Release Notes for the Catalyst 4500-X Series Switch, Cisco IOS XE 3.11.xE

Introduction

This release note describes the features, modifications, and caveats for the Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.xE software on the Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.xE is a feature rich new software feature release for IOS and IOS-XE based Catalyst Access Switching products.


Note


Although Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches have separate release notes, each leverages the same Software Configuration Guide and Command Reference Guide.


Cisco IOS Software Packaging

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches support these license levels or feature sets.

The following permanent right-to-use licenses or base licenses are available:

  • Enterprise Services—image supports all Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series software features based on Cisco IOS Software, including enhanced routing.

  • IP Base

Starting with Cisco IOS XE Release 3.10.0E, the following add-on license options are available:

  • DNA Essentials

  • DNA Advantage

To find information about platform support and to know which license levels a feature is available with, use Cisco Feature Navigator. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

Cisco IOS XE Release Strategy

Customers with Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches who need the latest hardware and software features should migrate to Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.xE.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.xE, 3.8.xE 3.6.xE, and 3.4.xSG are extended maintenance (EM) trains supporting 4500-X.

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.10.xE, 3.9.xE, 3.7.xE, 3.5.xE, and 3.3.xSG and standard maintenance (SM) trains supporting 4500-X.

Support

Support for Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.xE follows the standard Cisco Systems® support policy, available at

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.html.

System Requirements

This section describes the system requirements:

Supported Hardware on the Catalyst 4500-X Series Switch

The following table lists where you can find information about supported pluggable transceiver modules and the minimum Cisco IOS Software release required:

Table 1. Supported Pluggables

Module Type

URL

Cisco 10-Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver Modules Compatibility Matrix

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/interfaces_modules/transceiver_modules/compatibility/matrix/10GE_Tx_Matrix.html

Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver Modules Compatibility Matrix

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/interfaces_modules/transceiver_modules/compatibility/matrix/GE_Tx_Matrix.html

Cisco 100-Megabit Ethernet SFP Modules Compatibility Matrix

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/interfaces_modules/transceiver_modules/compatibility/matrix/100MB_Tx_Matrix.html

Cisco Wavelength Division Multiplexing Transceivers Compatibility Matrix

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/interfaces_modules/transceiver_modules/compatibility/matrix/OL_6982.html

Feature Support by Image Type

The following table is a detailed list of features supported on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches running Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.xE categorized by image type. Please visit Feature Navigator for package details:

http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/

Table 2. IP Base, and Enterprise Services Image supported on Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series

Feature

IP Base

Enterprise Services

2-way Community Private VLANs

Yes

Yes

8-Way CEF Load Balancing

Yes

Yes

10 Gigabit Uplink Use

Yes

Yes

10/100 Mbps for GLC-T transceiver

Yes

Yes

AAA Server Group

Yes

Yes

AAA Server Group Based on DNIS

Yes

Yes

ACL—Improved Merging Algorithm

Yes

Yes

ACL Logging

Yes

Yes

ACL Policy Enhancements

Yes

Yes

ACL Sequence Numbering

Yes

Yes

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

Yes

Yes

ANCP Client

Yes

Yes

ANSI TIA-1057 LLDP—MED Location Extension

Yes

Yes

ANSI TIA-1057 LLDP—MED Support

Yes

Yes

Application Visibility and Control with Domain Name System-Authoritative Source (AVC with DNS-AS)

Yes

Yes

ARP Optimization

Yes

Yes

Auto Configuration

Yes

Yes

Auto Identity

Yes

Yes

Auto-LAG

Yes

Yes

Auto QoS

Yes

Yes

Auto QoS Compact

Yes

Yes

Auto Security

Yes

Yes

Auto SmartPorts

Yes

Yes

Auto-MDIX

Yes

Yes

Auto-Voice VLAN (part of Auto QoS)

Yes

Yes

AutoInstall Using DHCP for LAN Interfaces

Yes

Yes

AutoQoS—VoIP

Yes

Yes

AutoRP Enhancement

Yes

Yes

Banner Page and Inactivity timeout for HTTP/S connections

Yes

Yes

BGP

No

Yes

BGP 4

No

Yes

BGP 4 4Byte ASN (CnH)

No

Yes

BGP 4 Multipath Support

No

Yes

BGP 4 Prefix Filter and In-bound Route Maps

No

Yes

BGP 4 Soft Config

No

Yes

BGP Conditional Route Injection

No

Yes

BGP Configuration Using Peer Templates

No

Yes

BGP Dynamic Update Peer-Groups

No

Yes

BGP Increased Support of Numbered as-path Access Lists to 500

No

Yes

BGP Link Bandwidth

No

Yes

BGP Neighbor Policy

No

Yes

BGP Prefix-Based Outbound Route Filtering

No

Yes

BGP Restart Neighbor Session After max-prefix Limit Reached

No

Yes

BGP Route-Map Continue

No

Yes

BGP Route-Map Continue Support for Outbound Policy

No

Yes

BGP Soft Rest

No

Yes

BGP Wildcard

No

Yes

Bidirectional PIM (IPv4 only)

Yes

Yes

Bidirectional SXP support

Yes

Yes

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)

No

Yes

Boot Config

Yes

Yes

Broadcast/Multicast Suppression

Yes

Yes

Call Home

Yes

Yes

CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) Version 2

Yes

Yes

CDP Enhancement —Host presence TLV

Yes

Yes

CEF/dCEF—Cisco Express Forwarding

Yes

Yes

CEFv6 Switching for 6to4 Tunnels

Yes

Yes

CEFv6/dCEFv6 — Cisco Express Forwarding

Yes

Yes

CFM/IEEE 802.1ag - D8.1 standard Compliant CFM, Y.1731 multicast LBM / AIS / RDI / LCK, IP SLA for Ethernet

Yes

Yes

CGMP — Cisco Group Management Protocol

Yes

Yes

Cisco IOS Scripting w/Tcl

Yes

Yes

Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow

Yes

Yes

Cisco-Port-QoS-MIB—Support for cportQosQueueEnqueuePkts and cportQosQueueDropPkts

Yes

Yes

Cisco Service Discovery Gateway Support

Yes

Yes

CiscoView Autonomous Device Manager (ADP)

Yes

Yes

Cisco TrustSec—Critical Authentication

Yes

Yes

Cisco TrustSec—SGT Exchange Protocol (SXP) IPv4

Yes

Yes

Cisco TrustSec—SGT/ SGA

Yes

Yes

Cisco TrustSec—SGACL Logging and Statistics

Yes

Yes

Cisco TrustSec—SGT Exchange Protocol (SXP) IPv4

Yes

Yes

Cisco TrustSec—SGT/ SGA

Yes

Yes

Cisco TrustSec—SGACL Logging and Statistics

Yes

Yes

Class Based Ethernet CoS Matching & Marking (802.1p & ISL CoS)

Yes

Yes

Class-Based Marking

Yes

Yes

Class-Based Policing

Yes

Yes

Class-Based Shaping

Yes

Yes

Clear Counters Per Port

Yes

Yes

CLI String Search

Yes

Yes

CNS—Configuration Agent, Event Agent, Image Agent, Interactive CLI, Config Retrieve Enhancement with Retry and Interval

Yes

Yes

Command Scheduler (Kron)

Yes

Yes

Command Scheduler (Kron) Policy for System Startup

Yes

Yes

Commented IP Access List Entries

Yes

Yes

Community Private VLAN

Yes

Yes

Configuration Change Tracking Identifier

Yes

Yes

Configuration Change Notification and Logging

Yes

Yes

Configuration Replace and Configuration Rollback; Configuration Rollback Confirmed Change

Yes

Yes

Contextual Configuration Diff Utility

Yes

Yes

Control Plane Policing (Copp)

Yes

Yes

CPU Enhancement

Yes

Yes

CPU Optimization for Layer 3 Multicast Control Packets

Yes

Yes

Critical Authorization for Voice and Data

Yes

Yes

DAI (Dynamic ARP inspection)

