Server Technology Switched Rack PDU Installation And Operation Manual - page 75
Switched PDU
Installation and Operations Manual
Operations 75
System Administration
Creating a pre-login banner:
The Set Banner command specifies text that appears prior to the login authentication. This feature allows
administrators to configure a message up to 2069 characters for display of legal, disclaimer or other text as required
by application. If left blank, the user will be taken directly to the login prompt.
NOTES:
For SSH sessions only:
The “keyboard-interactive” authentication method must be used for the banner to display.
Banner length is truncated to 1500 bytes in SSH packets to avoid failure of SSH connection when configured with a long login banner.
To create a pre-login banner:
At the Switched CDU: prompt, type set banner and press Enter. Type the desired pre-login banner text and when
finished type Ctrl-z.
Creating a location description:
The Set Location command specifies text that appears in the Location field of the Web screen. The text is also
appended to a Welcome to banner that appears when a user successfully logs in serially or through a Telnet session.
If you do not issue this command, or if you issue this command without specifying any text, the control screen’s
Location field will be blank and no Welcome to banner will be displayed.
To create a location description:
At the Switched CDU: prompt, type set location followed by a descriptive name of up to 24 alphanumeric and other
typed characters - (ASCII 33 to 126 decimal) are allowed; spaces are allowed. Press Enter.
Omitting any characters after typing ‘set location’ deletes any previously specified text.
Examples
The following command specifies Florida HQ as the descriptive location for the control screen and the login banner:
Switched CDU: set location Florida HQ
The following command deletes any previously specified location description:
Switched CDU: set location
In this case, the control screen’s Location field will be blank, and no welcome banner will be displayed after a
successful login.
Setting the system area:
The Set System Area command is used to set the total area for the system. This value is used for total system power
calculations.
To set the system area:
At the Switched CDU: prompt, type set system area, followed by the system area (in square feet) and press Enter.
Example
The following command sets the total system area to 6.3 square feet:
Switched CDU: set system area 6.3
Setting the system area unit of measure:
The Set System Area Unit command sets the value for the system area footprint in either square meters or square feet.
The default unit of area is a square meter.
To set the system area unit of measure:
At the Switched CDU: prompt, type set system areaunit, followed by squaremeter or squarefoot, and press Enter.