Paragon Pathfinder Licensing Overview
Juniper Networks introduced the Juniper Flex Software Subscription Licensing model to provide an efficient way for you to manage licenses for hardware and software features. Starting from Paragon Automation Release 21.2, Paragon Pathfinder uses the Flex licensing model.
To use a licensed feature, you need to purchase, activate, and deploy the license corresponding to that feature. You can administer and manage the licenses through the Juniper Agile Licensing Portal. The Agile portal provides an intuitive, task-based user interface for full lifecycle management of licenses.
When you log in to the Paragon Automation GUI for the first time, the Dashboard page appears. Navigate to Administration > License Management page to add a license. After you successfully activate the license for Paragon Pathfinder, you can see the related GUI pages. The availability of features in Paragon Pathfinder is based on the license you have purchased.
Paragon Pathfinder License Levels
Starting with Paragon Automation Release 21.2, you need to purchase a license to use Paragon Pathfinder features.
To use the higher level license, you must order the lower level licenses as well. For example, if you want to order the Pathfinder Premium license, the Pathfinder Advanced and Pathfinder standard licenses are also required. Similarly, for the Pathfinder Advanced license, the Pathfinder Standard license is required.
Paragon Pathfinder provides the following license levels:
- Pathfinder Standard—This is the base license level for Paragon Pathfinder. With this license, you can view the network topology and configure certain network components.
- Pathfinder Advanced—This is the mid licensing level for Paragon Pathfinder. With this license, you can view network reports and configure additional traffic engineering options.
- Pathfinder Premium—This is the premium licensing level for Paragon Pathfinder. With this license, you can incorporate network slicing and transport controller options in your network.
Licensing Level | Activated UI Pages and Features |
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PathFinder Standard |
Configuration > Network Settings Administration > Task Scheduler Network > Topology Network > Topology > Tunnel Tab Network > Segment Routing Planning > Paragon Planner Desktop |
PathFinder Advanced |
Monitoring > Reports > Network Network > Traffic Engineering > Path Optimization Network > Topology > Maintenance Tab |
PathFinder Premium | Transport Controller Network Slicing |
License SKU | Feature Name | Feature ID Number |
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Pathfinder Standard S-PPF-S1-[135] |
Dynamic Topology acquisition Topology visualization JTI telemetry collection SNMP based collection Interface statistics visualization LSP reporting, statistics visualization (RSVP, SR) Delay visualization Flow collection cRPD support P2MP LSP visualization |
9001 9002 9003 9004 9005 9006 9007 9009 9010 9011 |
Pathfinder Advanced S-PPF-A1-[135] |
Tunnel provisioning (RSVP/SR) Symmetric pair groups Diverse Tunnels Standby and secondary tunnels Auto-bandwidth LSPs Tunnel optimization (bandwidth, delay) Maintenance events P2MP LSP provisioning |
9013 9014 9015 9016 9019 9020 9021 9023 |
Pathfinder Premium S-PPF-P1-[135] |
Multilayer packet-optical support Network Slicing Management |
9025 9028 |