[j-nsp] Difference in "MX204" and "MX204-HW-BASE"?

[Tom Beecher]

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> Is there a difference between "MX204" and "MX204-HW-BASE"?
>

Strictly speaking they are just different SKUs, not different models.

MX204 : Chassis + Fan trays + PEMs
MX204-HW-BASE : Base MX204 chassis PLUS perpetual Junos software license

AFAIK , code that has enforcement is limited to specific scaling or more
advanced features, but outside of that, base things just work. Don't take
that as gospel though.

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 8:19 AM chiel via juniper-nsp <
juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net> wrote:

> Is there a difference between "MX204" and "MX204-HW-BASE"?
>
> I thought the "MX204" has honored based license, which isn't sold
> anymore. Where the "MX204-HW-BASE" (also end of sale but still widely
> available) enforces the license after version 22.2R1 for BGP. Is this
> assumption correct?
>
> If there is indeed this difference how can I distinguish these two
> platforms from the CLI?
>
> I have a MX204 with version 22.3R3.8 without a license installed on it
> and its doing BGP just fine. So I guess I have the older MX204 model?
>
> I'm asking as I'm looking for a spare (refurb) unit for my current router.
>
> admin at router> show system license
> License usage:
>                                   Licenses     Licenses    Licenses
>                    Feature      Feature     Feature
>    Feature name                       used    installed      needed Expiry
>    scale-subscriber                      0           10 0    permanent
>    scale-l2tp                            0         1000 0    permanent
>    bgp                                   1            0 1    invalid
>    l3static                              1            0 1    invalid
>    ospf                                  1            0 1    invalid
>
> Licenses installed: none
>
>
> admin at router> show chassis hardware
> Hardware inventory:
> Item             Version  Part number  Serial number     Description
> Chassis                                XXXXX             JNP204 [MX204]
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