Juniper Networks MX240 manual Start the CLI, Enter configuration mode

MX240 Ethernet Services Router Hardware Guide

3.Start the CLI.

root# cli root@>

4.Enter configuration mode.

cli> configure [edit] root@#

5.Configure the name of the router. If the name includes spaces, enclose the name in quotation marks (“ ”).

[edit]

root@# set system host-name host-name

6.Configure the router’s domain name.

[edit]

root@# set system domain-name domain-name

7.Configure the IP address and prefix length for the router’s Ethernet interface.

[edit]

root@# set interfaces fxp0 unit 0 family inet address address/prefix-length

8.Configure the IP address of a backup router, which is used only while the routing protocol is not running.

[edit]

root@# set system backup-router address

9.Configure the IP address of a DNS server.

[edit]

root@# set system name-server address

10.Set the root authentication password by entering either a clear-text password, an encrypted password, or an SSH public key string (DSA or RSA).

[edit]

root@# set system root-authentication plain-text-password New password: password

Retype new password: password

or

[edit]

root@# set system root-authentication encrypted-password encrypted-password

or

[edit]

root@# set system root-authentication ssh-dsa public-key

or

62■ Configuring the JUNOS Software