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Cisco Express Forwarding Features Roadmap

Cisco Express Forwarding Features Roadmap

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First Published: May 2, 2005

Last Updated: February 11, 2008

This feature roadmap lists the Cisco IOS features documented in the Cisco Express Forwarding modules in the Cisco IOS IP Switching Configuration Guide and maps them to the documents in which they appear. The roadmap is organized so that you can select your release train and see the features in that release. Find the feature name you are searching for and click on the URL in the "Where Documented" column to access the document containing that feature.

Feature and Release Support

Table 1 lists Cisco Express Forwarding feature support for the following Cisco IOS software release trains:

•Cisco IOS Release 12.2S

•Cisco IOS Release 12.2SB

•Cisco IOS Release 12.2SR

•Cisco IOS Release 12.2SX

•Cisco IOS Releases 12.2T, 12.3, 12.3T, 12.4, and 12.4T

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

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Note Table 1 ists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

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Table 1 lists the most recent release of each software train first and the features in alphabetical order within the release.

Table 1 Supported Cisco Express Forwarding Features 

Release	Feature Name	Feature Description	Where Documented
Cisco IOS Release 12.2S
12.2(25)S	Cisco Express Forwarding: Command Changes	This feature details changes to command that are required to support Cisco Express Forwarding. In Cisco IOS Releases 12.2(25)S, 12.2(28)SB, 12.2(33)SRA and 12.2(33)SXH, Cisco Express Forwarding has been updated to support new features and new hardware. These updates enable Cisco Express Forwarding to operate with the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) High Availability (HA) applications and the MPLS Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI).	"Cisco Express Forwarding: Command Changes"
Cisco IOS Release 12.2SB
12.2(31)SB2	Cisco Express Forwarding—SNMP CEF-MIB Support	The Cisco Express Forwarding—SNMP CEF-MIB Support feature introduces the CISCO-CEF-MIB that allows management applications through the use of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to configure and monitor Cisco Express Forwarding operational data and to provide notification when Cisco Express Forwarding encounters specific configured events. This module describes how to use the CISCO-CEF-MIB to manage and monitor objects related to Cisco Express Forwarding operation.	"Cisco Express Forwarding—SNMP CEF-MIB Support"
12.2(28)SB	Cisco Express Forwarding: Command Changes	This feature details changes to command that are required to support Cisco Express Forwarding. In Cisco IOS Releases 12.2(25)S, 12.2(28)SB, 12.2(33)SRA and 12.2(33)SXH, Cisco Express Forwarding has been updated to support new features and new hardware. These updates enable Cisco Express Forwarding to operate with the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) High Availability (HA) applications and the MPLS Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI).	"Cisco Express Forwarding: Command Changes"
Cisco IOS Release 12.2SR
12.2(33)SRC	Cisco Express Forwarding—SNMP CEF-MIB Support	The Cisco Express Forwarding—SNMP CEF-MIB Support feature introduces the CISCO-CEF-MIB that allows management applications through the use of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to configure and monitor Cisco Express Forwarding operational data and to provide notification when Cisco Express Forwarding encounters specific configured events. This module describes how to use the CISCO-CEF-MIB to manage and monitor objects related to Cisco Express Forwarding operation.	"Cisco Express Forwarding—SNMP CEF-MIB Support"
12/2(33)SRA	Cisco Express Forwarding: Command Changes	This feature details changes to command that are required to support Cisco Express Forwarding. In Cisco IOS Releases 12.2(25)S, 12.2(28)SB, 12.2(33)SRA and 12.2(33)SXH, Cisco Express Forwarding has been updated to support new features and new hardware. These updates enable Cisco Express Forwarding to operate with the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) High Availability (HA) applications and the MPLS Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI).	"Cisco Express Forwarding: Command Changes"
Cisco IOS Release 12.2SX
12.2(33)SXH	Cisco Express Forwarding: Command Changes	This feature details changes to command that are required to support Cisco Express Forwarding. In Cisco IOS Releases 12.2(25)S, 12.2(28)SB, 12.2(33)SRA and 12.2(33)SXH, Cisco Express Forwarding has been updated to support new features and new hardware. These updates enable Cisco Express Forwarding to operate with the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) High Availability (HA) applications and the MPLS Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI).	"Cisco Express Forwarding: Command Changes"
Cisco IOS Releases 12.2T, 12.3, 12.3T, 12.4, and 12.4T
12.4(20)T	Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements: Removal of IP Fast Switching and Introduction of CLI Changes	The purpose of this document is to describe the changes based on the Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure scalability enhancements implemented to adapt to the evolution of the Internet and to support new platforms and features. The changes are the removal of IP fast switching and the introduction of commands line interface (CLI) modifications. This document lists Cisco Express Forwarding CLI commands that are removed, replaced, new, and changed. The document lists and illustrates new commands, changed commands, and related command that are unchanged, to help you transition to the new CLI format. Enhancements to Cisco Express Forwarding enable it to operate with the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI) and guarantees consistency between Cisco IOS release trains. Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure changes were introduced and implemented in the Cisco IOS 12.2(25)S-based releases and added for T releases in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T.	"Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements: Removal of IP Fast Switching and Introduction of CLI Changes"
	Cisco Express Forwarding: Command Changes	This feature details changes to command that are required to support Cisco Express Forwarding. In Cisco IOS Releases 12.2(25)S, 12.2(28)SB, 12.2(33)SRA and 12.2(33)SXH, Cisco Express Forwarding has been updated to support new features and new hardware. These updates enable Cisco Express Forwarding to operate with the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) High Availability (HA) applications and the MPLS Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI).	"Cisco Express Forwarding: Command Changes"
	Cisco Express Forwarding—SNMP CEF-MIB Support	The Cisco Express Forwarding—SNMP CEF-MIB Support feature introduces the CISCO-CEF-MIB that allows management applications through the use of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to configure and monitor Cisco Express Forwarding operational data and to provide notification when Cisco Express Forwarding encounters specific configured events. This module describes how to use the CISCO-CEF-MIB to manage and monitor objects related to Cisco Express Forwarding operation.	"Cisco Express Forwarding—SNMP CEF-MIB Support"
12.2(8)T	CEF-Switched Multipoint GRE Tunnels	This feature enables Cisco Express Forwarding switching of IP traffic to and from multipoint generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnels. Prior to the introduction of this feature, only process switching was available for multipoint GRE tunnels.	"Cisco Express Forwarding Overview"
12.2(8)T	Nonstop Forwarding Enhanced FIB Refresh	This feature allows you to clear the forwarding table on demand and to continue forwarding using the old entries in the table while the new forwarding table is being built.	"Configuring Epochs to Clear and Rebuild Cisco Express Forwarding and Adjacency Tables"

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