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- Release Notes for Cisco NCS 6000 Series Routers, Release 5.0.0
- What's New in Release 5.0.0
- Software Features
- Hardware Features
- Related Documentation
- Caveats
- Release 5.0.0
- Cisco Bug Search Tool
- Search Bugs in BST
- Release 5.0.0 PIEs
- The show version Command
- System Requirements
- Memory Requirements
- Supported Hardware
- Firmware Support
- Minimum Firmware Requirement
- Important Notes
- MIBs Reference
- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for Cisco NCS 6000 Series Routers, Release 5.0.0
The Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 6000 series router delivers outstanding network agility, packet optical convergence, and a system scale measured in petabits per second. It also facilitates the build-out of next-generation core to:Running the Cisco IOS XR operating system, Cisco's innovative virtualized operating environment, the Cisco NCS 6000 series router advances the concept of distributed routing and virtualization. With Cisco Virtualized IOS XR, the Cisco NCS 6000 series router brings new levels of programmability and virtualization to:NCS 6000 Series Router Key Features [Infographic]
The Cisco NCS 6000 series router is engineered for environmental efficiency, with the use of adaptable power consumption. The Cisco NCS 6000 series router is powered by the Cisco nPower Network Processor Units (NPU). These technologies aid the Cisco NCS 6000 series router to achieve the lowest carbon footprint in service provider routing.
The Cisco NCS 6008 router, part of the Cisco NCS 6000 series routers, is the next-generation core routing system that provides industry-leading 8 Tbps of full-duplex network bandwidth through eight line cards.
The Cisco NCS 6008 router runs on Cisco IOS XR software with Linux as the underlying host operating system. A Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor provides a virtualized environment to independently run system administration and routing functions on separate virtual machines. This provision makes the new system versatile and robust, and provides immense flexibility for future expansion without the need for a complete system overhaul.
A multi-slice architecture of line cards enables the system to be configured in a mixed operating mode, simultaneously supporting traffic at 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps on slice-level granularity.
These release notes describe the features provided in the Cisco IOS XR Software Release 5.0.0 for the Cisco NCS 6000 series router and are updated as needed.
These electronic documents may contain updates and modifications. For more information on obtaining Cisco documentation, see the Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request section.
For a list of software caveats that apply to Cisco IOS XR Software Release 5.0.0, see the Caveats section. The caveats are updated for every release and are described at http://www.cisco.com.
Cisco IOS XR Software running on the Cisco NCS 6000 Series Router provides the following features and benefits:
- IP features—This supports a wide range of IPv4 and IPv6 services and routing protocols such as IPv4 unicast services, IPv6 unicast services, IPv4 Multicast services, IPv4 and IPv6 equal-cost multipathing (ECMP), IPv4 and IPv6 load balancing), Cisco Discovery Protocol, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), IPv4 LFA FRR, HSRP, and VRRP.
- IP Multicast Features—Multicast forwarding with support for source-based and shared distribution trees and protocols such as Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM), Bi-directional PIM (Bidir-PIM), PIM Source Specific Multicast (PIM SSM), Automatic Route Processing (AutoRP), Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) versions 2 and 3, and Multicast reverse path forwarding (RPF). The Multicast nonstop forwarding (NSF) and Multicast forwarding information base (MFIB) protocols are supported.
- Layer 3 routing protocols—This supports routing protocols such as Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 (BGPv4), Open Shortest Path First Version 2 (OSPFv2) and Version 3 (OSPFv3), Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) Protocol, NSF using graceful restart for IS-IS, OSPF, and BGP.
- Forwarding features—This supports routing protocols such as Access control lists (ACLs), Qos and class of service (CoS) using modular QoS command-line interface (CLI; MQC), IP packet classification and marking, Queuing (ingress and egress), Policing (ingress and egress), Diagnostic and network management support, Link Bundles, Bi-Direction Forwarding detection ( BFD), LACP, and Ethernet OAM Link Monitoring (IEEE 802.3ah).
- Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Features—Supports MPLS features such as MPLS Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), Diffserv Aware Traffic Engineering (TE), MPLS Traffic Engineering control plane (RFCs 2702 and 2430), MPLS forwarding, MPLS load balancing, NSF for RSVP and LDP, and MPLS FRR.
- Security—Features such as Message Digest Algorithm (MD5), Control packet policing, Dynamic control plane protection, and GTSM RFC 3682 (formerly BTSH) are supported.
- Accounting—This supports features such as IP and MPLS Accounting, Interface Counters and Statistics, and Sampled Netflow ( IPv4, IPv6, and MPLS).
- Control packet policing
- Dynamic control plane protection
- GTSM RFC 3682 (formerly BTSH)
- Network Management—This supports features like Enhanced CLI, XML interface, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and MIB support - (SNMPv1,SNMPv2c,SNMPv3), and Cisco Prime Network
- System redundancy—Features such as Power redundancy 1:1 or 1:N, Fan tray redundancy 1:1, Route processor redundancy 1:1, Virtual machine redundancy, Line-card online insertion and removal (OIR) support, Fabric card OIR support, Out of resource management, and IOS XR redundancy.
- What's New in Release 5.0.0
- Caveats
- Release 5.0.0 PIEs
- The show version Command
- System Requirements
- Important Notes
- MIBs Reference
- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
What's New in Release 5.0.0
Software Features
Routing and System Administration by Virtual Machines—On the Cisco NCS 6008 system, the routing functions and the system administration functions are run on separate virtual machines (VMs) over a Linux host operating system. The VM simulates a physical computing environment over common hardware. Available hardware resources like processor, memory, hard disk, and so on, are virtualized and allocated to individual virtual machines by the hypervisor.
Hardware Features
- Cisco NCS 6008 Router
- The Cisco NCS 6008 Router 8-Slot Line Card Chassis (LCC) is a fully distributed system. All packet-forwarding decisions and actions take place on the individual line cards to provide high-speed, flexible forwarding. The control plane is independently managed by the route processors, which communicate with other network elements, then send the feature and forwarding instructions to the line cards.
- The Cisco NCS 6008 router provides an operationally efficient infrastructure. All common components, route processors, switching fabric, fans, and power supplies are fully redundant. In addition, the platform uses power on an as-needed basis, depending on system requirements. Power has been modularized to reduce capital expenditures (CapEx) and provide operationally efficient deployment. For environment efficiency, each line card’s power consumption is adapted to the number of ports used.
- Integrated technology includes IP and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) routing, fabric multicast replication, fabric quality of service (QoS), Cisco NetFlow Accounting, and a services implementation infrastructure to provide an outstanding quality of experience (QoE) at the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO).
- Cisco NCS 6000 Series 10-Port 100 Gbps Line cards
The Cisco NCS 6000 series router delivers the highest throughput, while allowing for natural evolution of existing network architectures and for tighter integration between the routing and optical transport networks. To help achieve these performance objectives, Cisco NCS 6000 series router line cards can be deployed in the following ways, based on the capabilities required:Cisco NCS 6008 router supports the following line cards:The Cisco NCS 6000 Series 10-port 100-Gbps Line Cards offer significant advantages:
- Throughput of 1 Tbps with full IPv4, IPv6, and MPLS forwarding capabilities, optimized for high-throughput LSR, Internet peering, and core applications.
- Advanced Cisco nPower Layer 3 forwarding NPU with wire-rate lookup, forwarding, and QoS performance for IP and MPLS flows.
- Built-in hardware acceleration for critical network control traffic.
- Support across all Cisco NCS 6000 Series single-chassis and multi-chassis configurations.
- Support for the Cisco AnyPort technology allowing short-reach solutions to mix and match 10 GigabitEthernet and 100 GigabitEthernet interfaces.
- Efficient environmental design by adapting the power consumption to active Cisco nPower resources.
- Independently programmable and upgradable NPUs with fault protection and isolation.
