Banner Motd Acknowledge - Dell Networking 2024 Reference Manual

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The motd banner is usually displayed prior to logging into the switch,

although some protocols, for example SSH, may enforce different behavior.

See the user guidelines for

banner motd acknowledge

for some examples.

console(config)# banner motd "IMPORTANT: There is a power shutdown at

23:00hrs today, duration 1 hr 30 minutes."

When the MOTD banner is executed, the following displays:

IMPORTANT: There is a power shutdown at 23:00hrs today, duration 1 hr 30

banner motd acknowledge

The banner displayed on the console must be acknowledged if banner motd

acknowledge is executed. Enter "y" or "n" to continue to the login prompt. If

"n" is entered, the session is terminated and no further communication is

allowed on that session. However, serial connection will not get terminated if

'y' is not entered. Use the no banner motd acknowledge command to disable

banner acknowledge.

banner motd acknowledge

no banner motd acknowledge

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Global Configuration mode

User Guidelines

Various terminal emulators exhibit different behaviors with regards to the

MOTD and the acknowledge prompt, for example, TeraTerm and putty.

There are also different behaviors based upon the protocol used (SSH versus

telnet). See below for some examples where the MOTD prompt occurs either

before or after the acknowledge prompt. The banner motd in this example is

If you need to utilize this device or otherwise make

changes to the configuration, you may contact Kevin at x911.

System Management Commands

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