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  • 1.  License cost for Layer 3 on an EX-2200

    Posted 08-18-2015 12:07

    I decided to do some price checking on used Juniper equipment, and they were pretty nuts!

     

    Used MX5 router - $8000

    Used QFX-3500 - $35,000 (!!!)   (I could by 14 Arista 7100 switches for that!)

     

    The used EX-2200 was an almost reasonable $400, but I was told that "it would require an expensive license to enable layer 3"

     

    How expensive a license are we talking about?  I've bought multilayer Cisco 3550s for $40/each, and they didn't require any type of license to do L2/L3. 



  • 2.  RE: License cost for Layer 3 on an EX-2200

     
    Posted 08-18-2015 22:08

    Layer 3 is not a licensed feature. EX2200 EFL list is here:

     

    http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos12.1/topics/concept/ex-series-software-licenses-overview.html#jd0e60



  • 3.  RE: License cost for Layer 3 on an EX-2200

    Posted 08-19-2015 08:12

    Huh. Wonder why that guy at the reseller told me that?  

     

    So how much would an EX-24-EFL license run?  

     

    I'm trying to self-learn how to use Juniper switches and routers, and while I'd love to have a VM (ala the vSRX trial) to use with GNS3, I could swing the $400 they quoted me for an EX2200 switch, provided the license isn't too much. 

     

     



  • 4.  RE: License cost for Layer 3 on an EX-2200
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    Posted 08-19-2015 08:46

    List is $2000, so figure $1000 with discounts.



  • 5.  RE: License cost for Layer 3 on an EX-2200

    Posted 08-19-2015 09:09

    List is $2000, so figure $1000 with discounts.

     

     

    O_o    Wow, that's more than double the price of the used switch itself!   That's nutterbutters! 



  • 6.  RE: License cost for Layer 3 on an EX-2200

    Posted 08-29-2015 04:07

    If you are just using this to lab then most L3 features will just nag via syslog/log messages and a yellow system alarm about needing a licence. AFAIK the L3 funtionality will still work.

     

    http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos12.1/topics/concept/ex-series-software-licenses-overview.html#jd0e355



  • 7.  RE: License cost for Layer 3 on an EX-2200

    Posted 08-30-2015 06:34

    Look at the EFL feature list, Layer 3 interfaces and base features are enabled by default on the base model it is only these specific advanced features that require the license.  I suspect your reseller is mistaken.

     

    For Juniper Networks EX2200 Ethernet Switches, the following features can be added to basic Junos OS by installing an enhanced feature license (EFL):

    • Bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD)
    • Connectivity fault management (IEEE 802.1ag)
    • IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) version 1 (IGMPv1), IGMPv2, and IGMPv3
    • OSPFv1/v2 (with four active interfaces)
    • Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) dense mode, PIM source-specific mode, PIM sparse mode
    • Q-in-Q tunneling (IEEE 802.1ad)
    • Real-time performance monitoring (RPM)