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November 15, 1999
These release notes for the Cisco 3600 series routers support Cisco IOS Release 12.0 XH2, up to and including Release 12.0(4)XH2. These release notes are updated as needed to describe new features, memory requirements, hardware support, software platform deferrals, and changes to the microcode or modem code and related documents.
For a list of the software caveats that apply to Release 12.0(4)XH2, see the "Caveats" section and . The caveats document is updated for every maintenance release and is located on Cisco Connection Online (CCO) and the Documentation CD-ROM.
Use these release notes with Cross-Platform Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 12.0 on CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM.
These release notes describe the following topics:
The Cisco 3600 series includes the Cisco 3620 and Cisco 3640 routers. As modular solutions, the Cisco 3620 and Cisco 3640 enable corporations to increase dial-up intensity and take advantage of current and emerging WAN technologies and networking capabilities. The Cisco 3600 series routers are fully supported by Cisco IOS software, which includes dial-up connectivity, LAN-to-LAN routing, data and access security, WAN optimization, and multimedia features.
This section describes the system requirements for Release 12.0(4)XH2 and includes the following sections:
| Feature Set by Platform | Image Name | Required Flash Memory | Required DRAM Memory | Runs from | |
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| Cisco 3620 | IP/H.323, Gatekeeper, Proxy | c3620-ix-mz | 8 MB | 32 MB | RAM |
Enterprise Plus IPSec 56 | c3620-js56i-mz | 16 MB | 48 MB | RAM | |
| Cisco 3640 | IP/H.323, Gatekeeper, Proxy | c3640-ix-mz | 8 MB | 32 MB | RAM |
Enterprise Plus | c3640-js-mz | 16 MB | 48 MB | RAM | |
Enterprise Plus IPSec 56 | c3640-js56i-mz | 16 MB | 48 MB | RAM | |
Cisco IOS Release 12.0(4)XH2 supports the Cisco 3600 series routers:
| Interface, Network Module, or Data Rate | Platforms Supported | |
|---|---|---|
| Dial Access Network Modules | 16- and 32-port Asynchronous network module | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series |
6- to 30-port Integrated Digital Modems network module | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
8- or 16-port Integrated Analog network module | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
| LAN Interfaces | 1- and 4-port Ethernet (AUI and 10BaseT) | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series |
1-port Fast Ethernet (100BaseTX and 100BaseFX) | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
| Mixed Media Network Modules | 1-port 10/100BaseTX with 1-port Channelized/PRI E1 balanced mode | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series |
1-port 10/100BaseTX with 1-port Channelized/PRI E1 unbalanced mode | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
1-port 10/100BaseTX with 1-port Channelized/PRI T1 | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
1-port 10/100BaseTX with 1-port Channelized/PRI T1 with CSU | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
1-port 10/100BaseTX with 2-port Channelized/PRI E1 balanced mode | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
1-port 10/100BaseTX with 2-port Channelized/PRI E1 unbalanced mode | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
1-port 10/100BaseTX with 2-port Channelized/PRI T1 | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
1-port 10/100BaseTX with 2-port Channelized/PRI T1 with CSU | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
1 Ethernet and 2 WAN card slots | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
1 Ethernet, 1 Token Ring, and 2 WAN card slots | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
2 Ethernet and 2 WAN card slots | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
| Voice/Fax Interfaces and Network Modules1 | 1- and 2-port Voice/Fax network module | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series with Voice/Fax network module |
2-port E&M Voice interface card | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
2-port FXO Voice interface card | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series with Voice/Fax network module | |
2-port FXS Voice interface card | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series with Voice/Fax network module | |
2-port BRI Voice interface card | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series with Voice/Fax network module | |
| WAN Data Rates | 48/56/64 kbps | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series |
1.544/2.048 Mbps | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
Up to 8 Mbps on 4-port Serial network module | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
52 Mbps max using High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) network module | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
155 Mbps on ATM OC3 network modules | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
| WAN Interfaces and Network Modules | 1- and 2-port Channelized T1 and E1 network module | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series |
1-port ATM-25 network modules2 | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
1-port BRI with NT or S/T WAN interface card | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
1-port High Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) network module | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
4- and 8-port BRI network module with NT1 | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
4- and 8-port BRI network module with S/T interface | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
