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Product Bulletin, No. 2265
Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA
This product bulletin describes the content and delivery information for Cisco® IOS® Software Release 12.3(2)XA. It should be used in conjunction with the Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3T product bulletin. Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA is a short-lived, early deployment release that will be supported in the third release of Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3T. It supports the Cisco ICS 7700 Series, Cisco 3200 Series, Cisco 1700 Series routers (Cisco 1701, Cisco 1710, Cisco 1711, Cisco 1712, Cisco 1720, Cisco 1721, Cisco 1751, Cisco 1751-V, and Cisco 1760) and Cisco 830 Series Routers (Cisco 831, Cisco 836, and Cisco 837).
The platform and features delivered with this early deployment release will be immediately incorporated into the third release of Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3T. The timeframe for the availability of the third release of the Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3T train is the first quarter of calendar year 2004 (target live date is January 2004). Please note that this timeframe is subject to change. Future early deployment releases will be provided for maintenance support until Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA becomes available in the third release of Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3T. In addition to the supported features described in this product bulletin, more information is available in the release notes for Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA. Customers should prepare to upgrade using the migration path shown in Figure 1.
Note: This product bulletin lists only features that are new to the respective platforms as of this release 12.3(2)XA.
Figure 1
Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA Release Train and Migration Guide
New Features in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA
Table 1 lists the features delivered in the Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA
Table 1 Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA New Features
New Hardware
Cisco 3220 Mobile Access Router
The Cisco 3220 is a pre-configured model of the Cisco 3200 Series. The Cisco 3220 model consists of a Mobile Access Router Card (MARC) with one auxiliary/asynchronous port, one Fast Ethernet Port (FE) port, one console port, a two-port Serial Mobile Access Router Interface Card (SMIC), and a two-port Fast Ethernet Switch Mobile Access Router Interface Card (FESMIC).
New Software Features
Cisco 1700 Analog CAMA Support for VIC2-2FXO and VIC2-4FXO
Analog Centralized Automatic Message Accounting (CAMA) E911 Trunk
Cisco 1751 and 1760 series routers now support analog Centralized Automatic Message Accounting trunks on the 2- and 4-port FXO cards. The VIC2-2FXO and VIC2-4FXO cards are now user configurable for CAMA mode operation on a port-by-port basis. Example: On VIC2-2FXO card, the Port 0 can be configured for CAMA and port 1 can be configured for FXO-M1 operation. The following are the highlights of the CAMA support:
- Direct connection to the E911 network
- Meets current legislation requiring enterprises to connect directly to the E911 network.
- Offers trunk capabilities to emergency services that are not currently supported on any Cisco product
- Allows configuration on H.323 VoIP
- Supports user configurable CAMA operation on a port-by-port basis on the VIC2-2FXO and VIC2-4FXO
Standard 802.1x Based Dynamic User Authentication for IPSec VPNs
- Supported platforms: Cisco 831, 836, 837 and Cisco 1701, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1721, 1751, 1751-V, 1760; supported in all 800 IPSec DES and IPSec 3DES images and all 1700 IPSec DES and IPSec 3DES legacy images (all k8 and k9 images) and the cross platform images advanced IP services, advanced enterprise services, IP Base, advanced security.
This software release provides support on the Cisco 83x and 17xx access routers to classify users into authenticated and non-authenticated categories, based on the user credentials provided using the 802.1X port based authentication specification. This feature also allows the processing of traffic coming from these two classes of users (authenticated and non-authenticated) differently. Example: When the 802.1x feature is turned on, the system administrator has the ability to create policies to treat traffic from users on a LAN segment differently. Authenticated users are allowed to access a corporate IPSec tunnel. Unauthenticated or guest users are allowed to access local interconnections as well as connectivity to the Internet but not a corporate IPSec tunnel.
In this Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)XA, the 802.1x user authentication support shall be used in conjunction with Easy VPN Server and Easy VPN Remote. In later releases, the 802.1x support will be augmented beyond Easy VPN Remote and Easy VPN Server. For details on Cisco Easy VPN see following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps5299/index.html
Cisco Easy VPN
Cisco Easy VPN Remote and Cisco Easy VPN Server are two features that are with this release supported on the Cisco 83x platforms. Cisco Easy VPN Server and Remote is already supported on Cisco 1700 platforms. Following is a brief description of these two features:
Cisco Auto Secure
This feature simplifies the security configuration of a router and hardens the router configuration. By using a single command-line interface (CLI), the AutoSecure feature allows a user to perform the following functions:
NAT—Static IP Support
- Supported platforms: Cisco 831, 836, 837, 1701, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1721, 1751, 1751-V, and 1760; supported in all 800 IPSec DES and IPSec 3DES images and all 1700 IPSec DES and IPSec 3DES legacy images (all k8 and k9 images) and the cross platform images advanced IP services, advanced enterpise services, SP services, enterprise services, advanced security.
Cisco IOS NAT—The Static IP Support feature will detect when a user is statically configured and provide that user with a working IP address within a Public wireless LAN (WLAN) network. The IP address is assigned dynamically, and allows the user to establish an IP session.
Cisco ICS 7750 Features
ISDN BRI Backhaul Using MGCP
Supported on the Cisco ICS 7750, ISDN BRI backhaul using MGCP enables BRI to be configured via the Cisco CallManager GUI and allows for BRI backhaul using MGCP. This feature is used in centralized Cisco CallManager environments to speed up voice cut-through time from remote sites to the host centralized Cisco CallManager server. BRI hardware support includes VIC-2BRI and VIC2-2BRI.
Trunk Conditioning
Supported on the Cisco ICS 7750, trunk conditioning is a local call admission control feature used on FRF.11 and Cisco trunks in IP telephony configurations.
Product Numbers
Table 2 provides the feature sets, images, and memory recommendations for Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA.
1. The Cisco 1751 platform is limited to 16-MB Flash memory only, whereas the Cisco 1751-V system supports up to 32 MB Flash memory. Cisco 1710 and Cisco 1721 are also limited to 16-MB Flash memory.
2. In Table 2, column "SDM supported", SDM refers to Security Device Manager and indicates the combination of platforms and corresponding images that support SDM. SDM requires an additional 2.3 MB of Flash memory to run.
Table 2 Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA Feature Sets, Images, and Memory Recommendations
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(1) SDM is NOT supported on the Cisco 1710.
(2) Refer to product bulletin "Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3 Mainline and 12.3T Feature Sets for Cisco 1700 Series Routers"—
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps221/prod_bulletin09186a008016122f.html
Download Information
Customers can download Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)XA Software from the Cisco.com software image library.