You must perform the initial configuration of an ACX710 router
through the console port by using the command-line interface (CLI).
To connect and configure the router from the console:
- Connect the console (CON) port to
a laptop or PC using the supplied RJ-45 cable and RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter.
The console (CON) port is located on the management
panel of the router.
- Log in as root.
You do not need a password. If the software booted before you
connected to the console port, you might need to press the Enter key
for the prompt to appear.
login: root
- Start the CLI.
- Enter configuration mode.
- 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
- (Optional) Configure the name of the router. If the name
includes spaces, enclose the name in quotation marks (“ ”).
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root@# set system host-name host-name
- Configure the default gateway.
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root@# set routing-options static route default next-hop address
- Configure the IP address and prefix length for the router’s
management interface.
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root@# set interfaces em0 unit 0 family inet address address/prefix-length
CAUTION:
Although you can use the CLI to configure two management
Ethernet interfaces within the same subnet, only one interface is
usable and supported.
- (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
- Enable the Telnet service.
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root@# set system services telnet
Note: When Telnet is enabled, you cannot log in to a router
through Telnet by using root credentials. Root login is allowed only
for SSH access.
- Commit the configuration to activate it on the router.