[j-nsp] MX sw license

[Derick Winkworth]

Sigh...

I hope Juniper doesn't start licensing their products to death, like the
big "C" has in some cases...

Alexandre Snarskii wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 05:50:04PM -0700, Marlon Duksa wrote:
>   
>> Does anyone know if sw license is required for a lab use on MX in 9.2? These
>> are the messages that we are getting:
>> admin at mx-re0> show system alarms
>> 2 alarms currently active
>> Alarm time               Class  Description
>> 2008-10-17 17:24:30 PDT  Minor  License grace period for feature 31 is about
>> to expire
>> 2008-10-17 17:23:29 PDT  Minor  Radius/SDX Address Pool Assignment usage
>> requires a license
>>
>> Is this licensing honorary based or does it actually prevent  a feature from
>> working?
>>     
>
> License enforcement for Subscriber access and related features is described 
> here: 
>
> http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos/junos92/swconfig-install/license-enforcement.html#jN12F73
>
> and, as far as I can understand, if you are not abused by warning messages
> on commit and not requesting official support for licenseable features - 
> you can use licenseable features even after grace period... 
>
> At least for now...
>
> Sometimes that may change - f.e., J-Flow and Andvanced BGP (route-reflection)
> licenses were not enforced for J-Series for before JunOS 8.5, and enforcement 
> of them were clearly outlined in release notes: 
>
>  From JUNOS Release 8.5 onwards, if you have not installed a 
> valid license, the BGP router reflectors and J-Flow traffic 
> analysis features do not function.
>
> (http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/jseries/junos85/rn-jseries-85/changes-in-default-behavior.html)
>
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