5. Add a password to the root administration user account.
[edit]
root@# set system root-authentication plain-text-password
New password: password
Retype new password: password
6. (Optional) Configure the name of the switch. If the name includes spaces, enclose
the name in quotation marks (“ ”).
[edit]
root@# set system host-name host-name
7. Configure the default gateway.
[edit]
root@# set routing-options static route default next-hop address
8. Configure the IP address and prefix length for the switch management interface.
[edit]
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.
NOTE: The management ports em0 (C0) and em1 (C1) are found on the
FRU end of the QFX5110 switch.
9. (Optional) Configure the static routes to remote prefixes with access to the
management port.
[edit]
root@# set routing-options static route remote-prefix next-hop destination-ip retain
no-readvertise
10. Enable Telnet service.
[edit]
root@# set system services telnet
NOTE: When Telnet is enabled, you cannot log in to a QFX5110 switch
through Telnet using root credentials. Root login is allowed only for SSH
access.
11. Enable SSH service for root login.
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