Yes

Yes

DBL (Dynamic Buffer Limiting) - Selective DBL

Yes

Yes

Debounce Timer per Port

Yes

Yes

Default Passive Interface

Yes

Yes

Diffserv MIB

Yes

Yes

DHCP Client

Yes

Yes

DHCP Configurable DHCP Client

Yes

Yes

DHCP Gleaning

Yes

Yes

DHCP Option 82, Pass Through

Yes

Yes

DHCPv6 Ethernet Remote ID option

Yes

Yes

DHCPv6 Option 18

Yes

Yes

DHCPv6 Option 37 (Relay Options Remote-ID)

Yes

Yes

DHCPv6 Option 52 (CAPWAP Access Controller)

Yes

Yes

DHCPv6 Relay Agent notification for Prefix Delegation

Yes

Yes

DHCPv6 Relay - Reload persistent Interface ID option

Yes

Yes

DHCPv6 Repackaging

Yes

Yes

DHCP Server

Yes

Yes

DHCP Snooping

Yes

Yes

DSCP/CoS via LLDP

Yes

Yes

Duplication Location Reporting Issue

Yes

Yes

Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)

Yes

Yes

Easy Virtual Network (EVN)

No

Yes

Easy VSS1

Yes

Yes

EIGRP

No

Yes

EIGRP Service Advertisement Framework

Yes

Yes

EIGRP Stub Routing

Yes

Yes

Embedded Event Manager (EEM) 3.2

Yes

Yes

Embedded Syslog Manager (ESM)

Yes

Yes

Energywise Agentless SNMP support

Yes

Yes

Energywise Wake-On-Lan Support

Yes

Yes

Entity API for Physical and Logical Mgd Entities

Yes

Yes

ErrDisable timeout

Yes

Yes

EtherChannel

Yes

Yes

EtherChannel Flexible PAgP

Yes

Yes

EtherChannel Enhancement - Single Port Channel

Yes

Yes

Fast EtherChannel (FEC)

Yes

Yes

FHRP—Enhanced Object Tracking of IP SLAs

Yes

Yes

FHRP—Enhanced Object Tracking integration with EEM

Yes

Yes

FHRP—GLBP - IP Redundancy API

Yes

Yes

FHRP—HSRP - Hot Standby Router Protocol V2

Yes

Yes

FHRP—Object Tracking List

Yes

Yes

Filter-ID Based ACL Application

Yes

Yes

FIPS 140-2/3 Level 2 Certification

Yes

Yes

FIPS/CC Compliance for NMSP

Yes

Yes

Flexible NetFlow—Application ID

Yes

Yes

Flexible NetFlow —CTS Fields, Device Type, Ethertype, Export to an IPv6 address, Full Flow Support, Ingress support, IPFIX, IPv4 and IPv6 Unicast Flows, Layer 2 Fields, Multiple User Defined Caches, Netflow Export over IPv4, NetFlowV5 Export protocol, NetFlow V9 Export Format, Power Reading, Username, VLAN ID support,

Yes

Yes

Flexible NetFlow (FNF) for AVC with DNS-AS

Yes

Yes

Flex Links+(VLAN Load balancing)

Yes

Yes

Forced 10/100 Autonegotiation

Yes

Yes

FQDN ACL

Yes

Yes

FTP Support for Downloading Software Images

Yes

Yes

Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP)

Yes

Yes

Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)

Yes

Yes

GOLD Online Diagnostics

Yes

Yes

GRE Tunneled Packets Switched on Hardware

No

Yes

HSRP: Global IPv6 Address

Yes

Yes

HSRP - Hot Standby Router Protocol

Yes

Yes

HTTP Security

Yes

Yes

HTTP TACAC+ Accounting support

Yes

Yes

Identity 4.1 Network Edge Access Topology

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.1ab LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)

IEEE 802.1ab LLDP/LLDP-MED

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.1p Support

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Trunking

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) Standard Compliance

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.1s VLAN Multiple Spanning Trees

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.1t2

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.1w Spanning Tree Rapid Reconfiguration

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.1x Auth Fail Open (Critical Ports)

IEEE 802.1x Auth Fail VLAN

IEEE 802.1x Flexible Authentication

IEEE 802.1x Multiple Authentication

IEEE 802.1x Open Authentication

IEEE 802.1X with User Distribution

IEEE 802.1x VLAN Assignment

IEEE 802.1x VLAN User Group Distribution

IEEE 802.1x Wake on LAN Support

IEEE 802.1x Authenticator

IEEE 802.1x Fallback support

IEEE 802.1x Guest VLAN

IEEE 802.1x Multi-Domain Authentication

IEEE 802.1x Private Guest VLAN

IEEE 802.1x Private VLAN Assignment

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.1x RADIUS Accounting

IEEE 802.1x RADIUS-Supplied Session Timeout

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.1x with ACL Assignments

IEEE 802.1x with Port Security

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation (LACP)

IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Port-Channel Standalone Disable

Yes

Yes

IEEE 802.3x Flow Control

Yes

Yes

IGMP Fast Leave

IGMP Filtering

IGMP Snooping

IGMP Version 1

IGMP Version 2

IGMP Version 3

IGMP Version 3 - Explicit Tracking of Hosts, Groups, and Channels

Yes

Yes

IGMPv3 Host Stack

IGMPv3 Snooping: Full Support

Yes

Yes

Image Verification

Yes

Yes

Individual SNMP Trap Support

Yes

Yes

Interface Index Persistence

Yes

Yes

Interface Range Specification

Yes

Yes

Interface Templates

Yes

Yes

IOS Based Device Profiling

Yes

Yes

IP Enhanced IGRP Route Authentication

No

Yes

IP Event Dampening

Yes

Yes

IP Multicast Load Splitting - Equal Cost Multipath (ECMP) using S, G and Next-hop

No

Yes

IP Multicast Load Splitting across Equal-Cost Paths

Yes

Yes

IP Named Access Control List

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Tunnels (in software)

Yes

Yes

IP Routing

Yes

Yes

IP SLAs:

DHCP Operations

Distribution of Statistics

Yes

Yes

IP SLAs:

DNS Operation

FTP Operation

HTTP Operation

ICMP Echo Operation

ICMP Path Echo Operation

Multi Operation Scheduler

One Way Measurement

Path Jitter Operation

Random Scheduler

Reaction Threshold

Responder

Scheduler

Sub-millisecond Accuracy Improvements

TCP Connect Operation

UDP Based VoIP Operation

UDP Echo Operation

UDP Jitter Operation

Video Operations

VoIP Threshold Traps

Yes

Yes

IP Summary Address for RIPv2

Yes

Yes

IP Unnumbered for VLAN-SVI interfaces

Yes

Yes

IPSG (IP Source Guard) v4

Yes

Yes

IPSG (IP Source Guard) v4 for Static Hosts

Yes

Yes

IPv4 OGACLs

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Policy-Based Routing

IPv4 Policy-Based Routing with recursive next hop

Yes

Yes

IPv4 Routing —Static Hosts/Default Gateway

Yes

Yes

IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6)

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Access Services: DHCPv6 Relay Agent

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Anycast Address

Yes

Yes

IPv6 / v4 BFD with OSPF/ BGP/ EIGRP and Static

Yes

Yes

IPv6 BGP

No

Yes

IPv6 Bootstrap Router (BSR) Scoped Zone Support

No

Yes

IPv6 CNS Agents

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Config Logger

Yes

Yes

IPv6 First Hop Security (FHS):

DHCPv6 Guard

IPv6 Destination Guard

IPv6 Snooping (Data Gleaning, per-limit Address Limit)

IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) Inspection

IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Multicast Suppression

IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) Guard

Yes

Yes

IPv6 First Hop Security (FHS) Phase 2:

Binding table recovery

Lightweight DHCPv6 Relay Agent (LDRA)

IPv6 Snooping (Data Gleaning, per-limit Address Limit)

Neighbor Discovery (ND) Multicast Suppress

Source and Prefix Guard3

FHS EtherChannel Support

Yes

Yes

IPv6 HSRP

Yes

Yes

IPv6 HTTP(S)

