOUT: Exec session is terminated on console
This is the banner
Dell con0 now available
Press RETURN to get started.
2d18h2m: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-5-LOGIN_SUCCESS: Login successful on console
This is the banner
Dell>
Related Commands
• line — enables and congures the console and virtual terminal lines to the system.
banner login
Set a message of the day banner to appear after logging on to the system.
Syntax
banner login {acknowledgement | keyboard-interactive | c line c}
Enter no banner login to delete the banner text. Enter no banner login keyboard-interactive to
automatically go to the banner message prompt (does not require a carriage return).
Parameters
keyboard-
interactive
Enter the keyboard-interactive keyword and then press Enter (carriage return) to
retrieve the message banner prompt.
acknowledgement Enter the acknowledgement keyword to require a positive acknowledgement from the
user while logging in to the system.
c Enter a delineator character to specify the start and end of the text banner. You cannot
use the delineator character in the banner message.
line Enter text string for your text banner message, with a maximum of 50 lines and up to 255
characters per line.
Defaults No banner is congured and a carriage return (CR) is required when creating a banner.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.0) Introduced the acknowledgement keyword.
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