Juniper MEDIA FLOW CONTROLLER 2.0.4 - Installation guide

Brand: Juniper

Model: MEDIA FLOW CONTROLLER 2.0.4 -

Type: Installation guide

Published: 2010-9-17

Release

2.0.4

Media Flow Controller and Media Flow Manager

Installation Guide

Media Flow Controller and Media Flow Manager Installation Guide

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Media Flow Controller and Media Flow Manager Installation Guide

Document History

Date Media Flow Controller Version Comments

2010-4-27 Release 2.0 Document Version 2.0

2010-5-14 Release 2.0.1 Document Version 2.0a

2010-5-20 Release 2.0.2 Document Version 2.0b

2010-6-17 Release 2.0.2 Document Version 2.0c

2010-9-17 Release 2.0.4 Document Version 2.0d

Date Media Flow Manager Version Comments

2010-9-17 Release 2.0.0 Document Version 2.0d

Media Flow Controller and Media Flow Manager Installation Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS

End User License Agreement ..................................................................... III

Document History ........................................................................................ V

Preface ..................................................................................................... 1.9

Guide to This Document ............................................................................................... 1.9

Documentation and Release Notes .............................................................................. 1.9

Typographical Conventions ........................................................................................ 1.10

Terminology ................................................................................................................ 1.10

Documentation Feedback ........................................................................................... 1.11

Requesting Technical Support.................................................................................... 1.11

Self-Help Online Tools and Resources .............................................................................. 1.11

Opening a Case with JTAC ................................................................................................ 1.12

Getting Started ....................................................................................... 2.13

Obtaining Software for Installation.............................................................................. 2.13

Pre-installation Planning ............................................................................................. 2.14

Release Installation Guidelines................................................................................... 2.14

Host Bus Adapter / Hard Drive Controller........................................................................... 2.14

Choosing a Controller for Your Media Flow Controller................................................. 2.15

Configuring the Controller and Arrays for Optimum Performance................................ 2.15

Accessing the Console Port........................................................................................ 2.15

System Requirements................................................................................................. 2.16

Example: Machine Setup............................................................................................ 2.16

Connecting and Logging In......................................................................................... 2.18

Changing Ethernet Name Assignments After Installation ........................................... 2.18

Upgrading and Rebooting ........................................................................................... 2.19

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Saving and Applying a Configuration ................................................................................. 2.19

Upgrading (Web Interface) ................................................................................................. 2.20

Upgrading (CLI).................................................................................................................. 2.20

Rebooting ........................................................................................................................... 2.22

Managing Configuration Files............................................................................................. 2.23

Known Installation Issues ........................................................................................... 2.23

Installation on Dell Equipment............................................................................................ 2.23

Installing Media Flow Controller with a CD or USB ................................ 3.25

Before Installing Media Flow Controller with a CD or USB ......................................... 3.25

Creating CDs .............................................................................................................. 3.25

Ethernet Naming Options............................................................................................ 3.25

Flash Ethernet Port LEDs, Ethernet Naming Option 3 ....................................................... 3.26

Configure Ethernet Names Interactively, Ethernet Naming Option 4 ................................. 3.27

Specify Devices to Use For eth0 and eth1, Ethernet Naming Option 5.............................. 3.29

Reset Ethernet Device Naming Back to Default, Ethernet Naming Option 6 ..................... 3.31

Installing Media Flow Controller Software—CD or USB ............................................. 3.31

Setting Up Basic System Connectivity........................................................................ 3.33

Installing Media Flow Controller with PXE ............................................. 4.35

PXE Overview............................................................................................................. 4.35

Before Installing Media Flow Controller with PXE....................................................... 4.35

Setting Up PXE Overview........................................................................................... 4.35

Setting Up Your PXE Server .............................................................................................. 4.36

Setting Up the PXE Installation Software ........................................................................... 4.36

PXE Installation Options..................................................................................................... 4.37

Installing Media Flow Controller Software from the Network—PXE ........................... 4.38

Installing Media Flow Manager .............................................................. 5.41

Media Flow Manager Overview .................................................................................. 5.41

Before Installing Media Flow Manager........................................................................ 5.42

Installing Media Flow Manager—CD-ROM/USB ........................................................ 5.42

Installing Media Flow Manager from Network—PXE .................................................. 5.42