4- and 8-port Synchronous/Asynchronous | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
4-port Serial | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
56/64 kbps DSU/CSU | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
T1 WAN interface card | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
T1 with Integrated DSU/CSU | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
ATM OC3 network module with multimode fiber and OC3 uplink port | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
ATM OC3 network module with single-mode intermediate reach fiber and OC3 uplink port (VPD) | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
ATM OC3 network module with single-mode long reach fiber and OC3 uplink port | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series | |
| Other Network Modules | Compression network module | Cisco 3620 and 3640 series |
| 1The Voice/Fax network modules require Cisco IOS Plus feature sets. 2The ATM-25 network modules require Cisco IOS Plus feature sets. |
To determine the version of Cisco IOS software currently running on your device, log in to the router and enter the show version EXEC command:
Router> show version Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) 3620 Software (C3620-JS-MZ), Version 12.0(4)XH2, RELEASE SOFTWARE
For information about upgrading to a new software release, see the Cisco IOS Software Release 11.3 Upgrade Paths and Packaging Simplification (#703: 12/97) product bulletin located on CCO at:
Service & Support: Product Bulletins: Software
Under Cisco IOS 11.3, click on Cisco IOS Software Release 11.3 Upgrade Paths (#703: 12/97).
Cisco IOS software is packaged in feature sets consisting of software images---depending on the platform. Each feature set contains a specific set of Cisco IOS features.
| Feature Set | Image Name | Feature Set Matrix Term | Software Image | Platforms |
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IP Standard | IP, H.323 Gtkpr Prxy | Basic, H.323 | c3620-ix-mz, c3640-ix-mz | Cisco 3620, Cisco 3640 |
Enterprise Standard | Enterprise Plus | Plus | c3640-js-mz | Cisco 3640 |
Enterprise Plus IPSec 56 | Plus, IPSec 56 | c3620-js56i-mz, c3640-js56i-mz | Cisco 3620, Cisco 3640 |
 | Caution Cisco IOS images with strong encryption (including, but not limited to 168-bit (3DES) data encryption feature sets) are subject to United States government export controls and have limited distribution. Strong encryption images to be installed outside the United States are likely to require an export license. Customer orders may be denied or subject to delay due to United States government regulations. When applicable, purchaser/user must obtain local import and use authorizations for all encryption strengths. Please contact your sales representative or distributor for more information, or send an e-mail to export@cisco.com. |
Table 4 list the features and feature sets supported by the Cisco 3600 series in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(4)XH2 and uses the following conventions:
| Features | In | IP | Enterprise Plus | Enterprise Plus IPSec 56i |
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| Connectivity | ||||
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| No | Yes | Yes |
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| Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IBM Support | ||||
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| No | Yes | Yes |
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| No | Yes | Yes |
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| No | Yes | Yes |
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| Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IP Routing |
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| (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (3) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (3) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (3) | No | No | No |
| (3) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (3) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Management | ||||
| (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (3) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quality of Service | ||||
| (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Security | ||||
| (1) | No | No | Yes |
| (2) | No | No | No |
| Switching | ||||
| (1) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Voice | ||||
| (3) | No | Yes | Yes |
| (4) | No | Yes | Yes |
| (4)XH | No | Yes | Yes |
| (4)XH | No | Yes | Yes |
| (4)XH | No | Yes | Yes |
| (4)XH | No | Yes | Yes |
| (4)XH | No | Yes | Yes |
| WAN Services | ||||
| (3) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (3) | No | Yes | Yes |
| (1) | No | Yes | Yes |
| (4) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (4) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (1) | No | Yes | Yes |
| (3) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| (3) | No | No | No |
| 1Cisco 3640 routers only |
The following sections list the new hardware and software features supported by the Cisco 3600 series for Release 12.0(4)XH2.
Internet voice telephony is often used for toll bypass by using an existing data network or the Internet instead of PSTN trunking. Calls of this nature require an originating and terminating gateway to be completed. When the originating and terminating voice gateways are owned by two different carriers, settlement between these carriers is required. The Settlements for Packet Voice project implements a standardized settlement protocol, which can be implemented between different vendors, gateways, and voice settlement servers.
