Configuring The Junos Os; Performing The Initial Software Configuration For The Ptx5000 Packet Transport; Switch; Preparing To Configure The Packet Transport Switch - Juniper PTX Series Hardware Manual

CHAPTER 12

Configuring the Junos OS

Performing the Initial Software Configuration for the PTX5000 Packet Transport

Switch

Preparing to Configure the Packet Transport Switch

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Performing the Initial Software Configuration for the PTX5000 Packet Transport
Switch on page 101
These procedures connect a packet transport switch to the network but do not enable
it to forward traffic. For complete information about enabling the packet transport switch
to forward traffic, including examples, see the Junos OS configuration guides.
You configure the packet transport switch by issuing Junos OS command-line interface
(CLI) commands, either on a console device attached to the
telnet connection to a network connected to the
NOTE: These procedures enable you to use the
management port. For the initial configuration, use a device attached to the
CONSOLE port.
1. Preparing to Configure the Packet Transport Switch on page 101
Entering Configuration Mode on page 102
2.
Configuring User Accounts and Passwords on page 102
3.
Configuring System Attributes on page 102
4.
Committing the Configuration on page 103
5.
Gather the following information before configuring the packet transport switch:
Name the packet transport switch will use on the network
Domain name the packet transport switch will use
IP address and prefix length information for the Ethernet interface
IP address of a default packet transport switch
port, or over a
CONSOLE
port.
HOST/ETHERNET
HOST/ETHERNET
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