CHAPTER 1 Preface Media Flow Controller and Media Flow Manager Installation Guide

CHAPTER 1

Preface

The Juniper Networks Media Flow Controller and Media Flow Manager Installation Guide is

written for system and network administrators who plan, implement, and manage media

content delivery environments. Its purpose is to guide you through the installation of Media

Flow Controller and Media Flow Manager software. In addition to Guide to This Document

, this

preface includes these topics:

• Documentation and Release Notes

• Typographical Conventions

• Terminology

• Documentation Feedback

• Requesting Technical Support

Guide to This Document

This document provides information on the following topics:

• Getting Started—Describes pre-installation planning and system requirements applicable

to all installations, and upgrade/reboot procedures.

• Installing Media Flow Controller with a CD or USB—Describes how to create CD-ROM

installation drives, how to install Juniper Networks Media Flow Controller using a CD-ROM

or USB drive, and how to configure basic network connections.

• Installing Media Flow Controller with PXE—Describes how to set up your PXE server for a

Media Flow Controller installation, how to install Media Flow Controller using PXE, and

how to configure basic network connections.

• Installing Media Flow Manager—Describes how to install Media Flow Manager using PXE,

and how to configure basic network connections.

Documentation and Release Notes

To obtain the most current version of all Juniper Networks® technical documentation, see the

product documentation page on the Juniper Networks website at

http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/

Juniper Networks supports a technical book program to publish books by Juniper Networks

engineers and subject matter experts with book publishers around the world. These books go

beyond the technical documentation to explore the nuances of network architecture,

deployment, and administration using Junos OS Software and Juniper Networks devices. In

addition, the Juniper Networks Technical Library, published in conjunction with O'Reilly Media,

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explores improving network security, reliability, and availability using Junos OS configuration

techniques. All the books are for sale at technical bookstores and book outlets around the

world. The current list can be viewed at http://www.juniper.net/books

Typographical Conventions

Table 1 describes the typefaces used in this book.

Terminology

This section provides definitions for Juniper Networks and industry-standard terms that may

be unfamiliar to the reader.

Edge cache: An appliance placed between the Internet and the Web server that caches

content (like Java Script, CSS, images, and so forth) and delivers them for the server, freeing

up the Web server for other processes. Media Flow Controller as an edge cache is effectively

a “reverse proxy” that provides these benefits: reduces the load (network and CPU) on an

origin server by servicing previously retrieved content and enhances the user experience due

to a decrease in latency.

NIC Network Interface Controller/Card.

Origin Library The source of media content.

Table 1 Typefaces Used in This Book

Typeface Use Example

Arial Ordinary text. The origin server organizes media

content hierarchically.

Arial Bold Commands in running text, and

screen elements such as page

titles, and option labels.

Use the interface command to

configure IP addresses.

In the Management Console, use

the Setup > Date and time page.

Arial Italic

Book titles, and emphasis. See the Juniper Networks Media

Flow Controller Administrator’s

Guide and CLI Command

Reference

Courier New Text displayed online at a

command line.

Please enter your IP

address

Courier New

Bold

Text that you type exactly as

shown; variables are shown in

chevrons (< > ), parameters (which

may include variables) are shown

in box brackets ([ ]), options are

shown in curly brackets ({ }). Run-

on lines are indicated by an indent

(as shown at right).

interface eth0 ip address

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Origin Server The media content server. Juniper Networks Media Flow Controller can be

configured as an Origin Server as well as an Edge Cache.

SAS Serial attached SCSI. A data transfer technology designed to move data to and from

computer storage devices such as hard drives and tape drives.

SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. A computer bus technology primarily

designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk.

SSD Solid-state drive, a storage device using solid-state memory to store persistent data.

Documentation Feedback

We encourage you to provide feedback, comments, and suggestions so that we can improve

the documentation. You can send your comments to

techpubs-comment[email protected], or fill out the documentation feedback form at

https://www.juniper.net/cgi-bin/docbugreport/

. If you are using e-mail, be sure to include the

following information with your comments:

■ Document or topic name

■ URL or page number

■ Software release version (if applicable)

Requesting Technical Support

Technical product support is available through the Juniper Networks Technical Assistance

Center (JTAC). If you are a customer with an active J-Care or JNASC support contract, or are

covered under warranty, and need post-sales technical support, you can access our tools and

resources online or open a case with JTAC.

