Introduction

These release notes support the Cisco Rugged series and Embedded Routers running IOS XE 17.6.3. These routers include the IR1101, IR1800, IR8140, and the ESR6300 as presented below.

These release notes are updated to describe new features, limitations, troubleshooting, recommended configurations, caveats, and provide information on how to obtain support and documentation.


Note


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Cisco Catalyst IR1101 Rugged Series Router

The Cisco Catalyst IR1101 Rugged Series Router is a next generation modular industrial router which has a base module with additional Pluggable Modules that can be added. The Pluggable Module provides the flexibility of adding different interfaces to the IR1101 platform, for example, a cellular module.

The IR1101 also has an Expansion Module that adds key capabilities to the IR1101, such as mSATA SSD FRU, Ethernet SFP port, and Digital GPIO connections. It also makes the IR1101 dual LTE capable, with one module in the base and the other in the expansion module.


Note


The IR-1100-SP Expansion Module is the same as the IR-1100-SPMI module, without the Digital I/O and mSATA components.

Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Router

The Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Router is a modular industrial router. The IR1800 series has four Base platforms with additional Pluggable Modules that can be added. The Pluggable Modules provide the flexibility of adding different interfaces to the base platform.

The IR1800 series features a Base Platform with modularity that includes:

  • Pluggable Interface Module (PIM)

  • mSATA Module (SSDM)

  • GPS Module

  • Wi-Fi Module (in a future release)

The IR1800 series consists of four base platforms. They are:

  • IR1821

  • IR1831

  • IR1833

  • IR1835

Table 1. Differences in IR1800 SKU Features

Feature

IR1821

IR1831

IR1833

IR1835

Processor Frequency

600 MHz

600 MHz

600 MHz

1200 MHz

DDR Memory

4GB

4GB

4GB

8GB

Flash Storage

4GB

4GB

4GB

8GB

PIM Slot

1

2

2

2

Wi-Fi Pluggable Module Slot

1

1

1

1

PoE

No

No

Yes

Yes

SSD Module Slot

No

No

Yes

Yes

GPS FRU Module Slot

No

No

Yes

Yes

Digital I/O

No

No

No

Yes

Asynchronous Serial Interface

(1) RS232 DTE

(1) RS232 DTE

(1) RS232 DCE

(1) RS232 DTE

(1) RS232 DCE

(1) RS232 DTE

(1) RS232 DCE/RS485

Cisco Catalyst IR8140 Heavy Duty Series Router

The Cisco Catalyst IR8140 Heavy Duty Series Router (IR8140H), is the next generation modular IP 66/67 Industrial Router for outdoor use.

There are two IR8140H models:

  • IR8140H-P-K9 (With PoE PSE)

  • IR8140H-K9 (Without PoE PSE)

The IR8140H Series features 4 external module slots plus two onboard WAN ports and supports the following:

  • 60W PSU

  • GPS onboard receiver

  • 900MHz WPAN – OFDM/FSK

  • 4G/LTE IRMH modules

  • mSATA module

  • 1x 1Gbe SFP WAN

  • 1x 1Gbe Cu WAN

  • PoE (15W) – Supported only on the IR8140H-P-K9 PID

  • 12VDC_OUT port (Only available when PoE is not in use)

  • Battery Backup Units (BBUs) – Up to 3

  • 2x Alarm ports (Digital IO)

Cisco ESR6300 Embedded Series Router

The ESR6300 is a small form factor embedded router module with a board size of 3.0" x 3.775"(76.2mm x 95.885mm). The more compact design simplifies integration, and offers system integrators the ability to use the Cisco ESR 6300 in a wide variety of embedded applications. The ESR module is available with a Cisco-designed cooling plate customized to the ESR, as well as without the cooling plate for system integrators who want to design their own custom thermal solution.

There are two ESR 6300 SKUs:

  • ESR-6300-NCP-K9: Embedded Router Board without a cooling plate. (NCP = No Cooling Plate)

  • ESR-6300-CON-K9: Embedded Router Board without a cooling plate. (NCP = No Cooling Plate)

Both of the SKUs offer the following Ports/Module Interfaces:

  • 4 GE LAN ports

  • 2 combo GE WAN ports

  • 1 USB 3.0 port

  • 1 mSATA module interface

Interface Naming Conventions

Cisco Catalyst IR1101 Rugged Series Router

Port

Naming Convention

Gigabit Ethernet combo port

Gigabitethernet 0/0/0

Gigabit Ethernet SFP port on Expansion Module

Gigabitethernet 0/0/5

Fast Ethernet ports

Fastethernet 0/0/1-0/0/4

Cellular Interface on IR1101 Base

Cellular 0/1/0 and Cellular 0/1/1

Cellular Interface on Expansion Module

Cellular 0/3/0 and Cellular 0/3/1

Asynchronous Serial Interface

Async 0/2/0

USB

usbflash0:

mSATA

msata

IR1101 Base Unit Alarm input

alarm contact 0

GPIO on Expansion Module

alarm contact 1-4

Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Router

Port

Naming Convention

Gigabit Ethernet combo port

Gigabitethernet 0/0/0

Gigabit Ethernet ports

GigabitEthernet 0/1/0-0/1/3

Cellular Interface

Cellular 0/4/0

Cellular 0/4/1

Cellular 0/5/0

Cellular 0/5/1

Asynchronous Serial Interface

Async 0/2/0

Async 0/2/1 (When the base platform supports two async serial interfaces)

