- Hewlett-Packard Switch User Manual

Selecting a Management Interface
Custom Login Banners for the Console and Web Browser Interfaces
or if the switch is using the factory-default banner shown in figure 2-5, then
the banner page does not appear in the Web browser when an operator
initiates a login session with the switch.
Configuring and Displaying a Non-Default Banner
You can enable or disable banner operation using either the switch’s CLI or
an SNMP application. The steps include:
1. Enable non-default banner operation and define the endpoint delimiter
for the banner.
2. Enter the desired banner text, including any specific line breaks you
want.
3. Enter the endpoint delimiter.
Use show banner motd to display the current banner status.
Syntax: banner motd < delimiter >
no banner motd
This command defines the single character used to termi-
nate the banner text and enables banner text input. You
can use any character except a blank space as a delimiter.
The no form of the command disables the login banner
feature.
< banner-text-string >
The switch allows up to 3070 banner characters,
including blank spaces and CR-LF ([Enter]). (The tilde “
~“
and the delimiter defined by banner motd <delimiter> are
not allowed as part of the banner text.) While entering
banner text, you can backspace to edit the current line
(that is, a line that has not been terminated by a CR-LF.)
However, terminating a line in a banner by entering a
CR-LF prevents any further editing of that line. To edit a
line in a banner entry after terminating the line with a
CR-LF requires entering the delimiter described above
and then re-configuring new banner text.
The banner text string must terminate with the character
defined by banner motd < delimiter >.
Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner
Suppose a system operator wanted to configure the following banner message
on her company’s switches:
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