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| 9.5 |  | Securing Remote Management |
| 9.5.8 |  | Additional remote management session options |

Restricting vty connections
Remote management sessions can be enhanced using optional messages:

- Message of the day
- Vacant message
- Refuse message

These messages are usually defined as explanatory notes to users, and can be applied to console, auxiliary and vty lines. Note that these message settings are superceded if the switch has AAA enabled, as AAA has the capability to display similar messages.

Message of the day banner
The message of the day banner is displayed when a user establishes a connection to the switch. The actual message would be defined using the global configuration command banner motd.

Once the message of the day banner has been created, it needs to be bound to one or more lines using the line configuration command motd-banner.

Vacant message
The vacant message is displayed when the user session is disconnected. The message displayed is defined using the vacant-message line configuration command.

Refuse message
The refuse message is displayed to the user when their authentication fails at login. The refuse message is defined using a line configuration command refuse-message.

Note that these message options may not be displayed for users connecting to the switch over SSH.