Pre-login Banner and System Prompt Commands

This section describes the commands you use to configure the pre-login banner and the system prompt. The pre-login banner is the text that displays before you login at the User: prompt.

copy (pre-login banner)

The copy command command includes the option to upload or download the CLI Banner to or from the switch. You can specify local URLs by using TFTP, SFTP, SCP, or Xmodem.i

NOTE: The parameter ip6address is also a valid parameter for routing packages that support IPv6.

• Default: none

Format: copy <tftp://<ipaddr>/<filepath>/<filename>> nvram:clibanner copy nvram:clibanner <tftp://<ipaddr>/<filepath>/<filename>>

• Mode: Privileged EXEC

set prompt

This command changes the name of the prompt. The length of name may be up to 64 alphanumeric characters.

• Format: set prompt <prompt_string>
• Mode: Privileged EXEC

hostname

This command sets the system hostname. It also changes the prompt. The length of name may be up to 64 alphanumeric, case-sensitive characters.

• Format: hostname <hostname>
• Mode: Privileged EXEC