Platform and Software Compatibility

The NorthStar Controller 4.3.0 release is fully supported with Junos OS Release 17.2R1 and later.

NorthStar Controller 4.3.0 can be deployed with Junos OS Releases 15.1F6, 16.1R1, and 17.1R1, but the segment routing (SPRING) feature would not be available.

The NorthStar Controller Analytics features require specific Junos OS Releases to be able to obtain LSP and interface statistics. This is a Junos Telemetry Interface (JTI) dependency. We recommend Junos OS Release 15.1F6 or later if you plan to use Analytics.

NorthStar Controller 4.3.0 release can be deployed with Junos OS Releases 14.2R6, 15.1F4, and 15.1R4, but the following features would not be available:

MD5 authentication for PCEP
P2MP support
Admin group support

By default, the NorthStar Controller Release 3.0 and later requires that the external Junos VM be Release 17.2 or later. If you are using an older version of Junos OS, you can change the NorthStar configuration to support it, but segment routing support will not be available. See Installing the NorthStar Controller 4.3.0 for the configuration steps.

Other Junos OS releases are not supported.

The NorthStar Controller is supported on the following Juniper platforms: M Series, T Series, MX Series, PTX Series, QFX10008, and ACX5000.

As of Junos OS Release 17.4R1, NorthStar Controller is also supported on QFX5110, QFX5100, and QFX5200, and on SRX platforms (SRX300, SRX320, SRX340, SRX345, SRX550, SRX550M, SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200 devices, and vSRX instances).

Junos OS supports Internet draft draft-crabbe-pce-pce-initiated-lsp-03 for the stateful PCE-initiated LSP implementation (M Series, MX Series, PTX Series, T Series, QFX Series, and ACX Series).

The following sections provide information that will help guide you in determining which installation instructions you will need based on how you intend to install NorthStar, and how many servers you will need, based on the deployment scenario you choose:

Installation Options

Figure 1 summarizes the installation configurations that are supported for NorthStar.

For installation procedures, see:

Deployment Scenarios

Table 1 lists the supported deployment configurations by NorthStar 4.x release.

Table 1: Supported NorthStar Deployment Configurations by 4.x Release

Deployment Configuration	Features Available NorthStar Release 4.0.0	Features Available NorthStar Release 4.1.0	Features Available NorthStar Release 4.2.x, 4.3.0
`Description:` NorthStar application (no Analytics, no HA) `Number of Servers:` NorthStar: 1 Total: 1	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning Device collection
`Description:` NorthStar application and Analytics, both installed in a single server One or more optional secondary collector servers `Number of Servers:` NorthStar + Analytics: 1 Total: 1 Total with optional secondary collector servers: 2 or more	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning LSP bandwidth sizing Device collection Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)
`Description:` NorthStar application and Analytics, each installed in a separate server One or more optional secondary collector servers `Number of servers:` NorthStar: 1 Analytics: 1 Total: 2 Total with optional secondary collector servers: 3 or more	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning LSP bandwidth sizing Device collection Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)
`Description:` NorthStar application HA `Number of servers:` NorthStar: minimum of 3 (odd numbers only) Total: 3 or more	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection NorthStar HA	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection NorthStar HA	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning Device collection NorthStar HA
`Description:` NorthStar application HA and separate, single Analytics server One or more optional secondary collector servers `Number of servers:` NorthStar: minimum of 3 (odd numbers only) Analytics: 1 Total: 4 or more Total with optional secondary collector servers: 5 or more	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection NorthStar HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection NorthStar HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning LSP bandwidth sizing Device collection NorthStar HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)
`Description:` Single NorthStar application server and Analytics HA One or more optional secondary collector servers `Number of servers:` NorthStar: 1 Analytics: minimum of 3 (odd numbers only) Total: 4 or more Total with optional secondary collector servers: 5 or more	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection Analytics HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection Analytics HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning LSP bandwidth sizing Device collection Analytics HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)
`Description:` NorthStar application HA and separate Analytics HA One or more optional secondary collector servers `Number of servers:` NorthStar: minimum of 3 (odd numbers only) Analytics: minimum of 3 (odd numbers only) Total: 6 or more Total with optional secondary collector servers: 7 or more	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection NorthStar HA Analytics HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection NorthStar HA Analytics HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning LSP bandwidth sizing Device collection NorthStar HA Analytics HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)
`Description:` NorthStar application HA sharing servers with Analytics HA. One or more optional secondary collector servers `Number of servers:` NorthStar + Analytics: minimum of 3 (odd numbers only) Total: 3 or more Total with optional secondary collector servers: 4 or more	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection NorthStar HA Analytics HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning NETCONF device collection NorthStar HA Analytics HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)	PCEP and NETCONF provisioning LSP bandwidth sizing Device collection NorthStar HA Analytics HA Telemetry Data Collection: SNMP Link latency Network archive task LDP Netflow Collector Distributed collection (if optional secondary collectors are installed)

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