Yes

Yes

IPv6 ICMPv6

Yes

Yes

IPv6 ICMPv6 Redirect

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Interface Statistics

Yes

Yes

IPv6 IP SLAs (UDP Jitter, UDP Echo, ICMP Echo, TCP Connect)

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Static Route support for Object Tracking

Yes

Yes

IPv6 TCL

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Interface Statistics

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Access Services: DHCPv6 Relay Agent

Yes

Yes

IPv6: Anycast Address

Yes

Yes

IPv6 MLD Snooping v1 and v2

Yes

Yes

IPv6 MTU Path Discovery

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Multicast

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Multicast —Bootstrap Router (BSR)

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Multicast — Explicit Tracking of Receivers

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Multicast — MLD Access Group

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Multicast — Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Protocol, Versions 1 and 2

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Multicast:

PIM Accept Register

PIM Embedded RP Support

PIM Source-Specific Multicast (PIM-SSM)

PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Multicast — Routable Address Hello Option

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Multicast — RPF Flooding of Bootstrap Router (BSR) Packets

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Multicast — Scope Boundaries

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Duplicate Address Detection

Yes

Yes

IPv6 OGACLs

Yes

Yes

IPv6 OSPFv3 NSF/SSO

Yes4

Yes

IPv6 OSPFv3 Fast Convergence

Yes4

Yes

IPv6 Policy-Based Routing

No

Yes

IPv6 RA Guard (Host Mode)

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for Domain Name System (DNS) Configuration

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Routing — EIGRP Support

No

Yes

IPv6 Routing — OSPF for IPv6 (OSPFv3)

Yes5

Yes

IPv6 Routing — RIP for IPv6 (RIPng)

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Routing — Route Redistribution

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Routing — Static Routing

Yes

Yes

Pv6 Security — Secure Shell SSH support over IPv6

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Services — AAAA DNS Lookups over an IPv4 Transport

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Services:

Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) - IPv6 Address Family Support for Neighbor Information

DNS Lookups over an IPv6 Transport

Extended Access Control Lists

Standard Access Control Lists

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Stateless Auto-configuration

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Static Routing: Support for Tracking Objects

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Support for SGT/SGACL

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Switching:

CEF Support

CEFv6 Switched Automatic IPv4-compatible Tunnels (in software)

CEFv6 Switched ISATAP Tunnels (in software)

Yes

Yes

IPv6 TCL

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Tunneling:

Automatic 6 to 4 Tunnels (in software)

Automatic IPv4-compatible Tunnels (in software)

IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnels (in software)

ISATAP Tunnel Support (in software)

Manually Configured IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnels (in software)

Yes

Yes

IPv6 Virtual LAN Access Control List (VACL)

Yes

Yes

IPsecv3/IKEv2 (for management traffic only)

Yes

Yes

IS-IS for IPv4 and IPv6

No

Yes

ISSU (IOS In-Service Software Upgrade

Yes

Yes

Jumbo Frames

Yes

Yes

Link Aggregation Control Protocol

Yes

Yes

LACP Min-Links

Yes

Yes

LACP Rate Fast

Yes

Yes

Layer 2 Control Packet

Yes

Yes

Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling (L2PT)

Yes

Yes

L2TP for LACP and PAgP

Yes

Yes

L2TP for UDLD

Yes

Yes

Layer 2 Traceroute

Yes

Yes

Layer 3 Multicast Routing (PIM SM, SSM, Bidir)

Yes

Yes

Link State Group

Yes

Yes

Link State Tracking

Yes

Yes

Loadsharing IP packets over more than six parallel paths

Yes

Yes

Local Proxy ARP

Yes

Yes

Location MIBs

Yes

Yes

MAB with Configurable User Name/Password

Yes

Yes

MAC Address Notification

Yes

Yes

MAC Authentication Bypass

Yes

Yes

MAC Move and Replace

Yes

Yes

Master Key Agreement (MKA) MACsec with EAP-TLS

  • Switch-to Switch Connections with Pre-Shared Keys

  • Port Channels

Yes

Yes

Medianet 2.0 — AutoQoS SRND4 Macro

Yes

Yes

Medianet 2.0 — Integrated Video Traffic Simulator (hardware-assisted IP SLA); IPSLA generator and responder

Yes

Yes

Medianet 2.0 — Flow Metadata

Yes

Yes

Medianet 2.0 — Media Service Proxy

Yes

Yes

Medianet 2.0 — Media Monitoring (Performance Monitoring and Mediatrace)

Yes

Yes

Memory Threshold Notifications

Yes

Yes

Microflow policers

Yes

Yes

Modular QoS CLI (MQC)

Yes

Yes

Multi-authentication and VLAN Assignment

Yes

Yes

Multi-VRF Support (VRF lite)

No

Yes

Multicast BGP (MBGP)

No

Yes

Multicast Fast Switching Performance Improvement

Yes

Yes

Multicast HA (NSF/SSO) for IPv4&IPv6

Yes

Yes

Multicast Routing Monitor (MRM)

No

Yes

Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)

Yes

Yes

Multicast Subsecond Convergence

Yes

Yes

Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)

Yes

Yes

Multigigabit Ethernet Interface — Downshift Speed

Yes

Yes

NAC — L2 IEEE 802.1x

Yes

Yes

NAC — L2 IP

Yes

Yes

Named VLAN

Yes

Yes

NETCONF over SSHv2

Yes

Yes

Network Edge Access Topology (NEAT)

Yes

Yes

NEAT Enhancement: Re-Enabling BPDU Guard Based on User Configuration

Yes

Yes

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

NTP master

Yes

Yes

Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)

No

Yes

NMSP Enhancements

  • GPS support for location

  • GPS support for location

    Location at switch level

  • Local timezone change

  • Name value pair

  • Priority settings for MIBs

Yes

Yes

No Service Password Recovery

Yes

Yes

No. of VLAN Support

4096

4096

NSF — BGP

No

Yes

NSF — EIGRP

Yes

Yes

NSF — OSPF (version 2 only)

Yes

Yes

NSF/SSO

Yes

Yes

NTP for IPv6

Yes

Yes

NTP for VRF aware

No

Yes

Object Tracking: IPv6 Route Tracking

Yes

Yes

Onboard Failure Logging (OBFL)

Yes

Yes

Open Plug-N-Play Agent

Yes

Yes

OSPF

OSPF v3 Authentication

OSPF Flooding Reduction

Yes4

Yes

OSPF for Routed Access5

Yes

Yes

OSPF Incremental Shortest Path First (i-SPF) Support

OSPF Link State Database Overload Protection

OSPF Not-So-Stubby Areas (NSSA)

OSPF Packet Pacing

OSPF Shortest Paths First Throttling

OSPF Stub Router Advertisement

OSPF Support for Fast Hellos

OSPF Support for Link State Advertisement (LSA) Throttling

OSPF Update Packet-Pacing Configurable Timers

Yes4

Yes

OSPF Support for Multi-VRF on CE Routers

Yes4

Yes

Out-of-band Management Port

Out-of-band Management Port - IPv6

Yes

Yes

PBR with Object Tracking

Yes

Yes

Per Intf IGMP State Limit

Per Intf MrouteState Limit

Per Port Per VLAN Policing

Per-User ACL Support for 802.1X/MAB/Webauth users

Per-VLAN Learning

Yes

Yes

Permanent Right-to-Use (PRTU) license

Yes

Yes

PIM Dense Mode State Refresh

PIM Multicast Scalability

PIM Version 1

PIM Version 2

Yes

Yes

PnP Agent

Yes

Yes

Port Security

Yes (supports 3072 MACs)

Yes (supports 3072 MACs)s

Port Security on Etherchannel Trunk Port

Port Security MAC Address Filtering

Yes

Yes

Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM)

Yes

Yes

Priority Queueing (PQ)

Yes

Yes

Private VLAN Promiscuous Trunk Port

Private VLAN Trunk Ports

Private VLANs

Yes

Yes

Programmability

Yes

Yes

Propagation of Location Info over CDP

Yes

Yes

PVLAN over EtherChannel

PVST + (Per VLAN Spanning Tree Plus)

