Getting Started; About This Guide; Audience - Alcatel-Lucent 7450 Basic System Configuration Manual

About This Guide

This guide describes system concepts and provides configuration explanations and examples
to configure SR OS boot option file (BOF), file system and system management functions.
Also provided are concepts and descriptions of the Command Line Interface (CLI) syntax and
command usage.
Unless otherwise specified, the topics and commands described in this document apply to the:
7450 ESS applicability statements refer to the 7450 ESS when it is not running in mixed
mode. 7750 SR applicability statements refer to the 7750 SR-7/12, 7750 SR-12e, 7750 SR-
a4/a8 and 7750 SR-e1/e2/e3 platforms unless otherwise specified.
Command outputs shown in this guide are examples only; actual displays may differ
depending on supported functionality and user configuration.

Audience

This guide is intended for network administrators who are responsible for configuring the
routers. It is assumed that the network administrators have an understanding of networking
principles and configurations. Concepts described in this guide include the following:
Basic System Configuration Guide
• 7450 ESS
• 7750 SR
• 7950 XRS
• CLI concepts
• File system concepts
• Boot option, configuration, image loading, and initialization procedures
• Basic system management functions such as the system name, router location and
coordinates, and CLLI code, time zones, Network Time Protocol (NTP), Simple
Network Time Protocol (SNTP), and synchronization properties

Getting Started

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