- Enhanced onboard multi-core CPU for accelerated and scalable software processing.
Related Documentation
The most current Cisco NCS 6000 Series Router software documentation is located at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13132/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Caveats
Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS XR Software releases. Severity-1 caveats are the most serious caveats; severity-2 caveats are less serious.
Release 5.0.0
Bug ID
Severity
Headline
2
PON exits with PGM_SIZE_EXCEPTION.
2
BGP NSR sessions not synchronized.
2
OSPFv3 neighbors does not come up when IPSec authentication is used.
2
User-initiated dumpcore running can take more than 20 minutes to execute.
3
CPAK Intermittent PCS Lane Bit Errors during power-cycle.
3
Insertion of optics takes more than 80 seconds to populate in inventory.
6
Adding new card shows in "POWERED-OFF" state in show platform command output.
Cisco Bug Search Tool
Use the Bug Search Tool (BST) to view the list of outstanding and resolved bugs in a release.
BST, the online successor to Bug Toolkit, is designed to improve the effectiveness in network risk management and device troubleshooting. The tool allows partners and customers to search for software bugs based on product, release, and keyword, and aggregates key data such as bug details, product, and version. The tool has provision to filter bugs based on credentials to provide external and internal bug views for the search input.
The BST is available at Bug Search. To search for a specific bug, go to https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/bugid. For more information on BST, see Bug Search Help.
Search Bugs in BST
ProcedureFollow the instructions below to search bugs specific to Cisco IOS XR Software Release 5.0.0 in BST.
Step 1 Go to https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/. Log in to the tool using your Cisco.com user name and password. After successful login, the Bug Search Tool page opens.
Step 2 To search for Release 5.0.0 bugs, enter the following parameters in the page: Step 3 Press Enter.
Release 5.0.0 PIEs
This table lists the Cisco IOS XR Software feature set matrix (PIEs) and associated filenames available for the Cisco IOS XR Software Release 5.0.0 supported on the Cisco NCS 6008 router.
Table 1 Cisco IOS XR Software Release 5.0.0 PIEs Feature Set
Filename
Description
Composite Package
Cisco IOS XR IP Unicast Routing Core Bundle
ncs6k-mini-x.iso-5.0.0
Contains the required core packages, including OS, Admin, Base, Forwarding, Modular Services Card, Routing, SNMP Agent, FPD, and Alarm Correlation.
Optional Individual Packages (Packages are installed individually)
Cisco IOS XR Manageability Package
ncs6k-mgbl.pkg-5.0.0
Extensible Markup Language (XML) Parser and HTTP server packages.
Cisco IOS XR MPLS Package
ncs6k-mpls.pkg-5.0.0
MPLS Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE), Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), MPLS Forwarding, MPLS Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM), Link Manager Protocol (LMP), Optical User Network Interface (OUNI), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), and Layer-3 VPN.
Cisco IOS XR Multicast Package
ncs6k-mcast.pkg-5.0.0
Multicast Routing Protocols (PIM, Multicast Source Discovery Protocol [MSDP], Internet Group Management Protocol [IGMP], Auto-RP), Tools (SAP, MTrace), and Infrastructure [(Multicast Routing Information Base [MRIB], Multicast-Unicast RIB [MURIB], Multicast forwarding [MFWD]), and Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM).
Cisco IOS XR Security Package
ncs6k-k9sec.pkg-5.0.0
Support for Encryption, Decryption, IP Security (IPSec), Secure Shell (SSH), Secure Socket Layer (SSL), and Public-key infrastructure (PKI) (Software based IPSec support—maximum of 500 tunnels)
Cisco IOS XR Documentation Package
ncs6k-doc.pkg-5.0.0
.man pages for Cisco IOS XR Software.
This table lists the TAR files.
The show version Command
System Requirements
Memory Requirements
Supported Hardware
The following tables lists the supported hardware components on the Cisco NCS 6000 Series RouterCisco NCS 6008 router and the minimum required software versions. For more information, see the Firmware Support section.