Yes

Yes

Q-in-Q

Yes

Yes

QoS Packet Marking

QoS Priority Percentage CLI Support

Yes

Yes

RADIUS

RADIUS Attribute 44 (Accounting Session ID) in Access Requests

RADIUS Change of Authorization

Rapid PVST+ Dispute Mechanism

Rapid-Per-VLAN-Spanning Tree Plus (Rapid-PVST+)

Rapid-Per-VLAN-Spanning Tree (Rapid-PVST)

Yes

Yes

Reduced MAC Address Usage

Yes

Yes

Redundancy Facility Protocol

Yes

Yes

Remote SPAN (RSPAN)

Yes

Yes

REP (Resilient Ethernet Protocol)

REP — No Edge Neighbor Enhancement

Yes

Yes

RIP v1

Yes

Yes

RMON events and alarms

Yes

Yes

Secure CDP

Secure Copy (SCP)

Yes

Yes

Secure Shell SSH Version 2 Client Support

Secure Shell SSH Version 2 Server Support

Yes

Yes

Security Group ACL at Interface Level

Yes

Yes

Single Rate 3-Color Marker for Traffic Policing

Yes

Yes

Smart Port

Yes

Yes

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

SNMP Inform Request

SNMP Manager

SNMPv2C

SNMPv3 — 3DES and AES Encryption Support

SNMPv3 (SNMP Version 3)

Yes

Yes

Source Specific Multicast (SSM)

Source Specific Multicast (SSM) - IGMPv3,IGMP v3lite, and URD

Source Specific Multicast (SSM) Mapping

Yes

Yes

SPAN (# of bidirectional sessions) – Port Mirroring

Yes (16 bidirectional sessions)

Yes (16 bidirectional sessions)

SPAN ACL Filtering for IPv6

SPAN — Packet Type and Address Type Filtering

Yes

Yes

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP):

  • Backbone Fast Convergence

  • Bridge Assurance

  • Dispute Mechanism

  • Loop Guard

  • Portfast

  • PortFast BPDU Filtering

  • Portfast BPDU Guard

  • Portfast Support for Trunks

  • PVST+ Simulation

  • Root Guard

  • STP Extension

  • Uplink Fast Convergence

  • Uplink Load Balancing

Yes

Yes

Standard IP Access List Logging

Yes

Yes

Standby Supervisor Port Usage

Yes

Yes

Sticky Port Security

Sticky Port Security on Voice VLAN

Yes

Yes

Storm Control

Storm Control — Per-Port Multicast Suppression

Yes

Yes

STP Syslog Messages

Yes

Yes

Stub IP Multicast Routing

Yes

Yes

Sub-second UDLD

Yes

Yes

SVI (Switch Virtual Interface) Autostate Exclude

Yes

Yes

Switch and IP Phone Security Interaction

Yes

Yes

Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN)

Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) - CPU Source

Yes

Yes

Syslog over IPV6

Yes

Yes

System Logging - EAL4 Certification Enhancements

Yes

Yes

TACACS SENDAUTH function

TACACS Single Connection

TACACS+

TACACS+ and Radius for IPv6-

Yes

Yes

TCAM4 — Dynamic Multi-Protocol

TCAM4 — Service-Aware Resource Allocation

Yes

Yes

Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)7

Yes

Yes

Time-Based Access Lists

Time-Based Access Lists Using Time Ranges (ACL)

Yes

Yes

Trusted boundary (extended trust for CDP devices)

Yes

Yes

Cisco TrustSec: IEEE 802.1ae MACSec Layer 2 encryption

Yes

Yes

Cisco TrustSec: IEEE 802.1ae MACSec encryption on user facing ports

Yes

Yes

Cisco TrustSec: IEEE 802.1ae MACSec encryption between switch-to-switch links using Cisco SAP (Security Association Protocol)

Yes

Yes

UDI - Unique Device Identifier

Yes

Yes

Uni-Directional Link Routing (UDLR)

Yes

Yes

Unicast Mac Filtering

Yes

Yes

Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)

Yes

Yes

Unidirectional Ethernet

UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD)

Yes

Yes

UDP Forwarding Support for IP Redundancy Virtual Router Group

Yes

Yes

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) for IPv4

Yes

Yes

Virtual Switching System (VSS) Phase 26

  • Support for Layer 3 MEC—VSS with Layer 3 Multichassis EtherChannel (MEC) at the aggregation layer

  • Support for VSLP Fast Hello—With VSLP Fast Hello, the Catalyst 4500-X configured for VSS can now connect Access Switches that do not support the ePAgP protocol.

  • Support for VSL Encryption

Yes

Yes

VSS Mapping— VLAN Translation

VSS — REP, Flexlinks, UDLD, Fast UDLD

Yes

Yes

Virtual Trunking Protocol (VTP) — Pruning

Yes

Yes

VLAN Access Control List (VACL)

VLAN MAC Address Filtering

Yes

Yes

VLAN Mapping (VLAN Translation)

VLAN Switching and Selective QinQ on the Same Port

Yes

Yes

VRF-aware Copy Commands

VRF-aware SGT (Subnet-to-SGT mapping and VLAN-to-SGT mapping)

Yes

Yes

VRF-aware PBR

VRF-aware TACACS+

VRF-aware WCCP for IPv4 traffic

VRF-aware WCCP for IPv6 traffic

No

Yes

VRF-lite for IPv6 on OSPF/ BGP/ EIGR

No

Yes

VRRPv3 — Object Tracking Integration

VRRPv3 Protocol Support

Yes

Yes

VTP (Virtual Trunking Protocol) Version 2

VTP Version 3

Yes

Yes

WCCP Version 2

WCCP Version 2 on VSS

WCCP Version 2 for IPv6

Yes

Yes

Web Authentication Proxy

Web Authentication Redirection to Original URL

Webauth Enhancements

Yes

Yes

Wired Guest Access8

Yes

Yes

Wireshark-based Ethernet Analyzer

Yes

Yes

XML-PI

Yes

Yes

1.Catalyst 4500-X, Supervisor Engine 7-E—IP Base. Supervisor Engine 7LE—Ent Services.

2.IEEE 802.1t—An IEEE amendment to IEEE 802.1D that includes extended system ID, long path cost, and PortFast.

3.When either Source or Prefix Guard for IPv6 is enabled, ICMPv6 packets are unrestricted on all Catalyst 4500 series switch platforms running Cisco IOS Release 15.2(1)E. All other traffic types are restricted.

4.IP Base supports only one OSPFv2 and one OSPFv3 instance with a maximum number of 1000 dynamically learned routes.

5.OSPF for Routed Access supports only one OSPFv2 and one OSPFv3 instance with a maximum number of 1000 dynamically learned routes.

6.As of IOS Release 3.5.0E, VSS supports Smart Install Director—Zero Touch installation without any convergence down-time.

OpenFlow Version and Cisco IOS Release Support

The OVA package is available for download in the same location as your system image (.bin) file, on cisco.com


Note


The OVA package is compatible only with its corresponding system image file name - as listed in the table below. Do not use an older version of the OVA package with a newer system image file, or a newer OVA package with an older system image file.


Table 3. Image Support for OpenFlow Version and Cisco IOS Release Support for Cisco OpenFlow Plug-In

Platform

Cisco IOS Release

Cisco OpenFlow Plug-In Version

Cisco OpenFlow Plug-In

Image Name

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches

IOS XE 3.11.0E

2.0.2

ofa-2.0.2-r2-cat4500es8-SPA-k9.ova

cat4500e-universalk9.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin

Features Not Supported on the Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switch

The following features are not supported on a Catalyst 4500-X series switch

  • CISCO-IETF-IP-FORWARD-MIB

  • CISCO-IETF-IP-MIB

  • LLDP HA

  • SMI Proxy

  • SSO (in non-VSS mode)

  • WCCP Version 1

  • SSH Version 1

  • AES-256 Encryption algorithm for MACSec

With some exceptions, the VSS maintains “feature parity” with the standalone Catalyst 4500 or 4500-X series switches. Major exceptions include:

  • CFM D8.1

  • Energywise

  • Mediatrace (Medianet active video monitoring feature)

  • Metadata (Medianet feature)

  • Per VLAN Learning

  • UDE

  • UDLR

  • VMPS Client

Orderable Product Numbers

The following table lists the Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.xE Product Numbers and Images for the Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches

Table 4.

