`show banner`

Syntax

show banner {motd | exec} [vsx-peer]

Description

Displays the MOTD or EXEC banner message.

Command context

config

Parameters

motd: Displays the banner shown before the password prompt.
exec: Displays the banner shown after login.
[vsx-peer]: Shows the output from the VSX peer switch. If the switches do not have the VSX configuration or the ISL is down, the output from the VSX peer switch is not displayed.

Authority

Operators or Administrators. Users without administrator authority can execute this command from the operator context (>) only.

Examples

Displaying the MOTD banner shown before the password prompt:

switch# show banner motd
This is an example of a banner text which a connecting user
will see before they are prompted for their password.

As you can see it may span multiple lines and the input
will be terminated when the delimiter character is
encountered.