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Router Products Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 10.3

Router Products Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 10.3

September 10, 1997

These release notes describe the features, modifications, and caveats for Cisco IOS Release 10.3, up to and including Release 10.3(19a). They include all routing and protocol translation features.

Cisco IOS releases 10.3(14) through 10.3(19a) are deemed "Generally Deployable." Cisco believes that Release 10.3 is suitable for deployment anywhere in the network where the features and functionality of this release are required.

Cisco IOS Release 10.3(19a) is the last regularly scheduled 10.3 maintenance release. The End of Engineering milestone occurs at Release 10.3(19a).

Introduction

These release notes discuss the following topics:

Documentation

For printed documentation of Cisco IOS Release 10.3 router software features, refer to the Cisco IOS Release 10.3 Router Products Configuration Guide Addendum and Router Products Command Reference Addendum. These addenda include new features introduced since Release 10.0 and supplement the information in the following manuals:

The configuration guide and command reference addenda are divided into seven main parts. Six parts match the parts in the Release 10 Router Products Configuration Guide and Router Products Command Reference. The seventh part contains chapters covering new technology areas.

Electronic documentation of Release 10.3 router software features is available on the Documentation CD-ROM. Refer to the Release 10.3 Router Products Configuration Guide and Router Products Command Reference publications, which are located in the Cisco IOS Release 10.3 database. (Note that the two addenda are not separate documents on CD because the information in them has been incorporated into the electronic documents.)

For printed protocol translation documentation, refer to the Release 10.3 Protocol Translation Configuration Guide and Command Reference publication. On CD, refer to the Release 10.3 Protocol Translation Configuration Guide and Command Reference publication in the Cisco IOS Release 10.3 database.

You can also access Cisco technical documentation on the World Wide Web at http://www.cisco.com, http://www-china.cisco.com, or http://www-europe.cisco.com.

Platform Support

Cisco IOS Release 10.3 supports the following router platforms:

Table 1 summarizes the LAN interfaces supported on each platform. Table 2 summarizes the WAN data rates and interfaces supported on each platform.


Table 1: LAN Interfaces Supported by Router Platforms
Interface Cisco 7000, 7500 Series Cisco 4000 Series Cisco 3000 Series1 Cisco 2500 Series2 Cisco 1000
Series Routers
Cisco 1000 LAN Extender Access-
Pro
PC Card
AGS+ MGS CGS

Ethernet (AUI)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ethernet (10BaseT)

No

Yes

No

Yes (2505 and 2507 only)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Fast Ethernet (100BaseTX)

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

4-Mbps Token Ring

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

16-Mbps Token Ring

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

FDDI DAS

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

FDDI SAS

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

FDDI multimode

Yes

Yes (DAS/
SAS)

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

FDDI single-mode

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

ATM Interface Processor (AIP)

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Channel Interface Processor (CIP)

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Second-generation Channel Interface Processor (CIP2)3

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

MultiChannel Interface Processor (MIP)

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

1Except the Cisco 3202.
2Except the Cisco 2520 through Cisco 2525.
3In the Cisco 7000 series routers (Cisco 7000 and Cisco 7010), these interfaces require the 7000 series Route Switch Processor (RSP7000) and the 7000 series chassis interface (RSP7000CI).

Table 2:
WAN Data Rates and Interfaces Supported by Router Platforms
Cisco 7000, 7500 Series Cisco 4000 Series Cisco 3000 Series1 Cisco 2500 Series2 Cisco 1000
Series
Routers3
Cisco 1000 LAN Extender Access-Pro
PC Card
AGS+ MGS CGS
Data Rate

48/56/64 kbps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

1.544/2.048 Mbps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

34/45/52 Mbps

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

Interface

EIA/TIA-232

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

X.21

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

V.35

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EIA/TIA-449

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

EIA-530

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

EIA/TIA -613 (HSSI)

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

ISDN BRI

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

ISDN PRI

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

G.703/G.704

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

1Except the Cisco 3202.
2Except the Cisco 2520 through Cisco 2525.
3Except the Cisco 1005.

Cisco IOS Software Packaging

The Cisco IOS software is available in different packages depending upon the platform.


Table 3: Cisco 7000 Series, Cisco 7500 Series, AGS+, MGS, and CGS Software Feature Sets
Feature Feature Set
Enterprise Enterprise/CIP2 Source Route Switch1

SNMP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Asynchronous support (SLIP)

Yes

Yes

Frame Relay

Yes

Yes

SMDS

Yes

Yes

X.25

Yes

Yes

ISDN

Yes

Yes

PPP

Yes

Yes

HDLC

Yes

Yes

IP

Yes

Yes

Yes (host only)