The Debit Card feature provides the ability to offer calling service with the use of debit accounting to service providers. The Debit Card for Packet Telephony on Cisco Access Platforms is one application supported by the Cisco Interactive Voice Response (IVR) feature. The IVR voice scripts have been modified to use Tool Command Language (TCL) scripts.
The Debit Card for Packet Telephony on Cisco Access Platforms feature requires the use of both Audio Files and TCL Scripts. Unzip and download the files to your TFTP server.
In addition, download the audio files and TCL scripts from the Access Products Service and Support site on CCO at the following "TCLWare" location:
http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/sw-center/sw-access.shtml
Cisco is building voice gateways to connect more traditional telephone networks to voice over IP (VoIP) networks. Customers who are installing VoIP networks often need a mechanism at the gateway to present a customized interface to the caller. The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) feature was first made available to customers with Cisco IOS Release 11.(3)NA2 with the Service Provider VoIP feature set. IVR, with the addition of scripts using Tool Command Language (TCL), is being introduced with Cisco IOS Release 12.0(4)XH. These TCL IVR scripts are the default scripts that must be used with the IVR application in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(4)XH and future releases.
IVR consists of simple voice prompting and digit collection to gather caller information for authenticating the user and identifying the destination. IVR provides the ability to:
H.323 Version 2 Support upgrades Cisco IOS software to comply with the mandatory requirements in the Version 2 specification. This upgrade enhances the existing Voice Over IP GateWay, the Multimedia Conference Manager (GateKeeper and Proxy), and the DTMF digital relay by using H.245.
DTMF is the tone generated on a touch-tone phone when you press keypad digits. The tones are compressed into a single stream at one end of a call and decompressed at the other end by using H.245 messages. However, doing this can lead to distortion, depending upon the CODEC used. Thus, the DTMF-relay is used to configure a method to transport DTMF tones generated after the call is established out-of-band. The three methods are:
H.323 Version 2 defines a lightweight registration procedure that requires full registration for initial registration, but uses an abbreviated renewal procedure to update the gatekeeper and minimize overhead. Lightweight registration requires each endpoint to specify a TimeToLive (TTL) value in its Registration Request (RRQ) message.
The H.323 Version 2 gateway supports the registration of fully-qualified E.164 numbers with the gatekeeper for phones connected directly to the gateway. Tunneling through H.225 User-to-User Information Element (UUIE) facilitates transparent handling of supplementary services between two endpoints through a VoIP network. This eliminates the need to interpret various supplementary signaling messages in the VoIP gateways.
The H.323 Version 2 gatekeeper selects a destination gateway by choosing a gateway from among all gateways registered in a zone by allowing you to assign selection priorities to these gateways based on the dialed prefix. Gateway resource reporting allows the gateway to notify the gatekeeper when H.323 resources are getting low. The gatekeeper uses this information to determine which gateway it will use to complete a call and maintains a separate gateway list ordered by priority for each of its zone-prefixes.
This section contains important information about using your Cisco IOS Release 12.0(4)XH2 software.
Old Cisco Management Information Bases (MIBs) will be replaced in a future release. OLD-CISCO-* MIBS are currently being migrated into more scalable MIBs---without affecting existing Cisco IOS products or NMS applications. You can update from deprecated MIBs to the replacement MIBs as shown in the following table.
| Deprecated MIB | Replacement |
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OLD-CISCO-APPLETALK-MIB | RFC1243-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-CHASSIS-MIB | ENTITY-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-CPUK-MIB | In development |
OLD-CISCO-DECNET-MIB |
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OLD-CISCO-ENV-MIB | CISCO-ENVMON-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-FLASH-MIB | CISCO-FLASH-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-INTERFACES-MIB | IF-MIB CISCO-QUEUE-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-IP-MIB |
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OLD-CISCO-MEMORY-MIB | CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-NOVELL-MIB | NOVELL-IPX-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-SYS-MIB | (Compilation of other OLD* MIBS) |
OLD-CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB | CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-TCP-MIB | CISCO-TCP-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-TS-MIB |
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OLD-CISCO-VINES-MIB | CISCO-VINES-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-XNS-MIB |
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The Settlement for Packet Voice feature is offered only in crypto images, so that Cisco can provide export controls.
