Table Of Contents
B Commands
banner motd
boot
bport
bport-keepalive
broadcast
B Commands
The commands in this chapter apply to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors and fabric switches. All commands are shown here in alphabetical order regardless of command mode. See the "About the CLI Command Modes" section to determine the appropriate mode for each command. For more information, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide.
banner motd
To configure a message of the day (MOTD) banner, use the banner motd command in configuration mode.
banner motd [delimiting-character message delimiting-character]
no banner motd [delimiting-character message delimiting-character]
Syntax Description
delimiting-character
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Identifies the delimiting character.
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message
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Specifies the banner message that is restricted to 40 lines with a maximum of 80 characters in each line.
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Defaults
None.
Command Modes
Configuration mode.
Command History
Release
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Modification
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1.3(4)
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This command was introduced.
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Usage Guidelines
The configured MOTD banner is displayed before the login prompt on the terminal whenever a user logs in to a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch.
Follow these guidelines when choosing your delimiting character:
•Do not use the delimiting-character in the message string.
•Do not use " and % as delimiters.
You can include tokens in the form $(token) in the message text. Tokens will be replaced with the corresponding configuration variable. For example:
•$(hostname)
displays the host name for the switch
•$(line)
displays the vty or tty line no or name
•The $(line-desc) and $(domain) tokens are not supported.
Examples
The following example configures a banner message with the following text "Testing the MOTD Feature."
switch(config)# banner motd # Testing the MOTD Feature. #
The following example spans multiple lines and uses tokens to configure the banner message:
switch(config)# banner motd #
Enter TEXT message. End with the character '#'.
Welcome to switch $(hostname).
Your tty line is $(line).
#
Related Commands
Command
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Description
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show banner motd
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Displays the configured banner message.
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boot
To perform operations on the system, use the boot command in configuration mode. To negate this feature or return to factory defaults, use the no form of the command.
boot {asm-sfn {bootflash: | slot0: | tftp:}[image] [module [slot-number]] |
auto-copy |
kickstart {bootflash: | slot0: | tftp:}[image] [sup-1 [sup-2] | sup-2] |
lasilc {bootflash: | slot0: | tftp:}[image] [module [slot-number]] |
ssi {bootflash: | slot0:} |
system {bootflash: | slot0: | tftp:}[image] [sup-1 [sup-2] | sup-2]}
no boot {asm-sfn | auto-copy | kickstart | lasilc | system}
Syntax Description
asm-sfn
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Configures the virtualization image.
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module slot-number
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Specifies the slot number of the SSM.
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auto-copy
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Configures auto-copying of boot variable images.
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kickstart
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Configures the kickstart image.
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lasilc
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Configures the boot image.
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ssi
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Configures the SSI image.
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system
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Configures the system image.
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bootflash:
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Specifies system image URI for bootflash.
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slot0:
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Specifies system image URI for slot 0.
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tftp:
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Specifies system image URI for TFTP.
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image
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Specifies the image file name.
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sup-1
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The upper supervisor.
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sup-2
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The lower supervisor.
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Defaults
Disabled.
The default state for auto-copy is enabled.
Command Modes
Configuration mode.
Command History
Release
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Modification
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1.2(2)
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This command was introduced
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3.0(1)
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Changed the default state for auto-copy to enabled.
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Usage Guidelines
The boot kickstart slot0:image command is currently not allowed. For kickstart, only bootflash: is allowed.
When the boot auto-copy command is issued, the system copies the boot variable images which are local (present) in the active supervisor module (but not in the standby supervisor module) to the standby supervisor module. For kickstart and system boot variables, only those images that are set for the standby supervisor module are copied. For modules (line card) images, all modules present in standby's corresponding locations (bootflash: or slot0:) will be copied.
Examples
The following example adds the new system image file to the SYSTEM environment variable:
switch(config)# boot system bootflash:system.img
The following example boots from the CompactFlash device (slot0:). The switch updates the SYSTEM environment variable to reflect the new image file in the specified Flash device.
switch(config)# boot system slot0:system.img
The following example overwrites the old Kickstart environment variable in the configuration file:
switch(config)# boot kickstart bootflash:kickstart.img
The following example specifies the SSM image to be used:
switch(config)# boot asm-sfn bootflash:m9000-ek9-asm-sfn-mz.1.2.2.bin
The following example enables automatic copying of boot variables from the active supervisor module to the standby supervisor module.
switch(config)# boot auto-copy
The following example disables the automatic copy feature (default).
switch(config)# no boot auto-copy
Related Commands
Command
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Description
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show boot
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Displays the configured boot variable information.
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bport
To configure a B port mode on a FCIP interface, use the bport option. To disable a B port mode on a FCIP interface, use the no form of the command.
bport
no bport
Syntax Description
This command has no other arguments or keywords.
Defaults
Disabled.
Command Modes
Interface configuration submode.
Command History
Release
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Modification
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1.1(1)
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This command was introduced.
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Usage Guidelines
Access this command from the switch(config-if)# submode.
Examples
The following example shows how to configure a B port mode on an FCIP interface.
switch(config)# interface fcip 1
Related Commands
Command
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Description
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show interface fcip
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Displays an interface configuration for a specified FCIP interface.
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bport-keepalive
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Configures B port keepalive responses.
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bport-keepalive
To configure keepalive responses for B port FCIP interfaces, use the bport-keepalive option. To disable keepalive responses for B port FCIP interfaces, use the no form of the command.
bport-keepalive
no bport-keepalive
Syntax Description
This command has no other arguments or keywords.
Defaults
Disabled.
Command Modes
Interface configuration submode.
Command History
Release
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Modification
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1.1(1)
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This command was introduced.
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Usage Guidelines
Access this command from the switch(config-if)# submode.
Examples
The following example shows how to configure keepalive responses for B port FCIP interfaces:
switch(config)# interface fcip 1
switch(config-if)# bport-keepalives
Related Commands
Command
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Description
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show interface fcip
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Displays an interface configuration for a specified FCIP interface.
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bport
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Configures a B port FCIP interface.
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broadcast
To enable the broadcast frames attribute in a zone attribute group, use the broadcast command. To revert to the default, use the no form of the command.
broadcast
no broadcast
Syntax Description
This command has no other arguments or keywords.
Defaults
Disabled.
Command Modes
Zone attribute configuration submode.
Command History
Release
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Modification
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2.0(x)
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This command was introduced.
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Usage Guidelines
Broadcast frames are sent to all Nx ports.
If any NL port attached to an FL port shares a broadcast zone with the source of the broadcast frame,
then the frames are broadcast to all devices in the loop.
This command only configures the broadcast attribute for enhanced zoning. To enable broadcast zoning for basic mode, use the attribute broadcast subcommand after entering zone configuration mode using the zone name command.
Examples
The following example shows how to set the broadcast attribute for a zone attribute group:
switch(config)# zone-attribute-group name admin-attributes vsan 10
switch(config-attribute-group)# broadcast
Related Commands
Command
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Description
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show zone-attribute-group
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Displays zone attribute group information.
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zone mode enhanced vsan
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Enables enhanced zoning for a VSAN.
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zone name
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Configures zone attributes.
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zone-attribute-group name
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Configures zone attribute groups.
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