RIP

Yes

Yes

IGRP

Yes

Yes

Enhanced IGRP

Yes

Yes

OSPF

Yes

Yes

BGP

Yes

Yes

EGP

Yes

Yes

PIM

Yes

Yes

NHRP

Yes

Yes

ES-IS

Yes

Yes

IS-IS

Yes

Yes

Snapshot routing

Yes

Yes

NTP

Yes

Yes

Transparent bridging

Yes

Yes

Yes

Translational bridging

Yes

Yes

Multiring

Yes

Yes

LAN extension host

Yes

Yes

IPX

Yes

Yes

NLSP

Yes

Yes

IPXWAN 2.0

Yes

Yes

AppleTalk Versions 1 and 2

Yes

Yes

AURP

Yes

Yes

DECnet IV, V

Yes

Yes

Apollo Domain

Yes

Yes

Banyan VINES

Yes

Yes

ISO CLNS

Yes

Yes

XNS

Yes

Yes

Source-route bridging

Yes

Yes

Yes

Remote source-route bridging

Yes

Yes

DLSw+

Yes

Yes

SDLC

Yes

Yes

SDLLC

Yes

Yes

STUN

Yes

Yes

TG/COS

Yes

Yes

QLLC

Yes

Yes

DSPU

Yes

Yes

Telnet

Yes

Yes

AutoInstall

Yes

Yes

DHCP

Yes

Yes

1The Source Route Switch applies to the Cisco 7000 and Cisco 7010 only, not to the AGS+, MGS, or CGS.
 

Table 4:
Cisco 1003 and Cisco 1004 ISDN Router Software Feature Sets
Feature Feature Set
IP IP/IPX/AT

SNMP

Yes

Yes

Asynchronous support (SLIP)

ARA

Frame Relay (RFC 1490)

SMDS

X.25

ISDN

Yes

Yes

PPP

Yes

Yes

HDLC

Yes

Yes

IP

Yes

Yes

RIP

Yes

Yes

IGRP

Yes

Yes

Enhanced IGRP

Yes

Yes

OSPF

BGP

EGP

PIM

NHRP

ES-IS

IS-IS

Snapshot routing

Yes

Yes

NTP

Transparent bridging

Yes

Yes

Multiring

LAN extension host

IPX

Yes

NLSP

IPXWAN 2.0

Yes

AppleTalk Versions 1 and 2

Yes

AURP

DECnet IV

DECnet V

Apollo Domain

Banyan VINES

ISO CLNS

XNS

Source-route bridging/
remote source-route bridging

DLSw+

SDLC

SDLLC

STUN

TG/COS

QLLC

DSPU

Protocol translation

TN3270

LAT

XRemote

Telnet

Yes

Yes

AutoInstall

DHCP


Table 5:
Cisco 1005 Router Software Feature Sets
Feature Feature Set
IP IP/IPX/AT IP/IPX/AT/X.25

SNMP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Asynchronous support (SLIP)

ARA

Frame Relay (RFC 1490)

Yes

Yes

SMDS

Yes

Yes

X.25

Yes

Yes

ISDN

PPP

Yes

Yes

HDLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

IP

Yes

Yes

Yes

RIP

Yes

Yes

Yes

IGRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Enhanced IGRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

OSPF

BGP

EGP

PIM

NHRP

ES-IS

IS-IS

Snapshot routing

Yes

Yes

NTP

Transparent bridging

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multiring

LAN extension host

IPX

Yes

Yes

NLSP

IPXWAN 2.0

Yes

Yes

AppleTalk Versions 1 and 2

Yes

Yes

AURP

DECnet IV

DECnet V

Apollo Domain

Banyan VINES

ISO CLNS

XNS

Source-route bridging/
remote source-route bridging

DLSw+

SDLC

SDLLC

STUN

TG/COS

QLLC

DSPU

Protocol translation

TN3270

LAT

XRemote

Telnet

Yes

Yes

Yes

AutoInstall

Yes

Yes

Yes

DHCP


Table 6:
Cisco 2500 Series and AccessPro PC Card Software Feature Sets
Feature Feature Set
IP IP/IBM Base IP/IPX IP/IPX/
IBM Base
Desktop Desktop/
IBM Base
Enterprise CFRAD ISDN

SNMP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Asynchronous support (SLIP)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ARA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Frame Relay (RFC 1490)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SMDS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

X.25

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ISDN

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PPP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HDLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RIP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IGRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Enhanced IGRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OSPF

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

BGP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EGP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PIM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NHRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ES-IS

Yes

IS-IS

Yes

Snapshot routing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NTP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Transparent and translational bridging

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multiring

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LAN extension host

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IPX

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NLSP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IPXWAN 2.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AppleTalk Versions 1 and 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AURP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DECnet IV

Yes

Yes

Yes

DECnet V

Yes

Apollo Domain

Yes

Banyan VINES

Yes

ISO CLNS

Yes

XNS

Yes

SRB

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RSRB

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DLSw (RFC 1795)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DLSw+

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SDLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SDLLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

STUN

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

TG/COS

Yes

QLLC

Yes

DSPU

Yes

Protocol translation

Yes

TN3270

Yes

LAT

Yes

XRemote

Yes

Telnet

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AutoInstall

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DHCP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Table 7:
Cisco 4000 Series Software Feature Sets
Feature Feature Set
IP IP/IBM Base IP/IPX IP/IPX/
IBM Base
Desktop Desktop/
IBM Base
Enterprise

SNMP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Asynchronous support (SLIP)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ARA