Table 3 Cisco NCS 6008 Router Hardware and Software Compatibility Matrix Component
Part Number
Support from Version
NCS 6008 - 8-Slot Chassis
NCS-6008
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Fabric Card
NC6-FC
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Route Processor
NC6-RP
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Chassis Fan Tray
NC6-FANTRAY
Release 5.0.0
NCS AC Power Tray
NCS-AC-PWRTRAY
Release 5.0.0
NCS DC Power Tray
NCS-DC-PWRTRAY
Release 5.0.0
NCS PDU Bracket
NCS-PDU-BRKT
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 3-to-1 Phase DELTA PDU
NCS-PDU-DELTA
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 3-to-1 Phase WYE PDU
NCS-PDU-WYE
Release 5.0.0
NCS 100x10GE Patch Panel Short Reach
NCS-PP-100X10-SR
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6000 10x100G Multi-Service CPAK
NC6-10X100G-M-K
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6000 10x100G Multi-Service CXP
NC6-10X100G-M-P
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6000 10x100G LSR CPAK
NC6-10X100G-L-K
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6000 10x100G LSR CXP
NC6-10X100G-L-P
Release 5.0.0
NCS Craft Panel Display Kit
NCS-CRFT
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Chassis Front Doors
NC6-DOOR-F
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Chassis Rear Doors
NC6-DOOR-R
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Chassis Drill Template
NC6-DRILLTEMP
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Chassis Front-Bottom Grille
NC6-GRILLE-FB
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Chassis Front-Top Grille
NC6-GRILLE-FT
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Chassis Rear Grille
NC6-GRILLE-R
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Power Control Module
NC6-PCM
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Chassis Trough
NC6-TROUGH
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 Chassis Trough Wide
NC6-TROUGH-W
Release 5.0.0
NCS 6008 & NCS Fabric Chassis Lift Dolly
NCS-LIFT
Release 5.0.0
CPAK-100G-LR4 Transceiver module, 10 km SMF
CPAK-100G-LR4
Release 5.0.0
CXP-100G-SR10 transceiver Module
CXP-100G-SR10
Release 5.0.0
Firmware Support
To check the firmware code running on the Cisco NCS 6008 router, Release 5.0.0, run the show hw-module fpd command in admin mode.RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(admin)#show hw-module fpd FPD Versions ================ Location Card type HWver FPD device Status Running Download ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 0.4 CCC FPGA READY 1.14 1.14 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 0.4 BAO-MB FPGA READY 1.00 1.00 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 0.4 CCC Power-On READY 1.30 1.30 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 0.4 Ethernet Switch READY 1.32 1.32 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 0.4 BIOS FPD READY 9.10 9.10 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 1.0 Slice-0 GN2411 READY 2.07 2.07 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 1.0 Slice-1 GN2411 READY 2.07 2.07 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 0.4 BAO-DB FPGA READY 1.00 1.00 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 1.0 S2 GN2411 READY 2.07 2.07 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 1.0 S3 GN2411 READY 2.07 2.07 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 1.0 S4 GN2411 READY 2.07 2.07 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 1.0 Slice-2 GN2411 READY 2.07 2.07 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 1.0 Slice-3 GN2411 READY 2.07 2.07 0/3 NC6-10X100G-M 1.0 Slice-4 GN2411 READY 2.07 2.07 0/RP0 NC6-RP 0.3 CCC FPGA READY 1.00 1.00 0/RP0 NC6-RP 0.3 CCC Power-On READY 1.31 1.31 0/RP0 NC6-RP 0.3 Ethernet Switch READY 1.32 1.32 0/RP0 NC6-RP 0.3 CPU Complex FPD READY 3.06 3.06 0/RP0 NC6-RP 0.3 BIOS FPD READY 9.10 9.10 0/FC0 NC6-FC 0.2 CCC FPGA READY 1.14 1.14 0/FC0 NC6-FC 0.2 CCC Power-On READY 1.31 1.31 0/FT0 NC6-FANTRAY 0.4 Fantray FPGA READY 2.01 2.01 0/FT1 NC6-FANTRAY 0.4 Fantray FPGA READY 2.01 2.01 0/PT0 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM0-DT-PriMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT0 