Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components and Device Management Guide, Releases 26.x and Later

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Configuring a login page banner

Updated: June 9, 2026

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Configure a login page banner using a configuration group

Before you begin

On the Configuration > Configuration Groups page, choose SD-WAN as the solution type.

Follow these steps to configure a login page banner.

Procedure

1.

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Configuration Groups.
2.

Create and configure a Banner feature in a System profile.

Table 1. Banner Basic Settings

Type

Choose a feature from the drop-down list.

Feature Name*

Enter a name for the feature.

Description

Enter a description of the feature. The description can contain any characters and spaces.

Login

Enter the text to display before the login prompt. The string can be up to 2048 characters long. To insert a line break, type \n.

Message of the Day

On a Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN device, enter the message-of-the-day text to display before the login banner. The string can be up to 2048 characters long. To insert a line break, type \n.

What to do next

Refer to Deploy a Configuration Group in the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Configuration Groups Reference Guide.

Configure a login page banner, using templates

Before you begin

Follow these steps to configure a login page banner.

Procedure

1.

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Templates.
2.

Click Feature Templates, click Add Template, and select an appropriate device model.

In Cisco vManage Release 20.7.x and earlier releases, Device Templates is called Device.
3.

Select Cisco Banner from the list of templates.
4.

Configure these parameters:
5.

To save the feature template, click Save.

Configure a login page banner, using CLI commands

Before you begin

Perform these steps to configure a login banner using CLI commands.

Procedure

1.

Create a CLI add-on profile or CLI add-on template.
2.

Use the banner command to configure a login page banner.

banner {login login-string | motd motd-string}

Create a custom banner

Before you begin

Follow these steps to create a custom banner that is displayed when you log in to Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

Procedure

1.

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Administration > Settings.
2.

Open Banner.
3.

Enable the Configure a login banner for the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager system control.
4.

In Banner Info, enter the text string for the login banner or click Select a File to download a file that contains the text string.
5.

Click Save.