• JTAC Policies—For a complete understanding of our JTAC procedures and policies,

review the JTAC User Guide located at

http://www.juniper.net/customers/support/downloads/710059.pdf

• Product Warranties—For product warranty information, visit

http://www.juniper.net/support/warranty/

• JTAC Hours of Operation—The JTAC centers have resources available 24 hours a day,

7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Self-Help Online Tools and Resources

For quick and easy problem resolution, Juniper Networks has designed an online self-service

portal called the Customer Support Center (CSC) that provides you with the following features:

• Find CSC offerings:

http://www.juniper.net/customers/support/

• Search for known bugs:

http://www2.juniper.net/kb/

• Find product documentation:

http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/

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• Find solutions and answer questions using our Knowledge Base:

http://kb.juniper.net/

• Download the latest versions of software and review release notes:

http://www.juniper.net/customers/csc/software/

• Search technical bulletins for relevant hardware and software notifications:

https://www.juniper.net/alerts/

• Join and participate in the Juniper Networks Community Forum:

http://www.juniper.net/company/communities/

• Open a case online in the CSC Case Manager:

http://www.juniper.net/cm/

To verify service entitlement by product serial number, use our Serial Number Entitlement

(SNE) Tool located at

https://tools.juniper.net/SerialNumberEntitlementSearch/

Opening a Case with JTAC

You can open a case with JTAC on the Web or by telephone. Please have the serial number of

the system.

• Use the Case Manager tool in the CSC at

http://www.juniper.net/cm/

• Call 1-888-314-JTAC

(1-888-314-5822 – toll free in the USA, Canada, and Mexico)

For international or direct-dial options in countries without toll-free numbers, visit

http://www.juniper.net/support/requesting-support.html

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CHAPTER 2

Getting Started

This chapter describes pre-installation planning and requirements that applies to all types of

installations; as well as upgrading, rebooting, and basic configuration file management.

• “Obtaining Software for Installation” on page 13

• “Pre-installation Planning” on page 14

• “Accessing the Console Port” on page 15

• “System Requirements” on page 16

• “Example: Machine Setup” on page 16

• “Connecting and Logging In” on page 18

• “Changing Ethernet Name Assignments After Installation” on page 18

• “Upgrading and Rebooting” on page 19

• “Known Installation Issues” on page 23

Obtaining Software for Installation

There are two ways you can obtain the Media Flow Controller or Media Flow Manager

software for installation on generic x86 64-bit hardware from Juniper Networks Support:

• Juniper Networks ships you a CD or USB drive with the software; you can also download

an ISO image and burn a CD. This guide describes how to install from CD or USB drive.

• You use PXE (preboot execution environment) to obtain the software image. You must

have a PXE server configured in order to use the PXE installation option and a Web server

to serve the image. How to configure your PXE server for Media Flow Controller or Media

Flow Manager installation and how to install with PXE is described in this guide.

Important! This guide describes Media Flow Controller and Media Flow Manager installation

on generic x86 64-bit hardware. This guide is not intended for use with Juniper Networks

Media Flow Engine appliances on which the software is pre-installed.

Related Topics

• “Requesting Technical Support” on page 11 (for PXE, USB, or CD installation packages).

• “Upgrading (Web Interface)” on page 20.

• “Upgrading (CLI)” on page 20.

• “Installing Media Flow Controller with a CD or USB” on page 25

• “Installing Media Flow Controller with PXE” on page 35

• “Installing Media Flow Manager” on page 41

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Pre-installation Planning

Before installing Juniper Networks software, ensure that your hardware meets these conditions:

• Running optimally (all hardware diagnostics have been run and passed successfully).

• All data is backed up; Juniper Networks Media Flow Controller completely format all disks

when installed.

• Top-quality cables are used. We recommend CAT5e or CAT6 for GbE, CAT6A for 10GbE,

or Fiber LL cables. However, CAT5 cables can be used for GbE if the cable lengths are

expected to be short ( for example, 5 feet or less). A poorly functioning cable can inhibit

performance.

• NIC is present.

• Console server / terminal server are available (recommended).

Tip! Go to NTP Servers Web

to find public NTP servers.