Product Number

Description

Image

Base Switch PIDs

WS-C4500X-32SFP+

Catalyst 4500-X 32 Port 10GE IP Base, Front-to-Back Cooling i.e. Port Side to Power Supply Cooling with no Power Supply

cat4500e-universalk9.bin

cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.04.00.SG.151-2.SG.bin

WS-C4500X-F-32SFP+

Catalyst 4500-X 32 Port 10GE IP Base, Back-to-Front Cooling i.e. Power Supply to Port Side Cooling with no Power Supply

cat4500e-universalk9.bin

cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.04.00.SG.151-2.SG.bin

WS-C4500X-16SFP+

Catalyst 4500-X 16 Port 10GE IP Base, Front-to-Back Cooling i.e. Port Side to Power Supply Cooling with no Power Supply

cat4500e-universalk9.bin

cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.04.00.SG.151-2.SG.bin

WS-C4500X-F-16SFP+

Catalyst 4500-X 16 Port 10GE IP Base, Back-to-Front Cooling i.e. Power Supply to Port Side Cooling with no Power Supply

cat4500e-universalk9.bin

cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.04.00.SG.151-2.SG.bin

WS-C4500X-24X-IPB

Catalyst 4500-X 24 Port 10GE IP Base, Front-to-Back Cooling (Power Supplies must be configured)

cat4500e-universalk9.bin

cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.04.00.SG.151-2.SG.bin

WS-C4500X-40X-ES

Catalyst 4500-X 40 Port 10G Enterprise Services, Front-to-Back Cooling, No Power Supply

cat4500e-universalk9.bin

cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.04.00.SG.151-2.SG.bin

WS-C4500X-24X-ES

Catalyst 4500-X 24 Port 10G Enterprise Services, Front-to-Back Cooling, No Power Supply

cat4500e-universalk9.bin

cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.04.00.SG.151-2.SG.bin

FRU and OIR FANs

C4KX-FAN-F

Catalyst 4500-X Back-to-Front Cooling Fan

-

C4KX-FAN-R

Catalyst 4500-X Front-to-Back Cooling Fan

-

Power Supply

C4KX-PWR-750AC-F

Catalyst 4500-X 750W AC Back-to-Front Cooling Power Supply (primary)

-

C4KX-PWR-750AC-F/2

Catalyst 4500-X 750W AC Back-to-Front Cooling Power Supply (secondary)

-

C4KX-PWR-750AC-R

Catalyst 4500-X 750W AC Front-to-Back Cooling Power Supply (primary)

-

C4KX-PWR-750AC-R/2

Catalyst 4500-X 750W AC Front-to-Back Cooling Power Supply (secondary)

-

C4KX-PWR-750DC-F

Catalyst 4500-X 750W DC Back-to-Front Cooling Power Supply (primary)

-

C4KX-PWR-750DC-F/2

Catalyst 4500-X 750W DC Back-to-Front Cooling Power Supply (secondary)

-

C4KX-PWR-750DC-R

Catalyst 4500-X 750W DC Front-to-Back Cooling Power Supply (primary)

-

C4KX-PWR-750DC-R/2

Catalyst 4500-X 750W DC Front-to-Back Cooling Power Supply (secondary)

-

Accessories

CAB-CON-C4K-RJ45

Console Cable 6ft with RJ-45-to-RJ-45

-

SD-X45-2GB-E

Cisco Catalyst 4500 2-GB SD card

-

USB-X45-4GB-E

Cisco Catalyst 4500 4-GB USB device

-

C4KX-NM-8SFP+

Catalyst 4500-X 8 Port 10GE Network Module

-

Software

S45XU-35-1521E

CAT4500-X Universal Image

cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.05.00.E.152-1E.bin

S45XUK9-35-1521E

CAT4500-X Universal Crypto image

cat4500e-universalk9.SPA.03.05.00.E.152-1.E.bin

New and Changed Information

These sections describe the new and changed information for Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches running Cisco IOS XE software:

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.10E

New Software Features

None.

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.9E

New Software Features

None.

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.8E

New Software Features

Feature

Description

Secure Data Wipe

Introduces support for performing factory reset by using the keyword all secure in the factory-reset command. This option performs data sanitisation and securely resets the device.

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.7E

None.

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.6E

None.

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.5E

None.

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.4E

None.

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.3aE

New Software Features

Feature

Description

Support for Type 6 AES Encryption password

Beginning with this release, you can specify a Type 6 encrypted key for a TACACS Server.

The new command is tacacs server key 6 key-name .

Note

 

Before downgrading from Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.3aE to an earlier release, ensure that Type 6 encryption is removed from the TACACS Server. (Type 6 encryption is not supported in releases earlier than Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.3aE.)

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.2E

None.

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.1E

New Software Features in IOS XE 3.11.1E

Feature Name

Description

Support for IPv6 DACL

This release supports downloadable ACLs for devices with IPv6 address. You can download the authorization policies from the Identity Services Engine (ISE) server.

New Features in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.0E

New Software Features

Feature Name

Description

SSH File Transfer Protocol Support

Secure Shell (SSH) includes support for SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), a new standard file transfer protocol introduced in SSHv2. This feature provides a secure and authenticated method for copying device configuration or device image files.

PVLAN Support with Multicast

Multicast traffic is now supported with PVLAN. Multicast traffic is routed or bridged across private-VLAN boundaries and within a single community VLAN.

Cisco IOS XE to Cisco IOS

Each version of Cisco IOS XE has an associated Cisco IOS version:

Table 5. Cisco IOS XE to Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS XE Version

Cisco IOS Version

03.1.0SG

15.0(1)XO

03.1.1SG

15.0(1)XO1

03.2.0SG

15.0(2)SG

03.3.0SG

15.1(1)SG

03.3.1SG

15.1(1)SG1

03.4.0SG

15.1(2)SG

03.5.0E

15.2(1)E

03.6.0E

15.2(2)E

03.7.0E

15.2(3)E

03.8.0E

15.2(4)E

03.8.1E

15.2(4)E1

03.9.0E

15.2(5)E

03.10.0E

15.2(6)E

03.10.1E

15.2(6)E1

03.10.2E

15.2(6)E2

03.11.0E

15.2(7)E

03.11.1E

15.2(7)E1

03.11.1aE

15.2(7)E1a

03.11.2E

15.2(7)E2

03.11.3aE

15.2(7)E3

03.11.4E

15.2(7)E4

03.11.5E

15.2(7)E5

03.11.6E

15.2(7)E6

Upgrading the System Software

If you are upgrading to Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9.xE and plan to use VSS, you must upgrade your ROMMON to IOS Version 15.0(1r)SG11.

ISSU is supported on 4500-X in VSS configuration.

Limitations and Restrictions

  • In Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.3aE and later releases, SSH is enabled by default to connect to networks, and Telnet is disabled by default.

  • TACACS legacy command: Do not configure the legacy tacacs-server host command; this command is deprecated. If the software version running on your device is Cisco IOS XE 3.11.3aE or a later release, using the legacy command can cause authentication failures. Use the tacacs server command in global configuration mode.

  • RADIUS Server legacy command: In Cisco IOS XE Release 3.8.7E, the legacy radius-server host command is deprecated. Use the radius server host command if the software running on your device is Cisco IOS XE Release 3.8.7E or later.

  • During an ISSU downgrade from IOS XE 3.11.1E to IOS XE 03.08.09 version, the standby is loaded with the main image. This is due to failure of configuration synchronization on device tracking and ACL.

    Workaround:

    • Before an ISSU downgrade, revert the device-tracking CLI to legacy CLI:

      Device# configure terminal
      Device(config)# device-tracking upgrade-cli revert
    • Before an ISSU downgrade, delete the numbered ACLs from the primary and reapply them after the downgrade process.

