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3.
Start the CLI.
root# cli
root@>
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-password
New password: password
Retype 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-password
New password: password
Retype new password: password
or
[edit]
root@# set system root-authentication encrypted-password encrypted-password
or
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