USB

usbflash0:

mSATA

msata

GPIO

alarm contact 1-4

Cisco Catalyst IR8140 Heavy Duty Series Router

Port

Naming Convention

Gigabit Ethernet ports

Gigabitethernet 0/0/0

GigabitEtherne t0/0/1

Cellular Interface

Cellular 0/4/0

Cellular 0/4/1

Cellular 0/5/0

Cellular 0/5/1

SSD

msata

WPAN

Wpan 0/1/0

Wpan 0/2/0

Digital IO

alarm contact 1-2

Cisco ESR6300 Embedded Series Router

Port

Naming Convention

Gigabit Ethernet combo port WAN/Layer3

Gigabitethernet 0/0/0

GigabitEthernet 0/0/1

Gigabit Ethernet LAN/Layer 2 ports

GigabitEthernet 0/1/0

GigabitEthernet 0/1/1

GigabitEthernet 0/1/2

GigabitEthernet 0/1/3

USB Port

usbflash0: (IOS and rommon)

Console Port

Line console 0

Software Images for IoT Routers


Note


You must have a Cisco.com account to download the software.

Cisco IOS XE Release 17.6.3 includes the following Cisco images:

Table 2. Software Images 17.6.3

Router

Image Type

Filename

IR1101

Universal

ir1101-universalk9.17.06.03.SPA.bin

NPE

ir1101-universal9_npe.17.06.03.SPA.bin

IR1800

Universal

IR1800-universalk9.17.06.03.SPA.bin

NPE

IR1800-universal9_npe.17.06.03.SPA.bin

IR8140

Universal

IR8100-universalk9.17.06.03a.SPA.bin

NPE

IR8100-universal9_npe.17.06.03a.SPA.bin

ESR6300

Universal

c6300-universalk9.17.06.03.SPA.bin

The latest software downloads for the Routers can be found at:

https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286323433

Click on the link to your device to take you to the specific software you are looking for.

New Features in Cisco IOS XE 17.6.3

This release does not contain any new features. It is maintenance only.

Related Documentation

Cisco Catalyst IR1101 Rugged Series Router

IR1101 documentation landing page.

Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Router

IR1800 documentation landing page.

Cisco Catalyst IR8140 Heavy Duty Series Router

IR8100 documentation landing page.

Cisco ESR6300 Embedded Series Router

ESR6300 documentation landing page.

Product Independent Documentation

Cisco Industrial Routers and Industrial Wireless Access Points Antenna Guide

Cisco IOS XE 17.x

Cisco SD-WAN

Cisco IoT Field Network Director

Cisco Industrial Network Director

Known Limitations

Smart Licensing Using Policy

Starting with Cisco IOS XE 17.6.1, with the introduction of Smart Licensing Using Policy, even if you configure a hostname for a product instance or device, only the Unique Device Identifier (UDI) is displayed. This change in the display can be observed in all licensing utilities and user interfaces where the hostname was displayed in earlier releases. It does not affect any licensing functionality. There is no workaround for this limitation.

The licensing utilities and user interfaces that are affected by this limitation include only the following: Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM), Cisco Smart License Utility (CSLU), and Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM On-Prem).

Standalone MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) Limitation

Standalone MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) is an authentication method that grants network access to specific MAC addresses regardless of 802.1X capability or credentials.

There are two defects associated with this functionality, CSCwa33567 and CSCwb23372.

Refer to the following table for details:

Table 3.

CDET

Details

Release Affected

Release Fixed

CSCwa33567

MAB/Dot1x may not work if the global type-6 encryption setting is enabled.

If users still want to use MAB/Dot1x, they should disable the type-6 encryption and enable type-7 encryption.

17.4.X

17.5.X

17.6.1

17.6.2

17.7.1

17.3.5

Fixed in these future releases:

17.6.3

17.7.2

17.8.1

CSCwb23372

dACL and device-tracking features are not supported on the IR1101 and ESR6300 due to a hardware limitation. dACL is supported on the IR1800 series.

Therefore, features such as MAB and Dot1x should not be used with the optional dACL/device-tracking enabled.

Note

 
Occurs in all releases.

Hardware limitation, no software fix available.

Caveats

Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS XE releases. Caveats listed as open in a prior release are carried forward to the next release as either open or resolved.

Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.3

Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS XE releases. Caveats listed as open in a prior release are carried forward to the next release as either open or resolved.

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Open Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.3

To view the details of a caveat, click on the identifier.

Identifier

Description

Platform

CSCwa70987

TAC/LAC not showed in the output of the show cellular network command

wwan-4g

CSCvz25544

DSL controller mode : 'line-mode single-wire line 0' extra line added.

IR1101

CSCvy63965

VDSL config commit fails due to 'line-mode single-wire line 0'

IR1101

CSCwa33567

No radius packets sent from the router while using type 6 password encrytption.

Note

 
See the Known Limitations section for additional details.

IR1101

ESR6300

Resolved Caveats in Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.6.3

There are no resolved caveats to list with this release.

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