Installation guide
Connecting the Switch to the Network
Booting the Switch
ARX®1000 Hardware Installation Guide 6-13
The private subnet metalog VLAN is used for storing file-change
logs on battery-backed NVRAM, possibly on a redundant peer.
Be sure this value does not conflict with existing VLAN IDs.
10. Enter the chassis's private subnet metalog VLAN
in the format integer [1-4095].(default=1003) # <Enter>
The UUID should only be entered if this chassis is replacing a failed chassis
and the entered UUID should match the UUID of the failed chassis.
11. Enter the chassis's UUID
in the format
xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.(default=6df0854c-6af4-11d8-954a-f844c83bc5
f3) # 876616f6-79ac-11d8-946f-958fcb4e6e35
The crypto-officer is the most privileged user in the system.
12. Enter the crypto-officer username
in the format text (1-28 characters). # admin
13. Enter the crypto-officer password
in the format text (6-28 characters). # mypassword
Confirm the crypto-officer password # mypassword
A system password is required for access to the master key.
14. Enter a system password
in the format text (12-28 characters). # tr1ple$ecRET
Confirm the system password # tr1ple$ecRET
This is the master-key question, where you use the encrypted master key and the
wrapping password from the redundant peer:
The master key is used to encrypt critical security parameters.
15. Enter the master key
in the format base64-encoded key or keyword 'generate'.(default=generate) #
2oftVCwAAAAgAAAApwazSRFd2ww/H1pi7R7JMDZ9SoIg4WGA/XsZP+HcXjsIAAAADDRbMCxE/bc=
The wrapping password is used to encrypt and decrypt the master key.
16. Enter the wrapping password
in the format text (6-28 characters). # an0ther$ecretpw