Customize the Basic Conguraon
You can easily customize the factory-default conguraon with just a few commands. Inially, you’ll need to make
changes through the console port. Aer you congure the management port, you can access the ACX7100-48L using
SSH and make addional conguraon changes. You can always revert to the factory-default conguraon whenever
you want.
Have the following informaon ready before you begin customizing the router:
• Hostname
• Root authencaon password
• Management port IP address
• Default gateway IP address
• IP address and prex length of remote prexes
• (Oponal) SNMP read community, locaon, and contact informaon
1. Verify that the following default serial port sengs are congured on your laptop or desktop PC:
• Baud Rate—9600
• Flow Control—None
• Data—8
• Parity—None
• Stop Bits—1
• DCD State—Disregard
2. Connect the console port on the ACX7100-48L to a laptop or desktop PC using the RJ-45 cable and RJ-45 to
DB-9 adapter. The console (CON) port is the lower RJ-45 port on the right side of the port panel.
NOTE: If your laptop or desktop PC doesn’t have a serial port, use a serial-to-USB adapter (not provided).
3. At the Junos OS login prompt, type root to log in.
You don't need to enter a password. If the soware boots before you connect your laptop or desktop PC to the
console port, you might need to press the Enter key for the prompt to appear.
re0 login: root
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