Table of Contents

Product Overview
Key Features and Benefits

Conventions

Specifications
Ordering Information
Configuration Worksheets

Cisco IOS Release 11.2 Feature Sets

Product Overview

The table below provides a matrix of the feature set organization and lists which feature sets are available on the various hardware platforms.

Cisco IOS images with 56-bit DES are possibly subject to export and/or import controls and may have a limited distribution. For more information, contact your sales representative or distributor, or visit CCO at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/encrypt.html or send e-mail to export@cisco.com

For the Cisco 1600 series and Cisco 3600 series, Cisco IOS Release 11.2(5) P is required for Release 11.2 orders.

Basic images for the Cisco 7000 series, 7500 series, and 7200 series include additional functionality not found in the basic feature sets offered on the other hardware platforms.

Both Versatile Interface Processor (VIP) and non-VIP options are available.

Encryption is supported on the Cisco 7000 series routers with the RSP7000 option only.

APPN is not supported on the AccessPro PC cards or AS5100 access servers.

Frame Relay traffic shaping is not available in Cisco IOS Release 11.2.1. This feature will be available in a subsequent maintenance release of Cisco IOS Release 11.2.

Interdomain routing is automatically included with all Cisco 7000 series RPs with 16 MB RAM. However, this option is appropriate for all other Cisco 7000, 7200, and 7500 series system processors.

Tag Switching is available for the 7000 RPS, Cisco 7500 and 7200 series routers.

BGP4 includes soft configuration, multipath support, and prefix filtering with inbound route maps.

Cisco 7200 series only.

Cisco 7000 series and 7500 series only.

CIP orders must include one or both of the licenses.

Key Features and Benefits

The following tables list the features contained in each Feature Sets by platform.

Conventions

The tables use the following conventions to identify features:

• X: The feature is offered in the basic feature set.

• -: The feature is not offered in the feature set.

• Plus: The feature is offered only in the plus feature sets, not in the basic feature set.

• Encrypt: For the Cisco 7500 series, the feature is offered only in the encryption feature sets (Encryption 40, Plus 40, Encryption 56, or Plus 56), not in the basic feature set.

Encryption is not available on the Cisco AS5200 and Cisco 7200 series platforms.

IP/IPX/IBM/APPN has no additional options. It offers a low-end APPN solution for this set of hardware platforms. This feature set is not available for AccessPro PC cards or AS5100 access servers.

Enterprise is available with APPN in a separate feature set. Use the product numbers that specify APPN. In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, APPN includes APPN Central Registration (CRR) and APPN over DLSw+. APPN is not available with AccessPro PC card feature sets.

AppleTalk load balancing is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases.

IRB supports IP, IPX, and AppleTalk; it is supported for transparent bridging, but not for SRB; it is supported on all media-type interfaces except X.25 and ISDN bridged interfaces; and IRB and concurrent routing and bridging (CRB) cannot operate at the same time.

In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, the Novell IPX feature includes display SAP by name, IPX Access Control List violation logging, and plain-English IPX access lists.

In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, translational bridging is fast switched by default but can be disabled.

ATM LAN Emulation for Banyan VINES is only supported in Enterprise.

Frame Relay traffic shaping is not available in Cisco IOS Release 11.2.1. This feature will be available in a subsequent maintenance release of Cisco IOS Release 11.2.

ISDN support includes calling line identification (ANI), X.25 over the B channel, ISDN subaddressing, and applicable WAN optimization features.

PPP includes support for LAN protocols supported by the feature set, address negotiation, PAP and CHAP authentication, and PPP compression. Multilink PPP is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(4) and later releases.

X.25 includes X.25 switching.

IPX header compression (RFC 1553) is available in the feature sets that support IPX in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(1) and later releases.

X.25 and Frame Relay payload compression are supported in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(4) and later releases.

BGP4 includes soft configuration, multipath support, and prefix filtering with inbound route maps.

RED and RSVP are supported in IP/IPX/IBM/APPN for the Cisco 4000, 4500, and, 4700 only.

Automatic modem configuration is available for all features sets in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(2) and later releases. For the Enterprise feature set, automatic modem configuration is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(1) and later releases.

The RMON events and alarms groups are supported on all interfaces in Cisco IOS Release 11.1 and later releases. Separate enhanced RMON feature sets are also available with Cisco IOS Release 11.1. In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, RMON full is available with the plus feature sets.

MAC security for hubs is applicable to the following Cisco 2500 series Ethernet hub models: Cisco 2505, Cisco 2507, and Cisco 2516.

