Juniper MX5 User Manual

Configure System Attributes
1. 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
2. Configure the router’s domain name.
[edit]
root@# set system domain-name domain-name
3. 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
4. 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
5. Configure the IP address of a DNS server.
[edit]
root@# set system name-server address
6. (Optional) Configure the static routes to remote subnets with access to the
management port. Access to the management port is limited to the local subnet. To
access the management port from a remote subnet, you need to add a static route
to that subnet within the routing table. For more information about static routes, see
the Junos OS Administration Library for Routing Devices.
[edit]
root@# set routing-options static route remote-subnet next-hop destination-IP retain
no-readvertise
7. Configure the telnet service at the [edit system services] hierarchy level.
[edit]
root@# set system services telnet
Commit the Configuration
1. (Optional) Display the configuration to verify that it is correct.
[edit]
root@# show
system {
host-name host-name;
domain-name domain-name;
backup-router address;
root-authentication {
authentication-method (password | public-key);
}
name-server {
address;
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Configure System Attributes

Juniper MX5 Specifications

General

Brand	Juniper
Model	MX5
Category	Network Router
Language	English