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Connecting Your Branch SRX Series Through the Console Port for the First Time
The following procedure describes the steps required to connect a branch SRX Series through the console port for the first time.
To connect the device:
- Connect your computer or laptop to the console port on the SRX Series .
- Start the terminal emulation program on the computer or
laptop, select the COM port, and configure the following port settings:
- Bits per second —9600
- Data bits—8
- Parity—none
- Stop bits—1
- Flow control—none
- Click Open or Connect (the term varies in different applications).
- Press the POWER button on the device, and wait till the Power LED turns green.
- Log in to the device as root and leave the password field blank. When you boot the device with the factory default configuration, you do not need a password.
- Enter the UNIX shell after you are authenticated through
the CLI:
Amnesiac (ttyu0) login: root Password: --- JUNOS 12.1X44-D10.4 built 2013-01-08 05:15:31 UTC
- At the % prompt, type cli to
start the CLI and press Enter. The prompt changes to an angle bracket
(>) when you enter CLI operational mode.
root@% cli root>
- At the (>) prompt, type configure and press Enter. The prompt changes from > to # when you enter configuration
mode.
root> configure Entering configuration mode [edit] root#
- Create a password for the root user to manage the SRX
Series.
set system root authentication plain-text-password
Enter a password at the New password prompt, then confirm by entering the same password at the Retype New password prompt.
New password: Retype New password:
At the CLI prompt, type commit to activate the configuration.
Now, proceed with configuring system identification settings, users and classes. See Configuring System Identification and User Classes for Your Branch SRX Series.
Note: If you are unable to log in with the username root and no password, it could be because the device has a different configuration than the factory settings. If you do not know the password of the root account, or any another account with super-user privileges, then a password reset is required. The process to do a password recovery can be found here: http://kb.juniper.net/KB12167.
