T640 Core Router Quick Start
Step 8: Performing the Initial Software Configuration
Entering Configuration Mode
Configuring User Accounts and Passwords
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The T640 Core Router is shipped with the Junos OS preinstalled and ready to be
configured when the T640 router is powered on. These procedures connect a router to
the network but do not enable it to forward traffic. For complete information about
enabling the router to forward traffic, including examples, see the Junos OS configuration
guides.
For the initial software configuration, issue Junos OS command-line interface (CLI)
commands on a console device attached to the
NOTE:
These procedures enable you to use the management Ethernet port.
For more information about the commands in this procedure see the Junos OS
Administration Library for Routing Devices.
1.
Entering Configuration Mode on page 42
Configuring User Accounts and Passwords on page 42
2.
Configuring System Attributes on page 43
3.
Committing the Configuration on page 44
4.
Verify that the network device is powered on.
1.
Log in as the root user. There is no password.
2.
Amnesiac <ttyd0>
login: root
Start the CLI.
3.
root@% cli
root>
Enter configuration mode.
4.
root> configure
Entering configuration mode.
[edit]
root#
For information about using an encrypted password or an SSH public key string (DSA or
RSA), see authentication.
Add a password to the root administration user account. Enter a clear-text password.
1.
[edit]
root# set system root-authentication plain-text-password
New password: password
CONSOLE
port on the CIP.
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