2020/12/10 [Junos] How to mount a USB drive on the EX/SRX/MX/QFX series platforms - Juniper Networks

[Junos] How to mount a USB drive on the EX/SRX/MX/QFX

series platforms
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SUMMARY:
This article explains how to mount a USB drive on an EX/SRX/MX/QFX series device and
copy les to or from the device via the USB drive.

SOLUTION:
The following procedure allow users to mount a USB device on EX/SRX/MX/QFX devices.
This can be helpful if network connectivity is unavailable and you need to copy les to or
from the device.

Note: It is recommended to have USB with FAT32 format.

1. Enter the shell as root:

user@switch> start shell user root

Password:
root@switch%

2. Before inserting the USB device, perform the following:

root@% ls /dev/da*
/dev/da0 /dev/da0s1c /dev/da0s2a /dev/da0s3 /dev/da0s3e
/dev/da0s1 /dev/da0s1f /dev/da0s2c /dev/da0s3c
/dev/da0s1a /dev/da0s2 /dev/da0s2f /dev/da0s3d

3. Insert the USB drive in the USB port. The following output will be displayed:

root@% umass1: TOSHIBA TransMemory, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3

da2 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 0
da2: <TOSHIBA TransMemory 5.00> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 devic
e
da2: 40.000MB/s transfers
da2: 983MB (2013184 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 983C)

root@% ls /dev/da*
/dev/da0 /dev/da0s1c /dev/da0s2a /dev/da0s3 /dev/da0s3e

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/dev/da0s1 /dev/da0s1f /dev/da0s2c /dev/da0s3c /dev/da2

/dev/da0s1a /dev/da0s2 /dev/da0s2f /dev/da0s3d /dev/da2s1

Note: '/dev/da2s1' is the USB drive. If the console session is not available while inserting
the USB, check the var log le names "messages" for logs related to "da"(e.g. show log
messages | match da). It will log the same 4 lines as is shown on console if it is plugged
live.
4. Create a directory for the USB drive to mount to:

root@% mkdir /var/tmp/usb

5. . Mount the USB drive to the /var/tmp/usb directory:

root@% mount_msdosfs /dev/da2s1 /var/tmp/usb

root@% ls /var/tmp/usb
images.tgz

Note: 'ls /var/tmp/usb' will show all the les in the USB drive.
6. For QFX use the following command to mount

root@% mount -t msdos /dev/da2s1 /var/tmp/usb

root@% ls /var/tmp/usb
images.tgz

7. Copy any of the USB les to the /var/tmp/usb directory:

root@% cp /var/tmp/usb/images.tgz /var/tmp

root@% ls /var/tmp
images.tgz

The images.tgz le from the USB is successfully copied to the /var/tmp directory.
8. Now unmount the USB drive after the le is completely copied:

root@% umount /var/tmp/usb

root@% umass1: at uhub0 port 1 (addr 3) disconnected
(da1:umass-sim1:1:0:0): lost device
(da1:umass-sim1:1:0:0): removing device entry
umass1: detached

Note: Ensure that the USB devices are unmounted properly before removing them from
the router. For devices with multiple USBs, make sure that you unmount both devices.

MODIFICATION HISTORY:
2020-02-06: Added a note in Step 3 to check the var log le names
2020-01-27: Removed references to J-Series devices and added mount command for QFX.
2019-11-30: Added related PRs.
2017-12-1: Added note to step 7 regarding devices with multiple USBs.
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