  • ISSU or Fast Software Upgrade (FSU) limitations:

    • When upgrading to Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.0E, or Cisco IOS XE Release 3.8.7E, or Cisco IOS XE Release 3.10.2E with ISSU or FSU, if you are using a multi-Gigabit Ethernet linecard, reload the linecard after the upgrade to avoid interface issues.

    • When downgrading from Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.0E and later, or Cisco IOS XE Release 3.8.7E and later, or Cisco IOS XE Release 3.10.2E and later with ISSU or FSU, if you are using a multi-Gigabit Ethernet linecard, reload the linecard after upgrade to avoid interface issues.

  • Starting with Cisco IOS XE Release 3.9.0E, Secure Shell (SSH) Version 1 is deprecated. Use SSH Version 2 instead.

  • The maximum MTE supported on Catalyst 4500 switches is 8000, per direction.

  • Although the show memory command is supported on Catalyst 4500 series switches, the CLI output for the command shows the value 0 for config total, on Catalyst 4500 series switches using a daughter card on Supervisor Engine 7-E. This issue is, however, not seen on switches with Supervisor Engine 7-E baseboard. (CSCup28930)

  • The system allows you to delete policy maps related to these Auto QoS profiles:

    • Auto QoS enterprise

    • Auto QoS guest

    • blank.gif Auto QoS voice

    The problem is seen on a Catalyst 4500 series switch running Cisco IOS-XE release 3.7.0E, when you configure QoS using Auto Qos and you try to delete an Auto QoS profile related policy map.

    Workaround : To recover the deleted policy-map, remove all the policies related to that profile, remove Auto QoS configuration from the WLAN, and then reconfigure Auto QoS.

  • Dot1x PEAP based authentication for wireless clients on Supervisor Engine 8-E is 3 auths/sec.

  • Indirectly connected access points are not supported. Only access points directly connected to a trunk or access port is supported. On connecting more than one AP the following error message will be seen:

    3. Dec 5 03:57:24.121: %CAPWAP-3-ONE_AP_PER_PORT: AP (mac:6c20.56a6.4fc4) is not allowed on port:Po2. Only one AP per port is allowed.
  • RPR mode cannot be configured when Supervisor Engine 8-E is booted in wireless mode.

  • Flow Sampling is not supported on Supervisor Engine 8-E.

  • Supported QoS features on wireless targets: The detailed QoS policy is the same as mentioned here, except that the port policy cannot be changed because it is a DC-interconnect port.

  • VSS: Do not use SVLAN for routing in SP network on ingress switch (where the mapping is present). This is not an valid scenario.

  • VSS is not supported in Wireless mode, on Supervisor Engine 8-E.

  • Wired guest access does not work on Supervisor Engine 8-E, in multi-host or multi-authentication mode.

  • The show exception files all command lists only crashinfo files from the active supervisor engine. You must issue the dir slavecrashinfo: and dir slvecrashinfo-dc: commands to obtain lists of crashinfo files from the standby supervisor engine.

  • Performing an ISSU from a prior release to IOS XE 3.6.0E is not supported.

  • The WS-X4712-SFP+E module is not supported in the WS-C4507R-E or WS-C4510R-E chassis and does not boot. This module is supported in the WS-C4503-E, WS-C4506-E, WS-C4507R+E, and WS-C4510R+E chassis.

  • More than 16K QoS policies can be configured in software. Only the first 16K are installed in hardware.

  • Adjacency learning (through ARP response frames) is restricted to roughly 1000 new adjacencies per second, depending on CPU utilization. This should only impact large networks on the first bootup. After adjacencies are learned, they are installed in hardware.

  • Multicast fastdrop entries are not created when RPF failure occurs with IPv6 multicast traffic. In a topology where reverse path check failure occurs with IPv6 multicast, this may cause high CPU utilization on the switch.

  • The SNMP ceImageFeature object returns a similar feature list for all the three license levels (LAN Base, IP Base, and EntServices). Although the activated feature set for a universal image varies based on the installed feature license, the value displayed by this object is fixed and is not based on the feature license level.

  • Standard TFTP implementation limits the maximum size of a file that can be transferred to 32 MB. If ROMMON is used to boot an IOS image that is larger than 32 MB, the TFTP transfer fails at the 65,xxx datagram.

    TFTP numbers its datagrams with a 16 bit field, resulting in a maximum of 65,536 datagrams. Because each TFTP datagram is 512 bytes long, the maximum transferable file is 65536 x 512 = 32 MB. If both the TFTP client (ROMMON) and the TFTP server support block number wraparound, no size limitation exists.

    Cisco has modified the TFTP client to support block number wraparound. So, if you encounter a transfer failure, use a TFTP server that supports TFTP block number wraparound. Because most implementations of TFTP support block number wraparound, updating the TFTP daemon should fix the issue.

  • An XML-PI specification file entry does not return the desired CLI output.

    The outputs of certain commands, such as show ip route and show access-lists, contain non-deterministic text. While the output is easily understood, the output text does not contain strings that are consistently output. A general purpose specification file entry is unable to parse all possible output.

    Workaround (1):

    While a general purpose specification file entry may not be possible, a specification file entry might be created that returns the desired text by searching for text that is guaranteed to be in the output. If a string is guaranteed to be in the output, it can be used for parsing.

    For example, the output of the show ip access-lists SecWiz_Gi3_17_out_ip command is this:

    Extended IP access list SecWiz_Gi3_17_out_ip
    10 deny ip 76.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 host 65.65.66.67
    20 deny ip 76.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 host 44.45.46.47
    30 permit ip 76.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 host 55.56.57.57 

    The first line is easily parsed because access list is guaranteed to be in the output:

    <Property name="access list" alias="Name" distance="1.0" length="-1" type="String" />

    The remaining lines all contain the term host. As a result, the specification file may report the desired values by specifying that string. For example, this line

    <Property name="host" alias="rule" distance="s.1" length="1" type="String" />

    produces the following for the first and second rules

    <rule>
    deny
    </rule> 

    and the following for the third statement

    <rule>
    permit
    <rule> 

    Workaround (2):

    Request the output of the show running-config command using NETCONF and parse that output for the desired strings. This is useful when the desired lines contain nothing in common. For example, the rules in this access list do not contain a common string and the order (three permits, then a deny, then another permit), prevent the spec file entry from using permit as a search string, as in the following example:

    Extended MAC access list MACCOY
    permit 0000.0000.ffef ffff.ffff.0000 0000.00af.bcef ffff.ff00.0000 appletalk
    permit any host 65de.edfe.fefe xns-idp
    permit any any protocol-family rarp-non-ipv4
    deny host 005e.1e5d.9f7d host 3399.e3e1.ff2c dec-spanning
    permit any any 

    The XML output of show running-config command includes the following, which can then be parsed programmatically, as desired:

    <mac><access-list><extended><ACLName>MACCOY</ACLName></extended></access-list></mac>
    <X-Interface> permit 0000.0000.ffef ffff.ffff.0000 0000.00af.bcef ffff.ff00.0000 appletalk</X-Interface>
    <X-Interface> permit any host 65de.edfe.fefe xns-idp</X-Interface>
    <X-Interface> permit any any protocol-family rarp-non-ipv4</X-Interface>
    <X-Interface> deny host 005e.1e5d.9f7d host 3399.e3e1.ff2c
    dec-spanning</X-Interface>
    <X-Interface> permit any any</X-Interface> 

    CSCtg93278

  • When attaching a existing policy-map (that is already applied to a control-port) to another front-panel port, the following message displays:

    The policymap <policy-map name> is already attached to control-plane and cannot be shared with other targets.

    Workaround: Define a policy-map with a different name and then reattach. CSCti26172

  • If the number of unique FNF monitors attached to target exceeds 2048 (one per target), a switch responds slowly:

    Workarounds:

    – Decrease the number of monitors.

