[j-nsp] MX304 - Edge Router

[Mark Tinka]

On 10/25/23 14:42, Saku Ytti via juniper-nsp wrote:

> But we can reject licenses that expire in operation and cause an
> outage. That I think is a very reasonable ask.  I know that IOS XE for
> example will do this, you run out of license and your box breaks. I
> swapped out from CRS1k to ASR1k because I knew the organisation would
> eventually fail to fix the license ahead of expiry.

We had this happen to us in 2014 when we recovered a failed server 
running CSR1000v. The "installation evaluation" license expired after 60 
days, and since everyone forgot about it, the box went down.

So as part of our deployment/recovery procedure, we always procure 
CSR1000v licenses for each installation.

Of course, with things changing to Cat8000v, this could get juicy.


> I'm happy if the device calls homes via https proxy, and reports my
> license use, and the sales droid tells me I'm not compliant with
> terms. Making it a commercial problem is fine, making it an acute
> technical problem is not.
>
>
> In your specific case, the ports never worked, you had to procure a
> license, and the license never dies. So from my POV, this is fine. And
> being absolutist here will not help, as then you can't even achieve
> reasonable compromise.

I tend to agree.

Mark.