JNCIA-Junos Study Guide—Part 1

Chapter 2: User Interface Options

This Chapter Discusses:

• Common user interface options available for platforms running the Junos operating system; and
• The Junos OS command-line system (CLI) and its related modes and features.

The Junos CLI

The Junos CLI is a text-based command shell. One option for accessing the CLI is through the out-of-band (OoB) serial console
connection. The console port settings are predefined and are not user configurable.
A second option for accessing the CLI is over the network (in band) using access protocols such as Telnet or SSH. Unlike the
console connection, these access options require configuration for a network port and the access protocol.
Many platforms running the Junos OS also offer a dedicated management Ethernet port. This management port provides OoB
access; therefore, the software cannot forward transit traffic through this management port. The actual name of the dedicated
management Ethernet port varies between platforms. For details on your specific platform, refer to http://www.juniper.net/
techpubs/ for the technical publications.

J-Web Interface
The J-Web is a Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) that you access by using either Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or
HTTP over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS). It provides quick configuration wizards to simplify the most common configuration
tasks. For more complicated configurations, the J-Web GUI allows you to directly edit the system’s text configuration file. The
J-Web GUI is installed and enabled by default on most platforms running the Junos OS. Please see Appendix B for more J-Web
information.

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