[j-nsp] Is Juniper moving features to AFL on EX Series in 12.3?

[Skeeve Stevens]

All,

Something has just been pointed out to me, and I'd like to get the
communities take on it.

It seems that Juniper has moved features to the Advanced Features License
in 12.3.

*This is the link for the EX License Overview on 12.2*
http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos12.2/topics/concept/ex-series-software-licenses-overview.html#jd0e146

Features Requiring a License on EX3200, EX4200, EX4500, EX4550, EX6200, and
EX8200 Switches

To use the following features on Juniper Networks EX3200, EX4200, EX4500,
EX4550, EX6200, and EX8200 Ethernet Switches, you must install an advanced
feature license (AFL):

   - Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and multiprotocol BGP (MBGP)
   - Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS)
   - IPv6 protocols: OSPFv3, RIPng, IS-IS for IPv6, IPv6 BGP
   - MPLS with RSVP-based label-switched paths (LSPs) and MPLS-based
   circuit cross-connects (CCCs)

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*This is the link for the EX License Overview on 12.3*
http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos12.3/topics/concept/ex-series-software-licenses-overview.html#jd0e146

Features Requiring a License on EX3200, EX4200, EX4500, EX4550, EX6200, and
EX8200 Switches

To use the following features on Juniper Networks EX3200, EX4200, EX4500,
EX4550, EX6200, and EX8200 Ethernet Switches, you must install an advanced
feature license (AFL):

   - Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and multiprotocol BGP (MBGP)
   - Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
   - Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS)
   - Multicast Listener Discovery version 1 and 2 (MLDv1 and MLDv2)
   - MPLS with RSVP-based label-switched paths (LSPs) and MPLS-based
   circuit cross-connects (CCCs)
   - Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
   - RIPng (RIP next generation)
   - OSPFv1/v2 (with four active interfaces)
   - OSPFv3
   - S-VLAN
   - Unicast reverse-path forwarding (RPF)
   - Virtual routing and forwarding (VRF)
   - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)


Doesn't this increase the cost of these switches by a ton of money if you
want features you used to get for free?

I would have thought that IPv6 would have been something that would have
started to be in the base license since everyone is starting to need it as
standard.  This sounds a little opportunistic in my opinion.

This looks like these layer 3 switches are becoming more and more like
Layer 2 dumb switches the higher the Junos version goes.

Maybe 13.x will have IPv4 in AFL?

...Skeeve

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