Audience

This guide is designed for network administrators who are configuring and monitoring a Juniper Networks M Series, MX Series, T Series, EX Series, or J Series router or switch.

This guide is designed for Juniper Networks customers who want to write custom applications for configuring or monitoring a Juniper Networks device that runs the Junos OS. It assumes that you are familiar with basic terminology and concepts of XML, with XML-parsing utilities such as the Document Object Model (DOM) or Simple API for XML (SAX), and with the Junos OS command-line interface (CLI).

To use this guide, you need a broad understanding of networks in general, the Internet in particular, networking principles, and network configuration. You must also be familiar with one or more of the following Internet routing protocols:

• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP)
• Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS)
• Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) device discovery
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM)
• Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Personnel operating the equipment must be trained and competent; must not conduct themselves in a careless, willfully negligent, or hostile manner; and must abide by the instructions provided by the documentation.