Table of Contents

New and Changed Features

This document contains a summary of the new and changed features for the Catalyst 8540 CSR switch router for Cisco IOS Release 12.0(10)W5(18).

Table 1 lists the new and changed features in the Catalyst 8540 Chassis Installation Guide

Table 1: New and Changed Features in the Catalyst 8540 Chassis Installation Guide

Feature	Description	Chapter or Section
Redundancy	The Catalyst 8540 chassis supports fault tolerance by allowing a secondary (or redundant) route processor and switch module to take over if the primary route processor or primary switch module fails.	Chapter 1, "Product Overview," in the "Route Processors" section on page 1-3 and the "Switch Modules" section on page 1-3.

Table 2 lists the new and changed features in the Catalyst 8540 CSR Route Processor and Interface Module Installation Guide

Table 2: New and Changed Features in the Catalyst 8540 CSR Route Processor and Interface Module Installation Guide

Feature	Description	Chapter or Section
Two-port enhanced Gigabit Ethernet interface module	Two one-port enhanced Gigabit Ethernet port adapters with built-in ACL functionality and 16, 64, or 256 KB of memory available for routing tables	"Component Overview," in the "Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module" section on page 1-11 "Checking the Installation," in the "Two-Port Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module LEDs" section on page 4-8
ATM uplink with enhanced Gigabit Ethernet interface module	A one-port ATM OC-3c or OC-12c uplink port adapter with built-in ACL functionality and a one-port enhanced Gigabit Ethernet port adapter	"Component Overview," in the "ATM Uplink with Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module" section on page 1-14 Chapter 4, "Checking the Installation," in the "ATM Uplink with Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module" section on page 4-10
Packet-over-SONET uplink with enhanced Gigabit Ethernet interface module	A one-port packet-over-SONET OC-12c uplink port adapter with built-in ACL functionality and a one-port enhanced Gigabit Ethernet port adapter	"Component Overview," in the "Packet-over-SONET Uplink with Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module" section on page 1-15 "Checking the Component Installation," in the "Packet-over-SONET Uplink with Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module" section on page 4-12

Table 3 lists the new and changed features in the Layer 3 Software Feature and Configuration Guide :

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