    – Attach the same monitor to multiple targets. CSCti43798

  • ciscoFlashPartitionFileCount object returns an incorrect file count for bootflash:, usb0:, slot0:, slaveslot0:, slavebootflash:, and slaveusb0:.

    Workaround: Use the dir device command (for example, dir bootflash:) to obtain the correct file count. CSCti74130

  • If multicast is configured and you make changes to the configuration, Traceback and CPUHOG messages are displayed if the following conditions exist:

    – At least 10K groups and roughly 20K mroutes exist.

    – IGMP joins with source traffic transit to all the multicast groups.

    This is caused by the large number of updates generating SPI messages that must be processed by the CPU to ensure that the platform is updated with the changes in all the entries.

    Workaround: None. CSCti20312

  • With traffic running, entering clear ip mroute * with larger number of mroutes and over 6 OIFs causes Malloc Fail messages to display.

    You cannot clear a large number of mroutes at one time when traffic is still running.

    Workaround: Do not clear all mroutes at once.

    CSCtn06753

  • Although you can configure subsecond PIM query intervals on Catalyst 4500 platforms, such an action represents a compromise between convergence (reaction time) and a number of other factors (number of mroutes, base line of CPU utilization, CPU speed, processing overhead per 1 m-route, etc.). You must account for those factors when configuring subsecond PIM timers. We recommend that you set the PIM query interval to a minimum of 2 seconds. By adjusting the available parameters, you can achieve flawless operation; that is, a top number of multicast routes per given convergence time on a specific setup.

  • Energywise WOL is not “waking up” a PC in hibernate or standby mode.

    Workaround: None. CSCtr51014

  • The ROMMON version number column in the output of show module command is truncated.

    Workaround: Use the show version command. CSCtr30294

  • IP SLA session creation fails randomly for various 4-tuples.

    Workaround: Select an alternate destination or source port. CSCty05405

  • The system cannot scale to greater than 512 SIP flows with MSP and metadata enabled.

    Workaround: None. CSCty79236

  • On the following linecards running IOS XE Release 3.2.3:

    – 10/100/1000BaseT Premium POE E Series WS-X4648-RJ45V+E (JAE1348OY52)

    – 4 Sup 7-E 10GE (SFP+), 1000BaseX (SFP) WS-X45-SUP7-E (CAT1434L0G4)

    the following restrictions apply:

    – Sub-interfaces are not supported on 1 Gigabit and Ten-Gigabit interfaces.

    – Port-channel members do not support multiple classification criteria for a QoS policy.

    – CEF is disabled automatically when uRFP is enabled and TCAM is fully utilized.

  • When either the RADIUS-server test feature is enabled or RADIUS-server dead-criteria is configured, and either RADIUS-server deadtime is set to 0 or not configured, the RADIUS-server status is not properly relayed to AAA.

    Workaround: Configure both dead-criteria and deadtime.

    radius-server dead-criteria
    radius-server deadtime 

    CSCtl06706

  • If you use the quick option in the issu changeversion command, the following might occur:

    – Links flap for various Layer 3 protocols.

    – A traffic loss of several seconds is observed during the upgrade process.

    Workaround: Do not use the quick option with the issu changeversion command. CSCto51562

  • While configuring an IPv6 access-list, if you specify hardware statistics as the first statement in v6 access-list mode (i.e. before issuing any other v6 ACE statement), it will not take effect. Similarly, your hardware statistics configuration will be missing from the output of the show running command.

    You will not experience this behavior with IPv4 access lists.

    Workaround: During IPv6 access-list configuration, configure at least one IPv6 ACE before the "hardware statistics" statement. CSCuc53234

  • Routed packets that are fragmented are not policed if the egress interface is on the VSS Standby switch. However, if the egress interface is on the VSS Active switch, these packets are policed.

    This applies to QoS policing only. QoS marking, shaping and sharing behave as expected.

    Workaround: None. CSCub14402

  • When an IPv6 FHS policy is applied on a VLAN and an EtherChannel port is part of that VLAN, packets received by EtherChannel (from neighbors) are not bridged across the local switch.

    Workaround: Apply FHS policies on a non EtherChannel port rather than a VLAN. CSCua53148

  • During VSS conversion, the switch intended as the Standby device may require up to 9 minutes to reach an SSO state. The boot up time depends on the configuration and on the number of line cards in the system.

    Workaround: None. CSCua87538

  • Dual connectors (like, an SFP+ transceiver inserted into a CVR-X2-SFP10G module) on the WS-X4606-X2-E line card are not supported as a VSL.

    Workaround: Use any X2-pluggable module on its own in the WS-X4606-X2-E line card. CSCuc70321

  • Memory allocation failures can occur if more than 16K IPv6 multicast snooping entries are present.

    Workaround: None. CSCuc77376

  • The show interface capabilities command output does not show the correct linecard model.

    Workaround: Observe the show module command output. CSCua79513

  • Beginning with IOS Release XE 3.5.0E, error messages that occur when a QoS policy is applied will no longer appear directly on the console when no logging console is configured. They will appear only when a logging method is active (e.g., logging buffered, logging console, …).

    Workaround: None. CSCuf86375

  • Setting a cos value based on QoS group triggers the following error message in a VSS system

    set action fail = 9

    Workaround: None. QoS groups are not supported in VSS. CSCuc84739

  • Auto negotiation cannot be disabled on the Fa1 port. It must be set to auto/auto, or fixed speed with duplex auto.

  • The following messages are seen during boot up after POST check.

    Rommon reg: 0x00004F80
    Reset2Reg: 0x00000F00
     
    Image load status: 0x00000000
    #####
    Snowtrooper 220 controller 0x0430006E..0x044E161D Size:0x0057B4C5 Program Done!
    #########################
    [ 6642.974087] pci 0000:00:00.0: ignoring class b20 (doesn't match header type 01)
    Starting System Services
    Calculating module dependencies...
    Loading rtc-ds1307
    RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
    No Mountpoints DefinedJan 17 09:48:14 %IOSXE-3-PLATFORM: process sshd[5241]: error:
    Bind to port
     
    22 on :: failed: Address already in use
    Starting IOS Services
    Loading virtuclock as vuclock
    Loading gsbu64atomic as gdb64atomic
    /dev/fd/12: line 267: /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/edac_mc_log_ce: No such file or
    directory
    Aug 8 20:30:29 %IOSXE-3-PLATFORM: process kernel: mmc0: Got command interrupt
    0x00030000 even though no command operation was in progress.
     
    Aug 8 20:30:29 %IOSXE-3-PLATFORM: process kernel: PME2: fsl_pme2_db_init: not on
    ctrl-plane 

    These messages are cosmetic only, and no ssh services are available unless configured within IOS.

    Workaround: None CSCue15724

  • When a logging discriminator is configured and applied to a device, memory leak is seen under heavy syslog or debug output. The rate of the leak is dependent on the quantity of logs produced. In extreme cases, the device may crash. As a workaround, disable the logging discriminator on the device (CSCur45606, CSCur28336).

Caveats

Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS-XE releases. Caveats listed as open in a prior release are carried forward to the next release as either open or resolved.

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Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.10E

None.

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.10E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCwf54007

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software IS-IS Denial of Service Vulnerability

CSCwe55871

Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software Command Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.9E

None.

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.9E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCwh38827

C4500X: Traffic impacted via tunnel when upgrading to 3.11.x version

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.8E

None.

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.8E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCwa34310

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software IPv6 DHCP (DHCPv6) Client Denial of Service Vulnerability

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.7E

None.

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.7E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvp12187 Standby switch crash because of memory leak due to Switch Integrated security feature.
CSCwc66348 RBACL not downloaded on previously shutdown port.

CSCvw60355

DHCPv6: Memory allocation of DHCPv6 relay option results in crash.

CSCvx63027

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability.

CSCwa96810

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Common Industrial Protocol Request Denial of Service Vulnerability.

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.6E

None.

