System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 1014, IOS XR Releases 26.x.x

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System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 1014, IOS XR Releases 26.x.x

Software and firmware compatibility matrix

Updated: August 18, 2026

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Describes the FPGA and optics firmware versions that are compatible with supported NCS 1014 hardware and Cisco IOS XR software releases.

These tables provide the compatibility of FPGA firmware versions for each hardware type and supported software release.

Table 1. FPGA firmware compatibility
Hardware Type FPGA R7.11.1 R24.1.1 R24.2.11 R24.3.1 R24.4.1 R25.1.1 R25.2.1 R25.3.1 R25.4.1 R26.1.1 R26.2.1 R26.3.1
NCS1K14-2.4T-K9 CpuModFw 234.10 241.10

242.10

 243.10 244.100 252.100 252.100 253.100 254.100

261.100

 262.100 263.100
NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9 CpuModFw NA 241.10

242.10

 243.10 244.10 251.100 252.100 253.100 254.100

261.100

 262.100 263.100
NCS1K4-QXP-K9 CpuModFw NA 241.10

242.10

 243.10 244.10 251.100 252.100 253.100 254.100

261.100

 262.100 263.100
NCS1K14-CCMD-16-C CpuModFw 234.10 241.10

242.10

 243.10 244.10 251.100 252.100 253.100 254.100

261.100

 262.100 263.100
OptModFw 18.03 20.02 20.02 20.02 20.02 20.02 20.02 20.02 254.100

20.02

20.04

20.06
NCS1K14-EDFA2 CpuModFw NA NA NA NA NA 251.100 252.100 253.100 254.100

261.100

262.100

263.100
OptModFw NA NA NA NA NA 2.04 2.04 2.08 2.08

2.10

2.14

2.14

CpuModFw

 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

263.100
NCS1014 ADM-CHASSIS 0.21 0.21

0.21

 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21

0.21

0.21

0.21
IoFpga 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.19 1.19 1.19 2.26 2.26 1.19

2.26

2.28

2.28
IoFpgaGolden 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05

1.05

1.05

1.05
SsdIntelSC2KB 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.30

1.30

1.30

1.30
Table 2. FPGA firmware compatibility for NCS1K4-AC-PSU-2 power supply unit
FPGA R7.11.1 R24.1.1 R24.2.11 R24.3.1 R24.4.1 R25.1.1 R25.2.1 R25.3.1 R25.4.1 R26.1.1 R26.2.1 R26.3.1
PO-PriMCU 1.03 1.03

1.01

 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03
PO-SecMCU 1.05 1.05

1.01

 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.05
Table 3. FPGA firmware compatibility for NCS1K14-CNTLR-K9 controller card
FPGA R7.11.1 R24.1.1 R24.2.11 R24.3.1 R24.4.1 R25.1.1 R25.2.1 R25.3.1 R25.4.1 R26.1.1 R26.2.1 R26.3.1
ADM-DB 2.10 2.10

2.10

 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10
ADM-MB 2.30 2.30

2.30

 2.30 2.30 2.30 2.30 2.10 2.30 2.30 2.30 2.30
BIOS 4.70

4.80

 4.80 4.80 4.80 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.80 6.10 6.10 6.20
BIOS-Golden 4.50 4.50

1.72

 4.50 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.70
CpuFpga 1.09 1.09

1.09

 1.17 1.17 1.17 1.17 1.17 1.17 1.17 1.17 1.17
CpuFpgaGolden 1.03 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.09
SsdMicron5300 0.01 0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

 0.01 0.01 0.01 1.01 1.01
TamFw 9.04 9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04
TamFwGolden 9.04 9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04

9.04
Table 4. Optics firmware compatibility
Hardware type FPGA R26.1.1 R26.3.1

NCS1K14-2.4T-X-K9 (CIM8-C-K9)

 OpticsFw_Port_0 80.14014

80.15016

NCS1K14-2.4TAL-K9 (CIM8-LE-K9)

 80.14014

80.15016

NCS1K14-2.4T-K9 ( CIM8-CE-K9)

 80.14014

80.15016

NCS1K4-QXP-K9 (QDD-400G-ZRP-S)

 61.2416

61.2416

NCS1K4-QXP-K9 (DP04QSDD-E26-28B)

 OpticsFw_Port_8 71.12008 71.12008

NCS1K4-QXP-K9 (DP04QSDD-HE0)

 OpticsFw_Port_14 70.12014 70.12014

NCS1K4-QXP-K9 (DP04QSDD-HK9)

 OpticsFw_Port_2 70.13011 70.13011

NCS1K14-EDFA2 (ONS-QSFP-OTDR)

 OpticsFw_Port_6

1.02

1.02

NCS1K4-QXP-K9 (DP04QSDD-HK9)

 OpticsFw_Port_2

70.13021

70.13021

NCS1K4-2.4T-X-K9 (ONS-QSFP-PSM2)

OpticsFw_Port_0

—

1.11

NCS1K4-QXP-K9 (ONS-QSFP-PSM2)

OpticsFw_Port_4

—

1.11

NCS1K4-2.4T-K9 (ONS-QSFP-PSM2)

OpticsFw_Port_4

—

1.11

NCS1K14-OXP2-K9 (DP08SFP8-ZRB-A2)

OpticsFw_Port_0

—

10.4015

NCS1K14-EDFA2 ( DP04QSDD-E30-441)

OpticsFw_Port_7

—

61.1520