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Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0XE

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Early Deployment (ED) Release Summary

Description

 Cisco IOS® Software Release 12.0XE is based on the Cisco IOS 12.0T main line and will be a series of short-lived releases delivering Enterprise-specific features. Once the functionality is proven on this early delivery release, it is folded back into subsequent maintenance releases of Cisco IOS 12.0T.

Additionally, some functionality of Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(x)XE may be carried to Cisco IOS 12.0(x)S. For example, all of the features in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(1)XE will also appear in Cisco IOS 12.0(1)S.

The first customer ship (FCS) of Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(1)XE will include support for the following:

  • Sonetization (CE3)
  • CH-OC-12 (Jaguar on GSR)
  • 7576 (GSR Frame Relay)
  • LightStream 1010 (LS1010) (Potent)
  • 1CT3 (Polaris)
For more information, see the following pages:

Target Market

 Cisco Systems, Inc. released Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0XE with support for selected platforms.

Product Support

 Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(1)XE supports the following:
  • NPE-300 Cisco 7200
  • Gigabit Ethernet for Cisco 7500
  • Cisco 7576 Support Cisco 7500
  • Channelized T3 (CT3) Cisco 7200/7500
  • CE3 Cisco 7200/7500
  • Potent Cisco 7200/7500
For more information, see the Release Notes for Cisco 7000 Family for Cisco IOS Release 12.0XE page.

Related Cisco IOS Releases

 For more information, see the Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0 page.

Product/Feature Integration

 New features are added to the subsequent maintenance releases of Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(x)XE. For more information, see the following pages:

Maintenance Releases

 The Cisco IOS X releases (short-lived) do not provide maintenances. They fold back into the Cisco IOS Software 12.0T Technology train. Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(x)T interim builds will be available to customers (through DE or the TAC) to fix bugs found in Cisco IOS 12.0(x)XE releases.

Interim Builds

 Interim builds are not recommended and are not fully tested. Customers will only be provided with interim builds when a critical defect renders the maintenance release unusable.

7-week maintenance cycle: Multiple short-lived releases
13-week maintenance cycle: Not applicable

Maintenance Release Synchronization Points

 Not applicable. For more information, see the Projected Release Dates for Cisco IOS Software Product Bulletin.

Recommended Migration

In general customers using an XE release would migrate to a subsequent Cisco IOS Software 12.0T release. Unless specific features of that release are required, it is not necessary to migrate to the next XE release.

The migration path is the logical superseding software. The uniqueness of each network requires that customers verify support for hardware, features, and protocols prior to a massive network upgrade. For more information, see the Projected Release Dates for Cisco IOS Software Product Bulletin.

Year 2000 (Y2K) Compliant

 Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(x)XE is Y2K compliant.

General Deployment (GD) Plan

 There is no current plan to certify Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(x)XE as GD.

Life Cycle

 Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(x)XE releases are short-lived ED releases. Cisco IOS 12.0(x)T interim builds will be available to customers (through DE or TAC) to fix bugs found in Cisco IOS 12.0(x)XE.

Comments

 For more information, see the following pages:

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Updated: Mar 07, 2002 Document ID: 20292