You also need to know:

• Which physical ports you want named eth0 and eth1. This is important because eth0

(management interface) and eth1 (recommended origin-fetch interface) are usually NOT

automatically assigned to the optimal ports (non-traffic bearing); instead, you must make

this assignment as part of the installation.

• Hostnames/IP addresses (including but not limited to, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway) for

traffic and management ports.

• Hostnames/IP addresses for external servers such as origin servers/libraries, DNS, NTP,

logging, or storage servers.

Important! Media Flow Controller and Media Flow Manager do not support RAID arrays.

Release Installation Guidelines

This section provides information on the way Media Flow Controller works with Host Bus

Adapters/Hard Drive Controllers.

Host Bus Adapter / Hard Drive Controller

Media Flow Controller does not natively support RAID of any kind on any hard drive or

combination of hard drives. We recommend that ALL hard disk drives (HDDs) are configured

in "Just a Bunch of Disks" (JBOD) mode with write-cache disabled, regardless of controller

battery.

At initialization, Media Flow Controller attempts to uniquely identify each HDD by its

manufacturer-given serial number. This allows caches, the physical disks to which Media Flow

Controller writes cached data, to be removed and reinserted into a system without data loss or

the need to re-initialize. Also, because Media Flow Controller is able to uniquely identify

caches, they may be transferred to to another Media Flow Controller (removed from one

physical server and inserted in another running the same version of Media Flow Controller).

This lets you hot-swap caches for either new HDDs (provided the controller supports

hot-swap) or existing caches—without interrupting content delivery or restarting Media Flow

Controller.

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Media Flow Controller also attempts to identify the HDD type: SAS, SATA, or SSD. With this

information, Media Flow Controller assigns a cache tier to each cache. Cache tiers are the

way Media Flow Controller divides the storage of “hot content” (frequently accessed) from

“long-tail content” (infrequently accessed).

Important! With RAID enabled, Media Flow Controller cannot determine HDD’s serial

number, or type.

Choosing a Controller for Your Media Flow Controller

Media Flow Controller has been tested with, and supports, a wide range of Host Bus Adapters

(HBAs) including those made by Intel™, 3ware™, LSI™, Adaptec™ as well as OEM (original

equipment manufacturer) cards by IBM™, HP™ (SmartArray™), Dell™ (Perc™), Sun™, and

the controllers typically found in SuperMicro™ based systems.

The best controller for your Media Flow Controller depends upon the number and type of

HDDs in your system, as well as factors such as connecting to an external JBOD. Generically,

Media Flow Controller is most compatible with HBAs that support standard SCSI pass-

through, assign standard Linux device names (that is, /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, and so forth), and

allow arrays of one physical disk to be created.

Configuring the Controller and Arrays for Optimum Performance

For controllers that require arrays or virtual disks to be defined before physical disks are

presented to the BIOS, and so to the operating system, and be set as bootable, you must

configure the Controller BIOS to prepare the hard drives to be caches. To do this:

• Set up each physical HDD as an individual array or virtual disk (sometimes you must set

up a RAID 0 of one drive).

• Disable write-cache.

For controllers that do not require arrays or virtual disks to be defined (that is, LSI 1068e with

Software RAID disabled), no explicit configuration is required.

Related Topics

• “Accessing the Console Port” on page 15.

• “System Requirements” on page 16

• “Example: Machine Setup” on page 16

Accessing the Console Port

We recommend you use the Serial Console for first-time access and installation. To access

the console port:

• Set your initial console terminal settings to match the default console settings on Juniper

Networks Media Flow Controller:

• 9600 baud rate

•No parity

• 8 data bits

• 1 stop bit

• No flow control (console port only)

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Related Topics

• “Pre-installation Planning” on page 14.

• “Connecting and Logging In” on page 18

System Requirements

Table 2 lists the minimum requirements or recommendations for optimal performance of the

Media Flow Controller. For the most up-to-date and complete information, see the Media Flow

Controller With VXA Series and Media Flow Manager datasheet.

Related Topics

• “Pre-installation Planning” on page 14.

• “Example: Machine Setup” on page 16

Example: Machine Setup

Table 3 provides details of an sample configuration; your configuration may differ considerably.

In Table 3, and Figure 1, the appliance wiring logic is:

• Eth 0—Running SNMP, sending analytics to another machine, Web management, SSH,

and Telnet; connected to your internal network.

