[j-nsp] MX5 10G Ports

[ryanL]

yep, can echo this. had to upgrade my mx5 to mx80 for all the 10GE ports.
junos 13.3-ish.

ry at iad1-er2> show system 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                   0            1           0
 permanent
  mx10-to-mx40-upgrade                  0            1           0
 permanent
  mx40-to-mx80-upgrade                  0            1           0
 permanent


On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Graham Brown <juniper-nsp at grahambrown.info>
wrote:

> 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
>
> Graham Brown
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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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