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Configure Names and Addresses
Action
To configure the machine name, domain name, and various addresses, follow these steps:
- Log in as root. There is no password.
- Start the CLI:root# cli root@>
- Enter configuration mode:cli> configure [edit]root@#
- Configure
the name of the machine. If the name includes spaces, enclose the
entire name in quotation marks (" "):[edit]root@# set system host-name host-name
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Configure the machine’s domain name:[edit]root@# set system domain-name domain-name
- Configure the IP address and prefix length for the router’s
management Ethernet interface:[edit]root@# set interfaces fxp0 unit 0 family inet address address / prefix-length
- Configure
the IP address of a default router. This system is called the backup
router because it is used only while the routing protocol process
is not running.[edit]root@# set system backup-router address
- Configure the IP address
of a Domain Name Server (DNS) server:[edit]root@# set system name-server address