For more details, see the description of data encryption options in the section "Cisco IOS Release 11.2 Feature Sets" earlier in this chapter.

In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, TACACS+ Single Connection and TACACS+ SENDAUTH enhancements are supported.

QLLC and Bisync are available in IP/IBM in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(3) and later releases, and in IP/IPX/IBM and Desktop/IBM base in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(2) and later releases.

With Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, SRB/RSRB is fast switched. This enhancement is on by default, but can be disabled.

Supported on access severs (with limited support on router auxiliary ports).

The Cisco 4000, Cisco 4500, and Cisco 4700 products do not support ARAP 1.0/2.0.

NASI is supported in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(2) and later releases.

IP/IPX/IBM/APPN has no additional options. It offers a low-end APPN solution for this set of hardware platforms. This feature set is not available for AccessPro PC cards or AS5100 access servers.

Enterprise is available with APPN in a separate feature set. Use the product numbers that specify APPN. In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, APPN includes APPN Central Registration (CRR) and APPN over DLSw+. APPN is not available with AccessPro PC card feature sets.

AppleTalk load balancing is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases.

IRB supports IP, IPX, and AppleTalk; it is supported for transparent bridging, but not for SRB; it is supported on all media-type interfaces except X.25 and ISDN bridged interfaces; and IRB and concurrent routing and bridging (CRB) cannot operate at the same time.

In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, the Novell IPX feature includes display SAP by name, IPX Access Control List violation logging, and plain-English IPX access lists.

In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, translational bridging is fast switched by default but can be disabled.

ATM LAN Emulation for Banyan VINES is only supported in Enterprise.

Frame Relay traffic shaping is not available in Cisco IOS Release 11.2.1. This feature will be available in a subsequent maintenance release of Cisco IOS Release 11.2.

ISDN support includes calling line identification (ANI), X.25 over the B channel, ISDN subaddressing, and applicable WAN optimization features.

PPP includes support for LAN protocols supported by the feature set, address negotiation, PAP and CHAP authentication, and PPP compression. Multilink PPP is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(4) and later releases.

X.25 includes X.25 switching.

IPX header compression (RFC 1553) is available in the feature sets that support IPX in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(1) and later releases.

X.25 and Frame Relay payload compression are supported in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(4) and later releases.

BGP4 includes soft configuration, multipath support, and prefix filtering with inbound route maps.

RED and RSVP are supported in IP/IPX/IBM/APPN for the Cisco 4000, 4500, and, 4700 only.

Automatic modem configuration is available for all features sets in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(2) and later releases. For the Enterprise feature set, automatic modem configuration is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(1) and later releases.

The RMON events and alarms groups are supported on all interfaces in Cisco IOS Release 11.1 and later releases. In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, RMON full is available with the plus feature sets.

MAC security for hubs is applicable to the following Cisco 2500 series Ethernet hub models: Cisco 2505, Cisco 2507, and Cisco 2516.

For more details, see the description of data encryption options in the section "Cisco IOS Release 11.2 Feature Sets" earlier in this chapter.

In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, TACACS+ Single Connection and TACACS+ SENDAUTH enhancements are supported.

QLLC and Bisync are available in IP/IBM in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(3) and later releases, and in IP/IPX/IBM and Desktop/IBM base in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(2) and later releases.

With Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, SRB/RSRB is fast switched. This enhancement is on by default, but can be disabled.

Supported on access severs (with limited support on router auxiliary ports).

The Cisco 4000, Cisco 4500, and Cisco 4700 products do not support ARAP 1.0/2.0.

NASI is supported in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(2) and later releases.

Cisco IOS Release 11.0(5) LAN FRAD software is available with the following models: 2501LF, 2502LF, 2520LF, 2521LF, 2522LF, and 2523LF.

AppleTalk load balancing is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases.

IRB supports IP, IPX, and AppleTalk; it is supported for transparent bridging, but not for SRB; it is supported on all media-type interfaces except X.25 and ISDN bridged interfaces; and IRB and concurrent routing and bridging (CRB) cannot operate at the same time.

In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, the Novell IPX feature includes display SAP by name, IPX Access Control List violation logging, and plain-English IPX access lists.

See the category "IBM Support" for information about source-route bridging (SRB). In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, translational bridging is fast switched, but this can be disabled.

Frame Relay traffic shaping is not available in Cisco IOS Release 11.2.1. This feature will be available in a subsequent maintenance release of Cisco IOS Release 11.2.

ISDN support includes calling line identification (ANI), X.25 over the B channel, ISDN subaddressing, and applicable WAN optimization features.

