3com WX2200 3CRWX220095A User Manual

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You can configure the WX switch to display a Message of the Day 
(MOTD) 

banner, which is a string of text that is displayed before the 

beginning of the login prompt for a user’s CLI session. The MOTD 
banner can be a message to users, or legal and 
government-mandated warning messages.

To specify a MOTD banner, use the following command:

set banner motd “text”

The MOTD banner text can be up to 4096 characters in length, enclosed 
in 

delimiting characters, for example double quotes (

).

The following command sets the MOTD banner on the WX:

WX# set banner motd "Meeting @ 4:00 p.m. in Conference Room #3"
success: motd changed.

To display the configured MOTD banner text, use the following 
command:

To clear the MOTD banner from the WX configuration, use the following 

command:

Optionally, you can prompt the user to acknowledge the MOTD banner 
by 

entering 

 to continue. To do this, use the following commands:

set banner acknowledge mode {enable | disable}
set banner acknowledge message “message”

The message is displayed at the end of the MOTD, and can be up to 32 
characters in length. In response, the user has the option of entering y to 
proceed or any other key to terminate the connection.

The following command enables the prompt for the MOTD banner:

WX# set banner acknowledge enable
success: change accepted.

The following command sets Do you agree? as the text to be displayed 
following the MOTD banner:

WX# set banner acknowledge message ‘Do you agree?’
success: change accepted.