Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.1 Special and Early Deployments

Table Of Contents

Product Bulletin, No.2420

Overview

Additional Resources

Software Download—Software available February, 2004

Support

Software Image Migration Guide

Product Bulletin, No.2420

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New Cisco IOS® Software Release 12.1(19)EA1b for Catalyst^® 3560 Series Switches

Overview

Cisco is pleased to announce Cisco IOS® Software for the Catalyst^® 3560 Series switches. This new release furthers Cisco's leadership in providing secure, reliable, and easily managed LAN switching solutions.

This Product Bulletin describes the content and delivery information concerning Cisco IOS^® Software release 12.1(19)EA1b. For more information about the Cisco IOS Software release process, please see Product Bulletin #537.

IOS Release 12.1(19)EA1b is the initial software release for the Catalyst 3560 Series switches. Please see IOS Product Bulletin 2339 (IOS Software Release 12.1(19)EA1) to obtain information on new features delivered in 12.1(19)EA1. The new features in the 12.1(19)EA1 release that are supported on the Catalyst 3750 SMI and EMI switches are also supported on the Catalyst 3560 SMI and EMI switches with 12.1(19)EA1b.

Table 1  Products Supported with IOS Release 12.1(19)EA1b

Catalyst 3560 Enhanced Multilayer Image Models	Catalyst 3560 Standard Multilayer Image Models
3560-48PS-E	3560-48PS-S
3560-24PS-E	3560-24PS-S

Additional Resources

Software Download—Software available February, 2004

Catalyst 3560 Series Software Download— http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cat3560

Due to export restrictions on strong cryptography software, a separate image is required for the cryptographic features (SSH, SNMPv3, and Kerberos). These software images can be downloaded from the same location as above.

Catalyst 3560 Series Product Information:

http://www.cisco.com/go/catalyst3560

Support

Cisco IOS software release 12.1(19)EA1b follows the standard Cisco support policy as indicated in the following link;

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

Software Image Migration Guide

The figure below displays Cisco IOS 12.1(19)EA1 release functionality relative to the 12.1 and 12.1E releases. This diagram identifies the recommended migration path. For more information about the Cisco IOS Software release process, please see Product Bulletin #537.

Cisco IOS Release 12.1EA Release Train