PPP includes support for LAN protocols supported by the feature set, address negotiation, PAP and CHAP authentication, and PPP compression. Multilink PPP is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(4) and later releases.

X.25 includes X.25 switching.

Bandwidth-on-demand means two B-channel calls to the same destination.

IPX header compression (RFC 1553) is available in the feature sets that support IPX.

X.25 and Frame Relay payload compression.

BGP4 includes soft configuration, multipath support, and prefix filtering with inbound route maps.

With Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, you can run a software image with OSPF or enhanced IGRP; but not both.

Automatic router configuration is supported in all feature sets for Cisco IOS 11.1(2). Supported only in Enterprise for Cisco IOS 11.1(1).

The RMON events and alarms are supported on all interfaces.

Applicable to the following Cisco 2500 series Ethernet hub models: Cisco 2505, Cisco 2507, and Cisco 2516.

With Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, TACACS+ Single Connection and TACACS+ SENDAUTH enhancements are supported.

With Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, SRB is fast switched. This enhancement is on by default, but can be disabled.

Remote node and terminal services supported on access servers (with limited support on router auxiliary ports).

IPX header compression (RFC 1553) is available in the feature sets that support IPX.

AppleTalk load balancing is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases.

IRB supports IP, IPX, and AppleTalk; it is supported for transparent bridging, but not for SRB; it is supported on all media-type interfaces except X.25 and ISDN bridged interfaces; and IRB and concurrent routing and bridging (CRB) cannot operate at the same time.

In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, the Novell IPX feature includes display SAP by name, IPX Access Control List violation logging, and plain-English IPX access lists.

See the feature category "IBM Support" for information about source-route bridging (SRB).

Frame Relay traffic shaping is not available in Cisco IOS Release 11.2.1. This feature will be available in a subsequent maintenance release of Cisco IOS Release 11.2.

ISDN support includes calling line identification (ANI), X.25 over the B channel, ISDN subaddressing, and applicable WAN optimization features.

PPP includes support for LAN protocols supported by the feature set, address negotiation, PAP and CHAP authentication, PPP compression, and Multilink PPP.

X.25 includes X.25 switching.

IPX header compression (RFC 1553) is available in the feature sets that support IPX in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(1) and later releases.

X.25 and Frame Relay payload compression are supported.

BGP4 includes soft configuration, multipath support, and prefix filtering with inbound route maps.

Automatic modem configuration is available for all features sets in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(2) and later releases. For the Enterprise feature set, automatic modem configuration is available in Cisco IOS 11.1(1) and later releases.

The RMON events and alarms groups are supported on all interfaces in Cisco IOS Release 11.1 and later releases. In Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, RMON full is available with the Plus feature sets.

With Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, TACACS+ Single Connection and TACACS+ SENDAUTH enhancements are supported.

With Cisco IOS Release 11.2 and later releases, SRB/RSRB is fast switched. This enhancement is on by default, but can be disabled.

Supported on access severs (with limited support on router auxiliary ports).

IP/IPX/IBM/APPN has no additional options. It offers a low-end APPN solution for the Cisco 3600 series routers.

Cisco IOS Release 11.2(5) P is required for Release 11.2 orders.

Frame Relay traffic shaping is not available in Cisco IOS Release 11.2.1. This feature will be available in a subsequent maintenance release of Cisco IOS Release 11.2.

ISDN support includes calling line identification (ANI), X.25 over the B channel, ISDN subaddressing, and applicable WAN optimization features.

PPP includes support for LAN protocols supported by the feature set, address negotiation, PAP and CHAP authentication, and PPP compression. Multilink PPP is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(4) and later releases.

IPX header compression (RFC 1553) is available in the feature sets that support IPX in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(1) and later releases.

X.25 and Frame Relay payload compression are supported in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(4) and later releases.

Automatic modem configuration is available for all features sets in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(2) and later releases. For the Enterprise feature set, automatic modem configuration is available in Cisco IOS 11.1(1) and later releases.

The RMON events and alarms groups are supported on all interfaces in Cisco IOS Release 11.1 and later releases. Enhanced RMON feature sets are also available.

"Optional" means a separate Cisco IOS feature set with the IBM base option: IP/IBM base, IP/IPX/IBM base, Desktop/IBM base.

"Optional" means separate Cisco IOS feature sets: IP/IPX/IBM base/APPN and Enterprise/APPN.

Bisync and QLLC are available in IP/IBM in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(3) and later releases, and in IP/IPX/IBM base and Desktop/IBM base in Cisco IOS Release 11.0(2) and later releases.

NASI is supported in Cisco IOS Release 11.1(2) and later releases.