Perform the Initial Configuration
Configure the software:
1. Login as a “root” user with the CLI and enter the configuration mode.
root@#
2. Set the root authentication password.
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root@# set system root-authentication plain-text-password
New password: password
Retype new password: password
You can also set an encrypted password or an SSH public key string (DSA or RSA) instead of a clear-text password.
3. Configure the name of the host. If the name includes spaces, enclose the name in quotation marks (“ ”).
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root@# set system host-name host-name
4. Create a user account.
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root@# set system login user-name authentication plain-text-password
New password: password
Retype new password: password
5. Set the user account class to super-user.
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root@# set system login user user-name class super-user
6. Configure the host domain name.
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root@# sset system domain-name domain-name
7. Configure the IP address and prefix length for the switch Ethernet interface.
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