Junos OS Basics
Junos OS is Junipers OS for their network portfolio.
Release Number Format
Releases are in "m.nZb.s" format
m= Main release number
n= Minor release number
z= Release number
b= Build number
s= Spin number
ACCESS
Junos uses an rj-25 console port with alternate access similar to other vendors such as SSH/API access.
Junos has a web-based interface referred to as J-Web. Web GUI and a text edited version.
CLI denotes operational mode with > and config mode with #
Help is similar to cisco and uses ?
Config changes MUST be committed before it is used.
Current operational configuration = running config
Boot-up config = startup-config
Canidate config is a working copy of the current operational config and is what is edited before being committed.
set is used to create/configure and delete is used to remove.
user@router# set web-management http interface "(interface)"
Hierarchical command structure
Junos CLI is hierarchical in nature.
Container statements contain other container statements or leaf statements.
Leaf statements are the actual configuration.
user@host> show configuration