Applying a License to a Juniper EX Series Switch
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- Get the license file named
<SerialNumber>.txt
, e.g.TW1234567890.txt
, from http://my.juniper.net - Open the license file in a text editor, the content will look something like this:
JUNOS123456 abcdef abcdef abcdef abcdef abcdef abcdef ghijkl ghijkl ghijkl ghijkl ghijkl ghijkl uvwxyz uvwxyz uvwxyz uvwxyz uvwxyz ra
- Change it so that the whole key is in one single line:
JUNOS123456 abcdef abcdef abcdef abcdef abcdef abcdef ghijkl ghijkl ghijkl ghijkl ghijkl ghijkl uvwxyz uvwxyz uvwxyz uvwxyz uvwxyz ra
- Connect to the JunOS device's serial console (default is username root with no password)
- Get into command mode (
root>
), i.e. typecli
orexit
if you're in shell or configure mode - Type
show system license
to check the licenses already installed - Type
show chassis hardware
and check if the chassis' serial number matches the license file name - Install the new license
- Type
request system license add terminal
- Paste the one-line license key (see above) from the license file into the terminal
- Hit [ENTER] followed by [Ctrl-D]
- In case of success, you should see the message add license complete (0 errors)
- Type
- Type
show system license
to check the new license has been applied