25.
Status Monitoring, Statistics and General Commands
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banner motd default
The
banner motd default
command, in Global Configuration mode, sets the default motd
(message-of-the-day) string. This is the
hello
string that will be displayed before
User
Access Verification
and the password prompt.
Command Syntax
device-name
(config)#
banner motd default
banner set
The
banner set
command, in Global Configuration mode, assigns the specified string to
motd
(message-of-the-day). This string will be displayed before
User Access Verification
and the
password prompt.
Command Syntax
device-name
(config)#
banner set
MOTD_STRING
Argument Description
MOTD_STRING
Any string, including blank spaces and practically any character except for a
question mark (?).
no banner
The
no banner
command, in Global Configuration mode, removes the
motd
(message-of-the-
day) string set by the
banner motd default
or
banner set
command.
Command Syntax
device-name
(config)#
no banner
hostname
The
hostname
command, in Global Configuration mode, sets the name of the switch. This
name appears in the beginning of each prompt-line. To remove the host name use the
no
form
of this command.
Command Syntax
device-name
(config)#
hostname
HOSTNAME
device-name
(config)#
no hostname
Argument Description
HOSTNAME
A character string starting with a letter followed by practically any characters except
for blank spaces and question marks.
Example
default(config)#
hostname switch_area1
