Creating a Pre-Login Banner

This chapter describes the Pre-Login Banner feature and how to create a banner. The Pre-Login Banner feature is only for the CLI interface.

Creating a Pre-login Banner via CLI

This feature allows you to create message screens when logging into the CLI Interface. The following apply:

1. On your PC, using Notepad or another text editor, create a banner.txt file that contains the banner to be displayed, such as the following example.

FASTPATH’s Login Banner - Unauthorized access is punishable by law.

CODE EXAMPLE 32-1 Creating a Pre-login Banner
(DTI SWITCH) # copy tftp://192.168.77.52/banner.txt nvram:clibanner Mode........................................... TFTP Set TFTP Server IP............................. 192.168.77.52 TFTP Path...................................... ./ TFTP Filename.................................. banner.txt Data Type...................................... Cli Banner Are you sure you want to start? (y/n) y CLI Banner file transfer operation completed successfully! (DTI SWITCH) #exit (DTI SWITCH) >logout FASTPATH’s Login Banner - Unauthorized access is punishable by law. User:

CODE EXAMPLE 32-1 Creating a Pre-login Banner

(DTI SWITCH) # copy tftp://192.168.77.52/banner.txt nvram:clibanner
 
Mode...........................................		TFTP
Set TFTP Server IP.............................		192.168.77.52
TFTP Path......................................		./
TFTP Filename..................................		banner.txt
Data Type......................................		Cli Banner
 
Are you sure you want to start? (y/n) y
 
CLI Banner file transfer operation completed successfully!
 
(DTI SWITCH) #exit
 
(DTI SWITCH) >logout
 
FASTPATH’s Login Banner - Unauthorized access is punishable by law.
User:

Creating a Pre-login Banner via CLI

To Create a Pre-Login Banner

Removing a Pre-login Banner via CLI