Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.2 Special and Early Deployments

Cisco is announcing Cisco IOS^® Software release for the new Cisco^® Catalyst® 2350 Series Switch. The Cisco Catalyst 2350 Series Switch is a fixed-configuration server aggregation Ethernet switch. The Cisco Catalyst 2350 Series Switch offers basic security, quality of service (QoS), and resiliency.

Table 1 shows the Cisco Catalyst 2350 Series Switch specification.

This product bulletin describes the content and delivery information about Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(46)EY, which is the first Cisco IOS Software release that provides support for the Cisco Catalyst 2350 Series Switch. Release 12.2(46)EY is an early deployment (ED) release based on Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(46)SE. Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(46)EY should not be used for any switch other than the Cisco Catalyst 2350 Series Switch.

The platform and features delivered with this ED release will be incorporated into Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(52)SE and subsequent Cisco IOS Software 12.2SE releases. It is important to note that there are no planned maintenance releases for this ED release. In addition, note the migration path to the latest 12.2SE release (Figure 1). Customers should prepare to upgrade using this migration path.

Products supported with this release include the following:

Information about the Cisco Catalyst 2350 Series Series is available at http://www.cisco.com.

For more detailed information about the platforms and features being delivered in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(46)EY, reference the release notes at: http://www.cisco.com/go/catalyst2350.

Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(46)EY follows the standard Cisco support policy as indicated at www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.html.

Customers can download Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(46)EY from the Software Download Center at http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center.