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Flex Software License for Northstar Controller

NorthStar Controller

Table 1 shows the definition of Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller license SKUs.

Table 1: NorthStar Controller SKU Definition

License SKU

SKU Character Description

S-NSC-1/10/100-S1/A1/P1-C1/C2/C3/C4-1/3/5

S—Software

NSC—Product name: NorthStar Controller

1/10/100—License metrics for 1, 10, or 100 devices

S1/A1/P1—Standard 1, Advanced 1, or Premium 1 software subscription

C1/C2/C3/C4—Device class

1/3/5—Subscription term: 1 year, 3 years, or 5 years

Table 2 describes the licensing support with use case examples for the NorthStar Controller.

Table 2: Supported Features on the NorthStar Controller

License Model

License SKUs

Use Case Example or Solution

Detailed Features

Standard

S-NSC-100-S1-C1-1/3/5

S-NSC-10-S1-C2-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-S1-C3-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-S1-C4-1/3/5

Network visualization and monitoring

  • Collection using Healthbot

  • cRPD support

  • Delay visualization

  • Demand visualization (LDP FEC and flow based)

  • Dynamic topology acquisition

  • Flow collection

  • Interface statistics visualization

  • JTI telemetry collection

  • LSP reporting, statistics visualization (RSVP and SR)

  • P2MP LSP visualization

  • SNMP based collection

  • Topology visualization

Advanced

S-NSC-100-A1-C1-1/3/5

S-NSC-10-A1-C2-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-A1-C3-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-A1-C4-1/3/5

LSP provisioning

  • All Standard features

  • Auto-bandwidth LSPs (NorthStar managed)

  • Diverse LSPs

  • High availability

  • LSP optimization (bandwidth and delay)

  • LSP provisoining (RSVP and SR)

  • LSP templates

  • Maintenance events

  • P2MP LSP provisioning

  • Standby and secondary LSPs

  • Symmetric pair groups

  • TE++ LSPs

  • Time-based LSP scheduling

Premium

S-NSC-100-P1-C1-1/3/5

S-NSC-10-P1-C2-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-P1-C3-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-P1-C4-1/3/5

Advanced transport engineering

  • All Advanced features

  • Egress peering engineering

  • Ingress peering engineering

  • Multilayer packet-optical support

  • Network slicing management