Description

After upgrade MX chassis equipped with non flex-license capable FPCs on JunOS to release 22.1 or higher 'show system license' output will show many licenses as invalid.

Symptoms

Flex licenses are displayed as invalid:

user@device> show system license                                 
License usage:
                                 Licensed    Licensed   Licensed
                                 Feature     Feature    Feature
 Feature name                      used   installed     needed   Expiry
 vpls                                 1           0          1   invalid
 l3vpn                                1           0          1   invalid
 ldp                                  1           0          1   invalid
 l2circuit                            1           0          1   invalid
 l3static                             1           0          1   invalid
 l3vpn-instance-capacity           2516           0       2516   invalid
 sr                                   1           0          1   invalid
 pim                                  1           0          1   invalid
 qos-license                          1           0          1   invalid
 bgp-pic                              1           0          1   invalid

This chassis has only non flex-license capable FPCs:

user@device> show chassis hardware | match FPC
FPC 0           REV 24  750-063183  XXXXXXXX         MPC2E NG HQoS
FPC 1           REV 30  750-063184  XXXXXXXX         MPC2E NG PQ & Flex Q
FPC 2           REV 12  750-063736  XXXXXXXX         MPCE Type 3 3D

System doesn't report any alarms:

user@device> show system alarms 
No alarms currently active

Solution

In such case invalid state means that license is not required. Requirement of license is tracked via alarms. Please verify in the output of "show system alarms". If no such alarm reported, flex license 'invalid' state can be ignored.

Modification History

2023-12-06 : Article Created

Related Information

Flex Software License for MX Series Routers and MPC Service Cards: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/license/flex/flex-license-for-mx-series-routers-and-mpc-service-cards.pdf