Initially Configuring the MX960 Router

The MX960 router is shipped with the Junos OS preinstalled and ready to be configured when the MX960 router is powered on. There are three copies of the software: one on a CompactFlash card in the Routing Engine, one on a rotating hard disk in the Routing Engine, and one on a USB flash drive that can be inserted into the slot in the Routing Engine faceplate.

When the router boots, it first attempts to start the image on the USB flash drive. If a USB flash drive is not inserted into the Routing Engine or the attempt otherwise fails, the router next tries the CompactFlash card (if installed), and finally the hard disk.

You configure the router by issuing Junos OS command-line interface (CLI) commands, either on a console device attached to the CONSOLE port on the Routing Engine, or over a telnet connection to a network connected to the ETHERNET port on the Routing Engine.

• Name the router will use on the network
• Domain name the router will use
• IP address and prefix length information for the Ethernet interface
• IP address of a default router
• IP address of a DNS server
• Password for the root user

1. Verify that the router is powered on.
2. Log in as the “root” user. There is no password.
3. Start the CLI.
   root# cliroot@>
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. Create a management console user account.
   [edit]root@# set system login user user-name authentication plain-text-passwordNew password: passwordRetype new password: password
7. Set the user account class to super-user.
   [edit]root@# set system login user user-name class super-user
8. Configure the router’s domain name.
   [edit]root@# set system domain-name domain-name
9. 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
10. 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
11. Configure the IP address of a DNS server.
    [edit]root@# set system name-server address
12. 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-passwordNew 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

    [edit]root@# set system root-authentication ssh-rsa public-key
13. (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 System Basics Configuration Guide .
    [edit]root@# set routing-options static route remote-subnet next-hop destination-IP retain no-readvertise
14. Configure the telnet service at the [edit system services] hierarchy level.
    [edit]root@# set system services telnet
15. (Optional) Display the configuration to verify that it is correct.
    [edit]root@# showsystem {host-name host-name;domain-name domain-name;backup-router address;root-authentication {authentication-method (password | public-key);}name-server {address;}}interfaces {fxp0 {unit 0 {family inet {address address/prefix-length;}}}}
16. Commit the configuration to activate it on the router.
    [edit]root@# commit
17. (Optional) Configure additional properties by adding the necessary configuration statements. Then commit the changes to activate them on the router.
    [edit]root@host# commit
18. When you have finished configuring the router, exit configuration mode.
    [edit]root@host# exitroot@host>

Note: To reinstall the Junos OS, you boot the router from the removable media. Do not insert the removable media during normal operations. The router does not operate normally when it is booted from the removable media.

When the router boots from the storage media (removable media, CompactFlash card, or hard disk) it expands its search in the /config directory of the routing platform for the following files in the following order: juniper.conf (the main configuration file), rescue.conf (the rescue configuration file), and juniper.conf.1 (the first rollback configuration file). When the search finds the first configuration file that can be loaded properly, the file loads and the search ends. If none of the file can be loaded properly, the routing platform does not function properly. If the router boots from an alternate boot device, the Junos OS displays a message indication this when you log in to the router.