JUNOS High Availability

A GUI for Junior Techs

To allow nontechnical people and individuals new to JUNOS to quickly build, deploy, and manage a network of Juniper equipment, a tool called J-Web is bundled with the equipment. J-Web is an HTTP-based GUI-driven tool that has been developed especially for equipment management. The J-Web tool, which comes preinstalled on J Series enterprise routing equipment and is free for download and installation on the EX Series Ethernet switches, the MX Series Ethernet routers, and the M7i, M10i, and M120 router families, provides a graphical interface for many JUNOS commands and tools. Even the big-iron M and T Series routers can use J-Web for an additional licensing fee, but the main purpose of J-Web is to provide simple and quick access for users in remote offices so that they can turn on their systems.

Note

Because J-Web is totally web-driven, you do not need to download a Java client, as with some other vendors’ management tools. Although that may seem inconsequential, the fact that you are able to get into the equipment without worrying about Java versions becomes very important when time is of the essence and you see your seven 9s slipping away.

Using J-Web

Because J-Web is preinstalled on the J Series equipment, no configuration tasks are required to use it. On the other JUNOS systems, such as the upper-end M and T Series, you must download, install, and obtain the proper licenses for the J-Web software before you use it. You download the J-Web software from the Juniper ...