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MostUsedJunosCommands
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VersionandVersionDetail
showversion:ListswhichversionofJunosOSisrunningonyourdevice.Italsoshowsthehostnameofthedeviceand
theJunipermodelnumber.
showversiondetail:ShowstheversionofallJunosprocessesrunningonthedevice.

ChassisHardwareandChassisHardwareDetail
showchassishardware:Displayshardwareinventoryofthedeviceandcomponentsinstalledinthedevice.Shows
version,Juniperpartnumber,serialnumber,anddescriptionofeachcomponent.
showchassishardwaredetail:Displaysversion,partnumber,andserialnumberforallmemoryinstalledondevice
components.

Configuration
configure:Accessesconfigurationmode.
showconfiguration:Displaystheconfigurationcurrentlyrunning(active)onthedevice.
commitconfirmed:Activatesconfigurationchanges,butreturnstopreviousconfigurationautomaticallyifyoudont
activelyacceptthenewconfiguration.Use:Whenyourecommittingaconfigurationthatyouthinkmaylockyououtofthe
deviceorotherwisedisruptaccesstothedevice,usethiscommandtoguaranteethatyoullbeabletologintothedevice.

BackUpandRollBack
requestsystemsnapshot:Backsupthedevicesfilesystems,includingconfigurations.
rollback:Returnstothepreviouslyactivedeviceconfiguration.
filelistdetail/configandfilelistdetail/var/db/config:Liststhebackupconfigurationfilesonthe
device.

Interfaces
showinterfacesterse:Listsallinterfaces(networkcards)presentintheboxandshowswhethertheyreoperational
(upordown)andlistsIPaddressesofeachinterface.Thiscommandshowsoneinterfaceperline,soitseasilyscannable.
showinterfaces:Multilineoutputperinterfacelistspropertiesofthephysical(hardware)interface,includingMAC
addressandhardwareMTU,andofthelogical(unitorsubinterface)interface,includingprotocolMTUconfiguredprotocol
addresses.
showinterfacesinterfacename:Multilineoutputforasinglephysicalinterface.Showsbothphysicalandlogical
interfaceinformation.
showinterfacesdetail,showinterfacesdetailinterfacename,showinterfacesextensive,and
showinterfacesextensiveinterfacename:Showincreasinglymoredetailedinformationaboutallinterfacesor
aboutaspecificinterface.Thedetailversionaddsinterfacestatistics,andtheextensiveversionaddserrorcounters.Output
islong,soyougenerallyspecifyaninterfacename.

Routing
showroute:Liststheentriesinallthedevicesroutingtables.Variantsincludethefollowing:
showrouteinet.0:ListsallIPv4routes.
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showrouteinet.6l:ListsallIPv6routes.
showroutedetail:Addsroutepreference,nexthop,andotherinformation.
showrouteprotocol:Listsallrouteslearnedbythespecifiedroutingprotocol.
showrouteforwardingtable:Liststheentriesinallthedevicesforwardingtables.Use:Letsyoucheckwhich
activeroutesareactuallybeingusedtoforwardtrafficfromthedevicetowardnetworkdestinations.

showripneighbor:ListstheRIProuters(neighbors)inthenetwork.
showisisinterface:ListsthedevicesinterfacesrunningISIS.
showisisadjacency:ListstheISISrouters(adjacencies)inthenetwork.
showospfinterface:ListsthedeviceinterfacesrunningOSPF.
showospfneighbor:ListstheISISrouters(neighbors)inthenetwork.
showbgpneighbor:ListstheBGProuterstowhichthisdeviceisconnected.
showbgpsummary:ListsBGPgroup,peer,andsessionstateinformation.
showrouteprotocolbgp:ListstherouteslearnedfromBGP.

Switching
showEthernetswitchinginterfaces:ListsinformationabouttheswitchedEthernetinterfaces.
showvlans:ListstheconfiguredVLANs.
showvirtualchassisstatus:ListstheroleandmemberIDassignmentsinavirtualchassisconfiguration.
showspanningtreebridge:ListsconfiguredorcalculatedSpanningTreeProtocolparameters.
showspanningtreeinterface:ListsconfiguredorcalculatedinterfacelevelSpanningTreeProtocol(STP)
parameters.

Maintenance
showlogmessages:Liststhesystemlogmessagesinthedefaultsyslogfilemessages.Thesyslogfamilymonitorsall
systemwideoperationsonthedeviceandrecordsthemtosyslogfiles.Thiscommanddisplaystimestampedentriessothat
youcanseewhathasoccurredonthedeviceandwhenitoccurred.Usefulfortrackingdowndevice,network,andtrafficflow
problems.
showsystemuptime:Listshowlongadevicehasbeenupandrunning.Showsyouthelasttimethatthedevicewas
poweredon,restarted,orrebooted.

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