Setting up a Device.Update.Banner activity

Activity tab:

Create a new Activity and select Device.Update.Banner as the Activity Type:

Time tab:

If you wish to run the Activity at a scheduled time set it here.

Devices tab:

Select the devices that you want this activity applied to by checking the tick box next to each device in the grid.

E-mail tab:

Set preferences for reporting on this Activity.

Options tab:

Banner text: tick box, indicates if the Banner text is to be read from the text box or from a file.

Ticking the checkbox allows for free text to be entered.  While unticking it allows you to select a text file which will contain the Banner text to be applied.

Which banner is to be supported: Select which banner to apply. Note that not all banners are supported on all devices.

Save device output to file: tick box lets you save the Banner command that was used to the file specified.

Overwrite existing capture file: tick box lets you overwrite or append to the capture file

Save running config to start-up config when complete:  Is the Banner to be saved to NVRAM? Note that some devices do not support this option.