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM0-DT-Sec54vMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT0 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM0-DT-Sec5vMCU READY 6.03 6.03 0/PT0 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM1-DT-PriMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT0 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM1-DT-Sec54vMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT0 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM1-DT-Sec5vMCU READY 6.03 6.03 0/PT0 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM2-DT-PriMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT0 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM2-DT-Sec54vMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT0 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM2-DT-Sec5vMCU READY 6.03 6.03 0/PT1 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM0-DT-PriMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT1 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM0-DT-Sec54vMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT1 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM0-DT-Sec5vMCU READY 6.03 6.03 0/PT1 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM1-DT-PriMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT1 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM1-DT-Sec54vMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT1 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM1-DT-Sec5vMCU READY 6.03 6.03 0/PT1 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM2-DT-PriMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT1 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM2-DT-Sec54vMCU READY 6.01 6.01 0/PT1 PWR-3KW-AC-V2 1.0 PM2-DT-Sec5vMCU READY 6.03 6.03Minimum Firmware Requirement
The following table provides the procedures and resources for minimum firmware requirements:
After completing an RMA, upgrade the firmware as per the matrix in this link, which also links to PDF copies of the IOS XR Firmware Upgrade Guides
http://www.cisco.com/web/Cisco_IOS_XR_Software/index.html
For the upgrade procedure, see the Performing System Upgrade and Installing Feature Packages chapter of the Cisco NCS 6008 System Setup and Software Installation Guide
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13132/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Important Notes
- Default timestamp setting—The timestamp prompt that precedes console output is enabled by default. To disable the timestamp prompt, use the no service timestamp command. For more information, refer to the .
- Country-specific laws, regulations, and licenses—In certain countries, use of these products may be prohibited and subject to laws, regulations, or licenses, including requirements applicable to the use of the products under telecommunications and other laws and regulations; customers must comply with all such applicable laws in the countries in which they intend to use the products.
- Field replacable unit (FRU) removal—For all card removal and replacement (including fabric cards, line cards, fan controller, and RP) follow the instructions provided by Cisco to avoid impact to traffic. See the for procedures.
- Exceeding Cisco testing—If you intend to test beyond the combined maximum configuration tested and published by Cisco, contact your Cisco Technical Support representative to discuss how to engineer a large-scale configuration maximum for your purpose.
MIBs Reference
These MIBs are not supported in Cisco IOS XR Release 5.0.0:
BRIDGE-MIB
CISCO-IETF-VPLS-GENERIC-MIB
CISCO-SONET-MIB
CISCO-DS3 -MIB
CISCO-IETF-VPLS-LDP-MIB
DS3-MIB
CISCO-ENHANCED-IMAGE-MIB
CISCO-IP-CBR-METRICS-MIB
FRAME-RELAY-DTE-MIB
CISCO-FLASH-MIB
CISCO-IP-STAT-MIB
IANA-MAU-MIB
CISCO-FRAME-RELAY-MIB
CISCO-OAM-MIB
IEEE8021-CFM-MIB
CISCO-IETF-PW-ENET-MIB
CISCO-OTN-IF-MIB
LLDP-MIB
CISCO-IETF-PW-MIB
CISCO-P2P-IF-MIB
MFR MIB
CISCO-IETF-PW-MPLS-MIB
CISCO-RTTMON-MIB
mgmtrap
CISCO-IETF-PW-TC-MIB
CISCO-SESS-BORDER-CTRLR-CALL-STATS-MIB
SONET-MIB
CISCO-IETF-VPLS-BGP-EXT-MIB
CISCO-SESS-BORDER-CTRLR-EVENT-MIB
VPN-TC-STD-MIB
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, using the Cisco Bug Search Tool (BST), submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html.
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