Juniper Networks M5 Management Process, Routing Engine Kernel, Tools for Monitoring the Software

Tools for Monitoring the Software

Management Process

The management process starts all the other JUNOS software processes and the CLI when the router boots. It monitors the running JUNOS processes and makes all reasonable attempts to restart any process that terminates.

Routing Engine Kernel

The Routing Engine kernel provides the underlying infrastructure for all JUNOS software processes. It also provides the link between the routing tables maintained by the routing protocol process and the forwarding table maintained by the Routing Engine. Additionally, it coordinates communication with the Packet Forwarding Engine, which primarily involves synchronizing the Packet Forwarding Engine’s forwarding table with the master forwarding table maintained by the Routing Engine.

Tools for Accessing and Configuring the Software

The JUNOS CLI is the primary tool for accessing and controlling the JUNOS Internet software. You use it when accessing the router through the console or a connection to an out-of-band management network. The CLI includes commands for configuring router hardware, the JUNOS Internet software, and network connectivity.

The JUNOS CLI is a straightforward command interface. You type commands on a single line and enter the commands by pressing the Enter key. The CLI provides command help and command completion, as well as Emacs-style keyboard sequences for moving around on a command line and scrolling through a buffer that contains recently executed commands. For more information about the CLI, see the JUNOS Internet Software Configuration Guide: Getting Started.

Tools for Monitoring the Software

In addition to commands for configuring router hardware and software, the CLI includes commands for monitoring and troubleshooting hardware, software, routing protocols, and network connectivity. CLI commands display information from routing tables, information specific to routing protocols, and information about network connectivity derived from the ping and traceroute utilities.

You can also use the JUNOS Internet software implementation of SNMP to monitor routers. The SNMP software consists of an SNMP master agent and a MIB II agent. It provides full support for MIB II SNMP version 1 traps and version 2 notifications, SNMP version 1 Get and GetNext requests, and version 2 GetBulk requests. For more information about SNMP, see the JUNOS Internet Software Configuration Guide: Network Management.

The software also supports tracing and logging operations, which you can use to track normal router operations, error conditions, and the packets that the router generates or forwards. Logging operations use a syslog-like mechanism to record systemwide, high-level events such as interfaces going up or down and user logins on the router. Tracing operations record more detailed information about the operation of routing protocols, such as the various types of routing protocol packets sent and received, and routing policy actions.

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