Juniper Networks M10i manual Performing the Initial Configuration

Chapter 10

Performing the Initial Configuration

■Configuring the JUNOS Internet Software on page 67

Configuring the JUNOS Internet Software

The router is shipped with the JUNOS Internet software preinstalled and ready to be configured when the router is powered on. There are three copies of the software: one on a nonrotating flash drive in the Routing Engine, one on a rotating hard disk in the Routing Engine, and one on a PC card that can be inserted into the slot in the Routing Engine faceplate.

When the router boots, it first attempts to start the image on the PC card. If a PC card is not inserted into the Routing Engine or the attempt otherwise fails, the router next tries the flash drive, and finally the hard disk.

You configure the router by issuing JUNOS command-line interface (CLI) commands, either on a console device attached to the CONSOLE port on the Routing Engine, or over a telnet connection to a network connected to the MGMT port on the Routing Engine.

Gather the following information before configuring the router:

■Name the router will use on the network

■Domain name the router will use

■IP address and prefix length information for the Ethernet interface

■IP address of a default router

■IP address of a DNS server

■Password for the root user

To configure the software, follow this procedure:

1.If the router is not already turned on, power it on as described in “Powering On the Router” on page 65.

2.Log in as the “root” user. There is no password.

3.Start the CLI.

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