Performing the Initial Software Configuration for the PTX1000

You must perform the initial configuration of the PTX1000 through the console port by using the Junos OS command-line interface (CLI).

Before you begin connecting and configuring a PTX1000, set the following parameter values on the management console or console server:

• Baud Rate—9600

• Flow Control—None

• Data—8

• Parity—None

• Stop Bits—1

• DCD State—Disregard

1. Connect the console port to a laptop or PC by using the supplied RJ-45 cable and RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter. The console port (labeled CON) is located on the management panel of the PTX1000 (see Connecting the PTX1000 to a Management Console for more information).
2. Log in as root. There is no password. If the software boots before you connected to the console port, you might need to press the Enter key for the prompt to appear.
   login: root

   
   
   
3. Start the CLI.
   root@% cli

   
   
   
4. Enter configuration mode.
   root> configure

   
   
   
5. Add a password to the root administration user account.
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   root@# set system root-authentication plain-text-password

   New password: password

   Retype new password: password

   
   
   
6. (Optional) Configure the name of the PTX1000. If the name includes spaces, enclose the name in quotation marks (“ ”).
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   root@# set system host-name host-name

   
   
   
7. Configure the default gateway.
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   root@# set routing-options static route default next-hop address

   
   
   
8. Configure the IP address and prefix length for the management interface.
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   root@# set interfaces em0 unit 0 family inet address address/prefix-length

   
   
   
   Caution

   Although the CLI permits you to configure two management Ethernet interfaces within the same subnet, only one interface is usable and supported at a time.

   Note

   The RJ-45 management port em0 and SFP management port em1 are both labeled MGMT.

9. (Optional) Configure the static routes to remote prefixes with access to the management port.
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   root@# set routing-options static route remote-prefix next-hop destination-ip retain no-readvertise

   
   
   
10. Enable the Telnet service.
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    root@# set system services telnet

    
    
    
    Note

    When Telnet is enabled, you cannot log in to a PTX1000 through Telnet by using root credentials. Root login is allowed only for SSH access.

11. Commit the configuration to activate it on the PTX1000.
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    root@# commit