• Eth 1—Upstream fetching content from origin; connected to the network that connects to

the origin server.

• Eth 2 - 5—Servicing traffic; connected to the public Internet.

Table 2 Media Flow Controller System Requirements

Hardware Description

Processor One quad-core (2.0 GHz or higher) x86 64-bit processor (second quad-

core processor recommended for future capacity expansion).

RAM 8GB to 16GB (or more) depending on throughput requirements.

Direct Attached Storage

(DAS)

Up to 16 DAS drives (SATA or SAS), either hard disk or solid state disks,

depending on server model and amount of cache.

72 GB minimum for boot drive.

32 GB minimum recommended for additional drives (used for cache only).

Network Attached Storage NFS (Network File System) supported for handling cache misses.

Network Interfaces Dedicated GbE ports for content delivery.

Management Interface Dedicated 1GbE port. Network ports on the motherboard use lower

performance controllers adequate for a management interface that

typically does not require the full GbE capacity.

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Eth 0 and Eth 1 are onboard interfaces whereas Eth 2-5 traffic port recommendations are Intel

Pro/1000 PT/VT dual- or quad-port NIC for GbE. These are the minimum TCP/UDP port

requirements; other ports can be opened up on an as-needed basis. By default, the Media

Flow Controller management port is 8080.

Note! The installation procedure provides several options for correctly identifying and naming

the Ethernet interfaces. See Ethernet Naming Options

in Chapter 3, “Installing Media Flow

Controller with a CD or USB for details.

Figure 1 Example Connectivity

Table 3 Example Machine Setup of Management and Traffic Ports

Interface

Connectivity

IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway

Open

Ports

Internet

Access

Purpose

Eth 0 onboard 192.168.1.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1 8080, 22 yes Management

Eth 1 onboard 172.20.46.10* 255.255.255.0 not applicable 80 yes Origin fetch

Eth 2 PCIe card 10.1.1.11 255.255.255.0 not applicable 80 not

applicable

Traffic

Eth 3 PCIe card 10.1.2.11 255.255.255.0 not applicable 80 not

applicable

Traffic

Eth 4 PCIe card 10.1.3.11 255.255.255.0 not applicable 80 not

applicable

Traffic

Eth 5 PCIe card 10.1.4.11 255.255.255.0 not applicable 80 not

applicable

Traffic

*Eth0 AND Eth1 can be on the same subnet; this examples indicates they are not.

Switch

User

User User

Internet

g015428

Origin

Server

Terminal server console

Switch

Intranet/

Internet

Origin

Server

Management station

Management VLAN

Media Flow Controller

traffic

Eth 2, 3, 4...

HTTP (80)

origin fetch

Eth 1

HTTP (80)

management

Eth0

HTTP (8080)

SSH (22)

HTTP

NFS

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Related Topics

• “Pre-installation Planning” on page 14.

• “System Requirements” on page 16

Connecting and Logging In

You can connect to the command line interface (CLI) with SSH, Telnet (once enabled, Telnet is

disabled by default), or serial console using the IP address of your Media Flow Controller or

Media Flow Manager. The appliance responds with a login prompt.

To connect to the CLI:

1. Enter admin as the user; there is no default password.

2. After you have connected, you must enter enable (for Enable mode) and then configure

terminal (for Configure mode) in order to begin configuring Media Flow ControllerMedia

Flow Manager.

Likewise, you can log in to the Web-based Management Console by entering the IP address

and port 8080 in a browser window and using admin as the login name.

Related Topics

• “Accessing the Console Port” on page 15.

Changing Ethernet Name Assignments After Installation

When installing Media Flow Controller 2.0 or earlier software to restore or upgrade it, if you do

not assign the correct port to eth0 during installation, your licenses may not work because the

2.0 and earlier licenses are tied to the MAC address of the management interface (eth0). The

installation process gives you several Ethernet Naming options to configure the eth0 port and

to verify that all the interfaces are named correctly; however, if you misconfigure eth0 during

installation, and you choose to not do a re-installation to correct the naming, there is a

workaround using the CLI.

Note! The CLI to set eth0 automatically renames some or all of the other interfaces as well.

Follow these steps using the CLI to name the interface to use as eth0.

