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Understanding Device Management Functions in JUNOS Software

After you have installed the device into your network, you need to manage the device within your network. Device management can be divided into five tasks:

The JUNOS Software network management features work in conjunction with an operations support system (OSS) to manage the devices within the network. JUNOS Software can assist you in performing these management tasks, as described in Table 3.

Table 3: Device Management Features in JUNOS Software

Task

JUNOS Software Feature

Fault management

Monitor and see faults using:

  • Operational mode commands—For more information on operational mode commands, see the JUNOS System Basics and Services Command Reference, JUNOS Interfaces Command Reference, and JUNOS Routing Protocols and Policies Command Reference.
  • SNMP MIBs—For more information about SNMP MIBs, see Understanding the JUNOS Software MIB Support.
  • Standard SNMP traps—For more information about standard SNMP traps, see Standard SNMP Traps.
  • Enterprise-specific SNMP traps—For more information about enterprise-specific traps, see Juniper Networks Enterprise-Specific SNMP Traps.
  • System log messages—For more information about how to configure system log messages, see the JUNOS System Basics Configuration Guide. For more information about how to view system log messages, see the JUNOS System Log Messages Reference.

Configuration management

  • Configure router attributes using the command-line interface (CLI), the JUNOScript API, and the NETCONF API. For more information on configuring the router using the CLI, see the JUNOS System Basics Configuration Guide. For more information on configuring the router using the APIs, see the JUNOScript API Guide and NETCONF API Guide.
  • Configuration Management MIB—For more information about the Configuration Management MIB, see Understanding the JUNOS Software MIB Support.

Accounting management

Perform the following accounting-related tasks:

  • Collect statistics for interfaces, firewall filters, destination classes, source classes, and the Routing Engine. For more information on collecting statistics, see Configuring Accounting Options.
  • Use interface-specific traffic statistics and other counters, available in the Standard Interfaces MIB, Juniper Networks enterprise-specific extensions to the Interfaces MIB, and media-specific MIBs, such as the enterprise-specific ATM MIB.
  • Use per-ATM virtual circuit (VC) counters, available in the enterprise-specific ATM MIB.
  • Group source and destination prefixes into source classes and destination classes and count packets for those classes. Collect destination class and source class usage statistics. For more information on classes, see Understanding the JUNOS Software MIB Support, Configuring Class Usage Profiles, the JUNOS Network Interfaces Configuration Guide, and the JUNOS Policy Framework Configuration Guide.
  • Count packets as part of a firewall filter. For more information on firewall filter policies, see Understanding the JUNOS Software MIB Support and the JUNOS Policy Framework Configuration Guide.
  • Sample traffic, collect the samples, and send the collection to a host running the CAIDA cflowd utility. For more information on CAIDA and cflowd, see the JUNOS Policy Framework Configuration Guide.

Performance management

Monitor performance in the following ways:

  • Use operational mode commands. For more information on monitoring performance using operational mode commands, see the JUNOS System Basics and Services Command Reference.
  • Use firewall filter. For more information on performance monitoring using firewall filters, see the JUNOS Policy Framework Configuration Guide.
  • Sample traffic, collect the samples, and send the samples to a host running the CAIDA cflowd utility. For more information on CAIDA and cflowd, see the JUNOS Policy Framework Configuration Guide.
  • Use the enterprise-specific Class-of-Service MIB. For more information on this MIB, see Understanding the JUNOS Software MIB Support.

Security management

Assure security in your network in the following ways:


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