Juniper MX80 Hardware Guide

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
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Juniper MX80 Specifications

General

Model	MX80
Category	Network Router
Throughput	80 Gbps
Power Supply	AC or DC
Operating System	Junos OS
Memory	4 GB
Height	1U