Frame Relay (RFC 1490)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SMDS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

X.25

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ISDN

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PPP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HDLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RIP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IGRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Enhanced IGRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OSPF

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

BGP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EGP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PIM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NHRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ES-IS

Yes

IS-IS

Yes

Snapshot routing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NTP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Transparent and translational bridging

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multiring

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LAN extension host

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IPX

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NLSP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IPXWAN 2.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AppleTalk Versions 1 and 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

AURP

Yes

Yes

Yes

DECnet IV

Yes

Yes

Yes

DECnet V

Yes

Apollo Domain

Yes

Banyan VINES

Yes

ISO CLNS

Yes

XNS

Yes

Source-route bridging/
remote source-route bridging

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DLSw+

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SDLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SDLLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

STUN

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

TG/COS

Yes

QLLC

Yes

DSPU

Yes

Protocol translation

Yes

TN3270

Yes

LAT

Yes

XRemote

Yes

Telnet

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AutoInstall

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DHCP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Table 8:
Cisco 3000 Series Software
Feature Enterprise

SNMP

Yes

Asynchronous support (SLIP)

Yes

ARA

Yes

Frame Relay

Yes

SMDS

Yes

X.25

Yes

ISDN

Yes

PPP

Yes

HDLC

Yes

IP

Yes

RIP

Yes

IGRP

Yes

Enhanced IGRP

Yes

OSPF

Yes

BGP

Yes

EGP

Yes

PIM

Yes

NHRP

Yes

ES-IS

Yes

IS-IS

Yes

Snapshot routing

Yes

NTP

Yes

Transparent bridging

Yes

Translational bridging

Yes

Multiring

Yes

LAN extension host

Yes

IPX

Yes

NLSP

Yes

IPXWAN 2.0

Yes

AppleTalk Versions 1 and 2

Yes

AURP

Yes

DECnet

Yes

Apollo Domain

Yes

Banyan VINES

Yes

ISO CLNS

Yes

XNS

Yes

Source-route bridging

Yes

Remote source-route bridging

Yes

DLSw+

Yes

SDLC

Yes

SDLLC

Yes

STUN

Yes

TG/COS

Yes

QLLC

Yes

DSPU

Yes

AutoInstall

Yes

Telnet

Yes

Protocol translation

Yes

TN3270

Yes

LAT

Yes

XRemote

Yes

DHCP

Yes

Memory Requirements

Beginning with Cisco IOS Release 10.3, some software images exceed 4 MB and when compressed exceed 2 MB. Also, some of the systems now require more than 1 MB of main system memory for data structure tables.

For AGS+, MGS, and CGS routers to take advantage of the Release 10.3 features, they must have CSC/4 processor cards and 9.1(8)-level (or higher) system ROMs for netbooting.

For the other Cisco routers to take advantage of the Release 10.3 features, you must upgrade the code or main system memory as listed in Table 9. Some platforms have specific chip or architecture requirements that affect what can be upgraded and in what increments.


Table 9: Release 10.3 Memory Requirements
Router Required Code Memory Required Main Memory Release 10.3 Runs from
Cisco 1000 Series Routers

IP Set

2/4/8 MB optional Flash

4 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IPX/AT Set

2/4/8 MB optional Flash

4 MB RAM

RAM

Cisco 2500 Series

IP Set

4 MB Flash

2 MB RAM1

Flash

IP/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

4 MB RAM

Flash

IP/IPX Set

4 MB Flash

4 MB RAM

Flash

IP/IPX/IBM Set

8 MB Flash

4 MB RAM

Flash

Desktop Set

4 MB Flash

4 MB RAM

Flash

Desktop/IBM Set

8 MB Flash

4 MB RAM

Flash

Enterprise Set

8 MB Flash

6 MB RAM

Flash

CFRAD Set

4 MB Flash

2 MB RAM

Flash

ISDN Set

4 MB Flash

2 MB RAM

Flash

Cisco 3101,
Cisco 3102,
Cisco 3103

8 MB Flash

4 MB RAM

Flash

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

Cisco 3104,
Cisco 3204

8 MB Flash

4 MB RAM

Flash

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

Cisco 4000

IP Set

4 MB Flash

16 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

16 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IPX Set

4 MB Flash

16 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IPX/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

16 MB RAM

RAM

Desktop Set

4 MB Flash

16 MB RAM

RAM

Desktop/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

16 MB RAM

RAM

Enterprise Set

4 MB Flash

16 MB RAM

RAM

Cisco 4000-M

IP Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IPX Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IPX/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

Desktop Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

Desktop/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

Enterprise Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

Cisco 4500

IP Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

32 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IPX Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IPX/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

32 MB RAM

RAM

Desktop Set

4 MB Flash

32 MB RAM

RAM

Desktop/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

32 MB RAM

RAM

Enterprise Set

4 MB Flash

32 MB RAM

RAM

Cisco 4500-M

IP Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

16 MB RAM

RAM

IP/IPX Set

4 MB Flash

8 MB RAM2

RAM

IP/IPX/IBM Set

4 MB Flash

16 MB RAM

RAM

Desktop Set

4 MB Flash

16 MB RAM