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You have reached help for your specific application. For more assistance with Cisco.com, refer to global help. Download Software
The Download Software area offers software releases for Cisco products. You can download the latest releases and updates here and also look at security advisories and other notifications for Cisco products. In most cases, you will need to be registered with the site and have a valid service contract to download software. The Download Software area on the Cisco website offers software releases for Cisco products. The software releases include embedded software and stand-alone software applications.
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There are navigation links either on the main Download Software page or on the left nav in order to help you navigate within the download interface area.
You can navigate within the Software Product Categories in the Download Software area. You will find the product series and product models for your Cisco product. To locate software by product navigate through the product categories within the download area to the specific model.
If the selected model is a modular product that supports different processors or cards, you can select the software that runs on the chassis or the software that runs on the interface or module.
Select 'Cisco IOS Software' from the Download Software area. You will find IOS software or NX-OS software.
If you select IOS software or NX-OS software, you will navigate to a page showing the associated products that are supported for that software.
Once you have selected the software image/file that you need to download, you can either click on the 'Add to Cart' button or the 'Download Now' button. 'Add to Cart' will add the selected software to the download cart and allow you to remain on the software listing page to select more software files. You can add up to 25 software files to the Download Cart. The 'Download Now' button would allow you to go directly to the Download Cart with the selected software in the cart.
You can click on the 'Download Cart' link on the top right of the screen from any page in the download navigation to directly access the Download Cart.
The Download Cart displays all the software that has been added to the cart. The collapsed display, or header, shows the Product, Release Version, Image Name and the Feature Set (if available). To see more details about the software, click on the header, or the 'Plus Sign'. To collapse the item details, click on the header again or the 'Minus Sign'.
You can easily remove software from the Download Cart by clicking on the 'Remove' link or the trash icon next to the software information. A confirmation dialog will appear for removal and once that is clicked, the software will be removed from the Download Cart.
If you want to download additional software, you can click on the 'Select Another Product' button and you will be sent to the main Download Software page. Click on the 'Proceed with Download' button if you are ready to download all the software in the Download Cart.
This feature allows you to compare features available for two images within a release and select the appropriate image that you require. The screenshot below shows the image list page where you can select two images to compare by selecting the check box beside it and clicking on the 'View/Compare' button. The page will refresh to show the feature information for the two images
You can view the details of each feature by clicking on the link to the feature. This will pop up a speech bubble which contains information on each feature.
This feature allows you to view all the features that are supported by an image. There are two ways to access this feature: Select an image and click on the check box beside it to view all its features, or select an image in the Download Cart and click on the 'List of features for the image' to view features of the image.
You can search for a specific product within the page using the Search box. You can enter the complete product name or a partial string, such as 1010 for a Cisco LightStream 1010 ATM Switches. A match will result in an open folder where the leaf nodes containing the match are highlighted. A message will appear under the search box indicating the number of matches found.
You can search for a specific release within the page using the Search Release box. You can enter the complete release version or a partial string, such as 12.1.2 for a 12.1.26E9(ED). A match will result in an open folder where the leaf nodes containing the match are highlighted. A message will appear under the search box indicating the number of matches found.
Once you have selected the product and the software type (if applicable) in the Download Software area, you will see a list of releases categorized into 'Latest Releases', 'All Releases' and 'Deferred Releases' folders. The 'Latest Releases' folder contains the most recent releases as determined by distinct rules for IOS and other software types. 'Deferred Releases' folder will show only if a product has deferral advisories for some/all images within a release for a given product and software type.
If you click on a release number, you will see all the images associated with that release name for different feature sets. You can also sort the image list based on File Name, File Size, Memory and Release Date. The default sorting on the image list is by the File Name.
IconThe icon
next to the release number indicates
that a software image(s) under that
release has received an elevated status
designation from Cisco. The program
name(s) for an image is listed under the
image name. The program name can
be clicked for specific program details.
The icon
in the breadcrumb section can be clicked
to open a legend which displays generic
descriptive information on the programs.
Links to the release notes are posted along with the software images in the Download Software area. You can easily find the release documentation at the release level pages and the image details in the Download Cart. These are some examples of release documentation published in the Download Software area.
You are required to accept the below Download Agreement before you download any software on the Cisco website.
Download Manager is a java based applet software download solution. It requires Java minimum version 1.4.2_xx. Click here to verify Java is working on your computer.
This download option allows you to monitor, pause/resume or cancel the software downloads. You can provide a destination location once for all images instead of having to select the location for each file. Once you provide a destination folder for all your images the downloads will start. You will be able to view the details of the image being downloaded in the Current Download section. The Download Status section shows the status for all the images being downloaded. Any images that are not downloaded continue to remain in the Download Cart. Download Manager allows you to monitor, pause/resume or cancel the software downloads.
Once you provide the destination folder, the download process will start. You will be able to view the details of the image being downloaded in the 'Current Download' section. The 'Download Status' section shows the status for all the images being downloaded.
Once the download process is complete, the Download Manager will show the overall download summary and the download status for each software file.
To ensure you can download using the Download Manager, please verify the settings on your computer using the following steps –
1. Clear your browser cache and close all the browser windows
2. Ensure you have java version 1.4.2_xx or higher installed on your computer. Click here to verify Java is working on your computer
3. Ensure that your browser security settings are set to Medium
4. If you get a Java security warning for a security certificate from Cisco, please click on Run to proceed. If you want to accept this as trusted content every time, check the box next to Always trust content from this publisher before selecting Run.
5. In the Control Panel, you should see the Java icon for the Java Plug-In. Please clear the cache in the Java Plug-In window
6. In the Control Panel, make sure that Java is enabled in the Java Plug-In window
7. Ensure that the Java Runtime Engine (JRE) is enabled in your browser
The Non Java Download Option allows you to download software without the java requirement. In this option, all the images placed in your Download Cart will be displayed and you can select each one for individual download after selecting a destination location. Once you select this option, all images are removed from the Download Cart.
Important Notifications and Advisories
When you navigate to your product within the Download Software area, you find all the security advisories and other important notifications related to that product. These are some sample illustrations:
Cisco IOS Product Lifecycle Dates & Milestones
The Cisco IOS® Software release product lifecycle establishes the policies and milestones for Cisco IOS Software releases. These policies and milestones facilitate the Cisco IOS Software release selection process for deploying technologies during the supported software product lifespan, and provide migration path options for a proactive and streamlined software upgrade before a release reaches end of software maintenance. Learn more
We welcome your comments and suggestions to help us improve your software download experience on the Cisco website. You can provide feedback with the Feedback Form during the download process.
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