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.6E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCwa22165 Incorrect access list logging during SSH session.
CSCvz22651 Memory leak due to csmControllerStatistics on Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Switches.
CSCvz09717 Cisco Catalyst 4500 -PC connected to a standby VSS switch is not getting the IP address post user authentication.
CSCvz42464 Cisco QSFP-40G-LR4 incompatible with WS-X45-SUP9-E.

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.5E

None.

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.5E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvg65857

link debounce CLI disappears when shut member port in LAG.

CSCvw75254

C4500X TX-Queue zeroed out on VSL.

CSCvx36584

Intermittent working of PBR on 4500 with GRE tunnel as next hop.

CSCvx43251

ZTP fails to configure c4500e with dual-SUP when in-band port are used to reach the DHCP/TFTP server.

CSCvx47020

Segmentation fault in CMI IOSd task when running multicast.

CSCvx56995

once posture ACL is un-installed (post CoA), open-dir-acl wont get applied.

CSCvx94899

EAP-MSCHAPv2 isn't compliant with response size.

CSCvy12052

Catalyst Switch crashes @ sisf_sw_policy_detach_target.

CSCvy17077

RxErrorBytes on certain superports following an LC reload.

CSCvy67787

C4510RE Etherchannel ports on dual Supervisors go to suspended mode after switchover.

CSCvx76066

Switch crashes due to "HTTP Core".

CSCvx66699

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software TrustSec CLI Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability.

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.4E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvx36584

Intermittent working of PBR on 4500 with GRE tunnel as next hop

CSCvx47020

Segmentation fault in CMI IOSd task when running multicast

CSCvx56995

once posture ACL is un-installed (post CoA), open-dir-acl wont get applied

CSCvx66968

C4500 relay agent drops DHCP offer when certain relay agent settings configured

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.4E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvu24091

GLC-T /TE not linking up sometimes on BOOTUP

CSCvv25129

3.11.2 - Cat4500X may crash unexpected when trying to program IPv6 to SGT mapping

CSCvv54294

IPDT probe uses physical interface MAC as source instead of SVI MAC in 3.11.x release

CSCvv56133

4500x in VSS may see VSL links in an up/down state after reboot when using Twin-ax cables

CSCvv86851

TACACS not working if TACACS group server has "server-private <ip> key <passw>" in 15.2(7)E3/3.11.3E

CSCvv93417

Stack Member Switch fails wired dot1x; MasterSwitch passes dot1x using the same configs

CSCvw45946

Cat4K multicast stop after REP node power cycle

CSCvw48485

K5L2 crash while fetching RET entry due to NULL entry.

CSCvx09751

Tracebacks seen after ISSU upgrade from 3.8.8 to 3.11.2E on 4500

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.3aE

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvu24091

GLC-T /TE not linking up sometimes on BOOTUP

CSCvv79624

Interface does not come up when monitor session is removed

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.3aE

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvv76539

1G CTS enabled links from Cat4K experience instability

CSCvs06645

%C4K_L2MAN-6-INVALIDSOURCEADDRESSPACKET: packets are forwarded to clients

CSCvs77826

Not able to scale beyond about 8K SGACLs on 4500, Traceback thrown for installation failure

CSCvt06123

C4500 Standby VSS Switch Crashing at XDR receive process

CSCvt09648

SGT propagation fails after sup failover

CSCvt12683

HTTP redirect doesn't work on 152-7.E1

CSCvt23492

c4500x VSS standby switch rapid memory exhaustion in IOSd due to process "MFIB_Cable"

CSCvt32280

GLC-TE on Cat4500X VSS sometimes may not link up after reload

CSCvu07615

Switches downstream of a Cat4k using 1g ports may see giants in the form of 1526B frames

CSCvu68040

C4500 No STP PVID inconsistent state when there is native vlan mismatch

CSCvu10399

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CSCvv00134

VTY telnet disable, enable ssh based on platform request

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.2E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvt23492

c4500x VSS standby switch rapid memory exhaustion in IOSd due to process "MFIB_Cable"

CSCvt28484

Cat4500X VSS may crash unexpected when program ACL's to TCAM

CSCvt32280

GLC-TE on Cat4500X VSS sometimes may not link up after reload

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE 3.11.2E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvr87400

4500X : GLC-TE sometimes may not link up after reload

CSCvs58656

"vlan internal allocation policy" not displayed in show running-config all

CSCvs62898

Sup7L-E crash with "show platform hardware qos interface cpu tx-queue [dbl | scheduling]" command

CSCvs63040

DACL sent by the server that is not processed correctly by the switches 4500

CSCvs83434

DHCPv6 does not work due to LDRA

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE 3.11.1aE

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvi48253

Self-signed certificates expire on 00:00 1 Jan 2020 UTC, can't be created after that time

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.2E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvt23492

c4500x VSS standby switch rapid memory exhaustion in IOSd due to process "MFIB_Cable"

CSCvt28484

Cat4500X VSS may crash unexpected when program ACL's to TCAM

CSCvt32280

GLC-TE on Cat4500X VSS sometimes may not link up after reload

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE 3.11.1E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCut66603

Device stuck on 4500X VSS during Rommon version upgrade

CSCvi66577

Crash due null pointer after CISCO SFP failed the Gbic Integrity Check

CSCvi66866

Crash while polling of dot1dStaticEntry

CSCvk11391

Upgrade to 3.8.6 continuously reloads STANDBY supervisor in VSS

CSCvk57096

GLC-T Not Functioning in Ports 1, 5, 9, 13 on 4500X-16 in VSS standby

CSCvk74432

AFTER ADDING NEW VLAN IN REP SEGMENT THERE IS A LAYER 2 LOOP

CSCvm90630

4500 forwards traffic on BKN interface

CSCvn71215

Missing PBr config cuases crash on L3 rewrite

CSCvo07490

VSS switchover results in REP failure warnings

CSCvo08913

Can't ISSU from 3.8.6E to 3.10.2E due to an inconsistency between the Active and Standby

CSCvo09436

Cat4510 SUP8E - Active crashing while DFE training on Standby SUP

CSCvo24813

WS-C4510R+E / Dual WS-X45-SUP8-E / Crash when configuring flow exporter

CSCvo35887

CAT 4K Crashes Due to Watchdog Timeout When Opening Console TTY Session

CSCvo86432

Crash due to invalid entry in FIB Adjacency Table.

CSCvp11516

4500X with ACL config will crash when copying configuration

CSCvp24671

H/W mac address table learn wrong mac on C4500X VSS with active Flexlink shut/no shut

CSCvp33074

Cat4500 crashes due to multicast

CSCvp34354

4500X with GLC-TE sometimes may not link up after reload on 3.11.0E

CSCvp76408

Unable to generate RSA keys as long as a 46xx module ins installed in the chassis with SUP9

CSCvq30648

C4500 03.11.00.E (15.2(7)E) SNMP crash due to mediatrace config

CSCvq35190

DACL abnormal remove due to SISF.

CSCvq39976

SNMP Mac Move notification trap displays same interface ID for FromPortId and ToPortId

CSCvq90033

Multi-gig ports having connectivity issues on 4507/4510 switches on 3.11 code

CSCvq95472

Commands returning invalid PRC

CSCvr23923

Crash is observed after OIR or module reset of Mortis-CR PPLT linecards

CSCvr55005

Incorrect CTS tag sticks to flow, even when that tag is no more seen with flow

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.11.0E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvi66866

Crash while polling of dot1dStaticEntry

CSCvo83116

QuadSup VSS : Standby goes to disabled mode after 2nd switchover

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE 3.11.0E

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvm90630

4500 forwards traffic on BKN interface

CSCvm96180

Cat4500 switch reboots unexpectedly after certain Netflow configuration is pushed via SSH

CSCvn71215

Missing PBR config causes crash on L3 rewrite

CSCvn71260

Catalyst 4500 - CTS policy is not deleted in Hardware eventhough it is actually deleted.

CSCvo07490

VSS switchover results in REP failure warnings

CSCvo09436

Cat4510 SUP8E - Active crashing while DFE training on Standby SUP

Related Documentation

Refer to the Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches Documentation Home for information:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/catalyst-4500-x-series-switches/tsd-products-support-series-home.html

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