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

[Skeeve Stevens]

Ahh sorry, didn't see it.

Excellent to know.   Someone was trying to scare us ;-)

...Skeeve

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On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Caillin Bathern <caillinb at commtelns.com>wrote:

> Hi Skeeve,
>
> This has already been discussed in the "Junos 12.3 Release Date" thread
> and a Juniper employee has stated that this is a documentation error
> that will fixed.
>
> Cheers,
> Caillin
>
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> [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Skeeve Stevens
> Sent: Friday, 8 February 2013 1:05 PM
> To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [j-nsp] Is Juniper moving features to AFL on EX Series in 12.3?
>
> 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)
>
> ---
>
> *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
>
> *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
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