1. Enter enable on one line, and configure terminal on the next to get to Configure mode.

2. Enter show license to see what MAC address your licenses are tied to.

3. Enter show interface to see what interfaces the system discovered and determine which

one you want for eth0.

4. Use management interface <MAC_address> to name the interface with the correct

MAC address to be eth0. All interfaces are re-named.

5. Reboot the machine using reload.

6. After the machine is rebooted, use show interface again to determine what the new

Ethernet name assignments are.

7. Use show license to confirm that your licenses are working.

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Related Topics

• “Pre-installation Planning” on page 14.

• “Example: Machine Setup” on page 16

• “Ethernet Naming Options” on page 25

Upgrading and Rebooting

Media Flow Controller upgrades maintain saved data and configurations. However, if you re-

install the software (as opposed to upgrade only), you must save your current configuration to

another system if you want to keep it, because the installation process deletes all the

information on the root drive where the configuration data is stored.

This topic includes the following tasks:

• “Saving and Applying a Configuration” on page 19

• “Upgrading (Web Interface)” on page 20

• “Upgrading (CLI)” on page 20

• “Rebooting” on page 22

• “Managing Configuration Files” on page 23

Saving and Applying a Configuration

You can save a binary file with all current configuration data that can be used to restore the

system configuration. You can also reset custom configurations to their factory defaults,

upload a saved configuration, and import a configuration from another Media Flow Controller.

To save and apply a configuration using the CLI:

1. From Enable or Configure mode, save a configuration to a file; use no-switch to leave the

current configuration active. Use show configuration files to see the saved file name.

configuration write to <file_name> no-switch

2. Use SCP to send the just-saved configuration file to a server (must have SCP installed);

configuration upload <file_name> <URL>

3. When you are ready, fetch the saved configuration file.

configuration fetch <URL>/<file_name>

4. Verify that you have the saved configuration file.

show configuration files

5. Switch to the saved configuration.

configuration switch-to <file_name>

Example:

test-vos (config) # configuration write to 04_01_09 no-switch

test-vos (config) # show configuration files

04_01_09

initial (active)

initial.bak

test-vos (config) # configuration upload 04_01_09 scp://joe@sv05/home/joe

Password: *******

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test-vos (config) # configuration delete 04_01_09

test-vos (config) # show configuration files

initial (active)

initial.bak

test-vos (config) # configuration fetch scp://joe@sv05/home/joe/04_01_09

Password: *******

test-vos (config) # show configuration files

04_01_09

initial (active)

initial.bak

test-vos (config) # configuration switch-to 04_01_09

test-vos (config) # show configuration files

04_01_09 (active)

initial

initial.bak

test-vos (config) #

6. Merge the common settings from a given configuration file to the active configuration file.

configuration merge <file_name>

7. Revert the active configuration to either the factory defaults or the last saved

configuration. Use keep-basic to preserve licenses and SSH host keys, use keep-

connect to preserve anything necessary to maintain network connectivity to the system:

interfaces, routes, and ARP; either or both may be used.

configuration revert {factory | saved} [keep-basic] [keep-connect]

You can use the Web interface, also referred to as the Management Console, System Config

> Config Mgmt page to save a current configuration to a binary file and download it to another

system. Later you can use the same page to upload the file and make it active.

Upgrading (Web Interface)

When upgrades are available, Juniper Networks will broadcast the upgrade URL to use in this

procedure. The upgrade preserves the current, saved, configurations; however, you may still

want to save the current configuration to a file on another system by following the previous

procedure, “

Saving and Applying a Configuration” on page 19.

You can use the Web-based Management Console, System Config > Upgrade page to

easily upgrade your system if you have an install image URL or have obtained the image and

installed it locally. Important! After upgrading to the image using the System Config >

Upgrade page, you must go to the System Config > Reboot page and reboot your system

for the upgrade to complete.

To install Media Flow Controller or Media Flow Manager, which means removing all the data

on the root drive for a fresh install, see the following installation chapters as appropriate.

Upgrading (CLI)

When upgrades are available, Juniper Networks will broadcast the upgrade URL to use in this

procedure. The upgrade preserves the current, saved, configurations; however, you may still

want to save the current configuration to a file on another system by following the previous

procedure, “

Saving and Applying a Configuration” on page 19.

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