Description

This article explains why and when we observe the minor alarm "Radius/SRC Address Pool Assignment(32) usage requires a license" and details what needs to be done to clear the alarm.

Symptoms

Users may observe the following minor alarm:

root@R1> show system alarms
1 alarms currently active
Alarm time Class Description
2024-04-07 20:20:52 IST Minor Radius/SRC Address Pool Assignment(32) usage requires a license

For example, if you have the following DHCP configuration on your device, and you do not have the license installed, you will observe the device reporting the alarm.

routing-instances {
           TEST {
               system {
                   services {
                       dhcp-local-server {
                           group ZTP-TEST-POOL {
                               interface ge-1/1/2.0;
                           }
                       }
                   }
               }
               access {
                   address-assignment {
                       pool ZTP-TEST-POOL {
                           family inet {
                               network x.x.x.x/31;
                               dhcp-attributes {
                                   name-server {
                                       x.x.x.x;
                                       x.x.x.x;
                                   }
                                   router {
                                       x.x.x.x;
                                   }
                               }
                           }
                       }
                   }
               }
           }
       }

 

Check the output of "show system license detail" to see if "subscriber-address-assignment " license is showing invalid:

root@R1> show system license

 License usage:

Licenses Licenses Licenses Expiry

Feature name used installed needed

subscriber-address-assignment 1 0 1 invalid. <<<<



 
Solution
To clear the alarm, you need to install the license.

Please follow the KB to Install the License. 
https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/Junos-License-Activate-and-Install
Modification History
2025-09-25: Modified the symptom section, added "show system license" o/p for reference


2024-04-11 : Article Created