Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.2 Special and Early Deployments

PB443962

Cisco® announces Cisco IOS® Software updates for Cisco Catalyst® 3750-E, 3750, 3560-E, 3560, 2960, and 2970 Series Switches and the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 30xx Series. This release furthers Cisco leadership by providing integrated services for IPv6, secure voice, multicast, and manageability for enterprise deployments.

• Enhanced Power Over Ethernet (PoE) for up to 20Watts: Powers Cisco® Aironet® 1250 Series Access Point which supports the IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 standard

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), HTTP, and HTTPS for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6): Enables switch management using SNMP(v2/v3), HTTP, and HTTPS over IPv6 transport. For IPv6 networks, this eliminates the need for dual IPv4 + IPv6 stack.

• Syslog for IPv6: Provides switch logging over IPv6 transport. For IPv6 networks, dual IPv4 + IPv6 stack is no longer needed.

• IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration: Simplifies management through automatic configuration of an IP address on a local segment, enabling communication with other nodes on the link.

• Auto Install for configuration and Image update: Simplify management of large number of switches, by automatically downloading specified configuration and image.

• Flow-based Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN): Enhances SPAN functionality to capture only traffic of interest on specified ports, optimizing network throughput. Allows users to define filters for traffic capture, including source and destination hosts, applications, and others. Both IP (v4 and v6) and non-IP traffic can be captured for analysis.

• 802.1x readiness check: Simplifies deployment by generating a report for end hosts capable of 802.1x. Readiness check can be initiated for all the ports (global) or specific ports to determine readiness of connected end hosts, before configuring 802.1x on the switch.

• Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) Mapping: The SSM capability is an efficient and optimized multicast protocol that is used for one-to-many multicast applications such as video. SSM mapping provides a mapping of source to group, which allows listeners to find/connect to multicast sources dynamically, reducing dependencies on the application.

• Flexlink Multicast Fast Convergence: Increases network availability by utilizing various techniques to initiate a fast convergence of the multicast stream during Flexlink failover.

• Digital optical monitoring: Monitors health of X2 modules, coarse wavelength-division multiplexing (CWDM), dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM), and BX Small Form-Factor Pluggables (SFPs).

• Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 30xx Series (CBS 30xx) IP Base support: Starting this release CBS 30xx blade switches will support IP Base feature packaging, similar to Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series Switches. However, IP Services and Advanced IP Services are not available on Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 30xx Series switches.

Table 1. Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(44)SE New Features for Enterprise Switches

Table 2. Cisco Catalyst Switches Supported and Software Licenses for Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(44)SE

Additional Resources

Software Download

• Cisco IOS Software Upgrade Planner: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Software/Iosplanner/Planner-tool/iosplanner.cgi?majorRel=

• Guest-Level Access Planner: http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/sw-center/index.shtml

Product Information

• Cisco Catalyst 3750-E Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/3750-E

• Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/catalyst3750

• Cisco Catalyst 3560-E Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/3560-E

• Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/catalyst3560

• Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/catalyst2960

• Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/catalyst3550

• Cisco Catalyst 2970 Series Switches: http://www.cisco.com/go/catalyst2970

• Cisco Catalyst 3750, 3560, 2960, and 2970 Series release notes:

– http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat3750/index.htm

– http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat3560/index.htm

– http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat2970/index.htm

– http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat2960/index.htm

• Cisco EtherSwitch® Service Modules for Cisco 2600 Series Multiservice Platforms, Cisco 2800 and 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers, and Cisco 3700 Series Multiservice Access Routers: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5854/products_data_sheet0900aecd8028d15f.html

• Cisco Catalyst Blade Switches: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6748/index.html

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Figure 1. Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2 Release Train