Before you can download 56-bit or 56i encryption images, the image must first go through the entitlement process. This process makes sure that the image is from a registered DNS address and that the images are not coming from an encryption-restricted country (Iraq, Libya, etc.). You can entitle yourself by filling out the forms located at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/library/12.0
Once you are entitled, you can see crypto images in the upgrade planner. You do not have to entitle yourself again, unless you come from a different host. You do not have to entitle yourself for every release. Entitlement is good for all releases.
If there are any problems with your entitlement, you will either be directed to help on DNS registration (if that is your problem), or your case will be escalated to David Moore in ECRA who will review it himself.
Also, all users MUST be entitled before they can receive 56 or 56i images. Never give a 56 or 56i image to a customer if you are uncertain about their entitlement status.
Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS software releases. Severity 1 caveats are the most serious caveats; severity 2 caveats are less serious.
This section only contains open and resolved caveats for the current Cisco IOS maintenance release.
All caveats in Release 12.0 and Release 12.0T are also in Release 12.0(4)XH2.
For information on caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12.0, see Caveats for Cisco IOS Release 12.0, which lists severity 1 and 2 caveats, and is located on CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM.
For information on caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12.0T, see Caveats for Cisco IOS Release 12.0T on CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM.
This section describes possibly unexpected behavior by Release 12.0(4)XH2 and describes only severity 1 and 2 caveats:
The following sections describe the documentation available for the Cisco 3600 series. Typically, these documents consist of hardware and software installation guides, Cisco IOS configuration and command references, system error messages, feature modules, and other documents.
Documentation is available as printed manuals or electronic documents, except for feature modules, which are available online on CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM.
Use these release notes with the documents listed in the following sections:
The following documents are specific to Cisco IOS Release 12.0T, and are located on CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM:
The documents listed below are available for the Cisco 3600 series routers. These documents are also available online at Cisco Connection Online (CCO) and on the Documentation CD-ROM:
On CCO at:
Service & Support: Documentation Home Page: Access Servers and Access Routers: Modular Access Routers: Cisco 3600 Series Routers
On the Documentation CD-ROM at:
Access Servers and Access Routers: Modular Access Routers: Cisco 3600 Series Routers
Feature modules describe new features supported by Cisco IOS Release 12.0T and are updates to the Cisco IOS documentation set. A feature module consists of a brief overview of the feature, benefits, configuration tasks, and a command reference. As updates, the feature modules are available online only. Feature module information is incorporated in the next printing of the Cisco IOS documentation set.
On CCO at:
Service & Support: Documentation Home Page: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.0: New Feature Documentation
On the Documentation CD-ROM at:
Cisco Product Documentation: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.0: New Feature Documentation
The Cisco IOS software documentation set consists of the Cisco IOS configuration guides, Cisco IOS command references, and several other supporting documents, which are shipped with your order in electronic form on the Documentation CD-ROM---unless you specifically ordered the printed versions.
Each module in the Cisco IOS documentation set consists of two books: a configuration guide and a corresponding command reference. Chapters in a configuration guide describe protocols, configuration tasks, Cisco IOS software functionality, and contain comprehensive configuration examples. Chapters in a command reference provide complete command syntax information. Use each configuration guide with its corresponding command reference.
On CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM, two master hot-linked documents provide information for the Cisco IOS software documentation set.
You can reach these documents on CCO at:
Service & Support: Documentation Home Page: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.0: Configuration Guides and Command References
You can reach these documents on the Documentation CD-ROM at:
Cisco Product Documentation: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.0: Configuration Guides and Command References
Table 6 describes the contents of the Cisco IOS Release 12.0 software documentation set, which is available in electronic form and in printed form upon request.
To reach the Cisco IOS documentation set from CCO, click on this path:
Service & Support: Documentation Home Page: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.0
To reach the Cisco IOS documentation set on the Documentation CD-ROM, click on this path:
Cisco Product Documentation: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.0
| Books | Chapter Topics |
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| Configuration Fundamentals Overview |
| Transparent Bridging |
| Dial-In Port Setup |
| Interface Configuration Overview |
| IP Addressing |
| AppleTalk |
| Apollo Domain |
| AAA Security Services |
| Switching Paths for IP Networks |
| ATM |
| Voice over IP |
| Classification |
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