[j-nsp] MX5 10G Ports

[Graham Brown]

Hi Colton,

This is now strictly enforced as of 12.2
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB23535&smlogin=true
(login required). The interfaces will appear and be configurable but a
licence timer will countdown to zero, at which point the interfaces are
deactivated and will go dark. A licence will then need to be applied in
order to reactivate the interfaces.

show system license usage
License usage:
Licenses Licenses Licenses Expiry
Feature name used installed needed
scale-subscriber 0 1000 0 permanent
scale-l2tp 0 1000 0 permanent
scale-mobile-ip 0 1000 0 permanent
mx5-to-mx10-upgrade 1 0 1 29 days
mx10-to-mx40-upgrade 1 0 1 29 days
mx40-to-mx80-upgrade 1 0 1 29 days

show system alarms
3 alarms currently active
Alarm time Class Description
2011-09-08 11:55:08 PDT Minor License grace period for feature
mx40-to-mx80-upgrade(104) is about to expire
2011-09-08 11:55:08 PDT Minor License grace period for feature
mx10-to-mx40-upgrade(103) is about to expire
2011-09-08 11:55:08 PDT Minor License grace period for feature
mx5-to-mx10-upgrade(102) is about to expire

HTH,
Graham

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On 1 May 2015 at 08:43, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know legally you are not supposed to use the four 10G built in ports on a
> Juniper MX5 unless you buy an upgrade license to a MX40 or MX80 level. I
> would like to know if technically will these ports work, or has Juniper
> software locked them down?
>
> Some old posts said that they have not locked them down.Others say you can
> use it for 30 days, but then they don't mention what happens after 30 days?
> Some say you can use it, but then the box constantly throws errors.
>
> I see from the feature explorer, version Junos OS 13.2R1 has a " Enforcing
> license-based restrictions while upgrading Junos OS" feature.This feature
> is provided along with support for an upgrade license key for license-based
> features. When upgrading a Junos OS installation, a license for a feature
> is considered valid if the release version in the license key is greater
> than or equal to the release version of the software upgrade. Valid license
> keys are displayed in the output of the show system license command.
>
>
> http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos14.2/topics/concept/junos-license-key-components.html
>
> In this guide it says: Restricting port capacity is achieved by making a
> set of MIC slots and ports licensable. MICs without a license are locked,
> and are unlocked or made usable by installing appropriate upgrade
> licenses. The
> base capacity of a router is identified by the Ideeprom assembly ID (I2C
> ID), which defines the board type. However, the Junos OS licensing
> infrastructure allows the use of restricted ports without a license for a
> grace period of 30 days. After the grace period expires, the router reverts
> back to the base capacity if no upgrade license is purchased and installed
> for the locked ports.
> Does anyone have real world experience with using the 10G ports on a MX5?
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