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Note You can find the most current Cisco IOS documentation on Cisco Connection Online (CCO ). These electronic documents may contain updates and modifications made after the hardcopy documents were printed. |
These release notes for the Cisco 1400 series routers describe the enhancements provided in Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T. These release notes are updated as needed.
For a list of the software caveats that apply to Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T, see Caveats for Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T that accompanies these release notes. 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 12.1 on CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM.
These release notes describe the following topics:
These release notes describe the Cisco 1400 series routers for Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T, which is an early deployment (ED) release based on Cisco IOS Release 12.1. Early deployment releases contain fixes for software caveats and support for new Cisco hardware and software features.
The following list shows the recent early deployment releases of the Cisco 1401 router:
The following list shows the recent early deployment releases of the Cisco 1417 router:
For more information, see the "Platform-Specific Documents" section about accessing related release note documents.
This section describes the system requirements for Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T:
| Feature Set | Software Image | Recommended Flash Memory | Recommended DRAM Memory | Runs from |
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IP/IPX | c1400-ny-mz | 4 MB | 16 MB | RAM |
IP/IPX Plus | c1400-nsy-mz | 6 MB | 16 MB | RAM |
IP/IPX/FW Plus | c1400-nosy-mz | 6 MB | 16 MB | RAM |
IP/FW Plus IPSec 56 | c1400-osy56i-mz | 6 MB | 16 MB | RAM |
Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T supports the Cisco 1400 series routers:
For detailed descriptions of the new hardware features, see "New and Changed Information" section.
Following are some of the key features of the Cisco 1400 series:
To determine the version of Cisco IOS software running on your Cisco 1400 series router, log in to the router and enter the show version EXEC command:
router> show version Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm)12.1 TSoftware (C1400-NY-MZ), Version12.1(3)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE
For general information about upgrading to a new software release, see Cisco IOS Upgrade Ordering Instructions located at:
http://www.cisco.com /warp/public/cc/cisco /mkt/ios/prodlit/ 957_pp.htm
The 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.
Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T supports the same feature sets as Cisco IOS Release 12.1, but Release 12.1 T can include new features supported by the Cisco 1400 series routers.
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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 2 lists the features and feature sets supported by the Cisco 1400 series routers in Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T and uses the following conventions:
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Note This feature set table contains only the features specific to the T-train. For a more complete list of features, see the feature set tables in the mainline release notes on CCO: http://www.cisco.com /univercd/cc/td/doc/product/ software/ios121/121relnt/xprn121 /121 feats.htm. |
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The following sections list the new hardware and software features supported by the Cisco 1400 series routers for Release 12.1 T.
There are no new software feature supported by the Cisco 1400 series routers for Release 12.1(3)T.
The following new software feature is supported by the Cisco 1400 series routers for Release 12.1(2)T:
The explosive growth of the Internet has placed the focus on the scalability of Interior Gateway Protocols such as OSPF. The networks using OSPF are becoming larger every day and will continue to expand to accommodate the demand to connect to the Internet.
Internet Service Providers and customers with large networks have regularly complained that OSPF has a traffic overhead, even when the network topology is stable.
By design, OSPF requires link-state advertisements (LSAs) to be refreshed as they expire after 3600 seconds. Some implementations have tried to improve the flooding by reducing the frequency to refresh from 30 minutes to around 50 minutes or so.
This solution reduces the amount of refresh traffic but requires at least one refresh before the LSA expires. The OSPF Flooding Reduction feature works by reducing unnecessary refreshing and flooding of already known and unchanged information. To achieve this reduction, the LSAs are now flooded with the higher bit set, thus making them DoNotAge (DNA) LSAs.
The following new software feature is supported by the Cisco 1400 series routers for Release 12.1(1)T:
The Service Assurance (SA) Agent is an both an enhancement to and a new name for the Response Time Reporter (RTR) feature that was introduced in Cisco IOS Release 11.2. The feature allows you to monitor network performance between a Cisco router and a remote device (which can be another Cisco router, an IP host, or a mainframe host) by measuring key Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics such as response time, network resources, availability, jitter, connect time, packet loss and application performance.This feature enables you to perform troubleshooting, problem analysis, and notifications based on the statistics collected by the SA Agent.
The SA Agent Enhancements feature introduces new performance measurement operations and enhancements to assist in the measurement of SLAs. With Cisco IOS Release 12.1(1)T, the SA Agent provides new capabilities that enable you to do the following:
Old Cisco Management Information Bases (MIBs) will be replaced in a future release. Currently, OLD-CISCO-* MIBs are being converted 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 Table 3.
| Deprecated MIB | Replacement |
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OLD-CISCO-APPLETALK-MIB | RFC1243-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-CHASSIS-MIB | ENTITY-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-CPUK-MIB | To be decided |
OLD-CISCO-DECNET-MIB | To be decided |
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 | To be decided |
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 | To be decided |
OLD-CISCO-VINES-MIB | CISCO-VINES-MIB |
OLD-CISCO-XNS-MIB | To be decided |
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Note Cisco Management Information Base (MIB) User Quick Reference is no longer published. If you have an account with CCO, you can find the current list of MIBs supported by Cisco. To reach the Cisco Network Management Toolkit, go to CCO, press Login, and click to Software Center: Network Mgmt Products: Cisco Network Management Toolkit: Cisco MIB. |
The following sections contain important notes about Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T that can apply to the Cisco 1400 series routers.
When using a multipartition flash memory card, the various flash partitions are referred to as "flash:1:", "flash:2:", etc. If you specify only "flash" in a multipartition flash, the parser assumes "flash:1:." For example, if you enter show flash all the parser defaults to "show flash:1: all" and only the flash information for the first partition displays. To see information for all flash memory partitions, enter show flash ?. This will list all of the valid partitions. Then enter show flash:xx: all on each valid partition.
On the ATM25 interface of the Cisco 1400 series there are two types of traffic shaping: hardware-based and software-based. Hardware-based traffic shaping is provided by the ATM SAR chip and is enabled on a per-pvc basis by one of the following IOS PVC configuration commands:
ubr <peak-cell-rate>
ubr+ <peak-cell-rate> <minimum-guaranteed-cell-rate>
vbr-nrt <peak-cell-rate> <sustainable-cell-rate> <maximum-burst-size>
The SAR chip has "rate counters" that control the rate at which the current buffer up for segmentation is going to be transmitted. Ideally, the SAR chip could be programmed with values for all of the above command parameters. Unfortunately, it only has the rate counters, which specify a divisor of the basic line rate of 25 Mbps and which really sets the maximum transmission rate (peak-cell-rate) for the channel. Note that with the ubr and ubr+ commands, the rate counter for the PVC is obtained from the <peak-cell-rate> parameter. With the vbr-nrt command, the rate counter is obtained from the <sustainable-cell-rate> parameter. While the <minimum-guaranteed-cell-rate> parameter in the ubr+ command and the <peak-cell-rate> parameter in the vbr-nrt command can be specified by the user, they are ignored by the ATM25 driver.
Software-based traffic shaping is enabled on a per-interface basis via the traffic-shape interface configuration command. For performance reasons, and since for ATM interfaces you most likely want to do shaping on a per-pvc basis, the ATM driver does not support software-based traffic shaping while fastswitching. However, if fast-switching is disabled and the traffic-shape interface configuration command is enabled, then software traffic shaping will occur. (See CSCdk28377 for more information.)
Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS software releases. Severity 1 caveats are the most serious caveats; severity 2 caveats are less serious.
For information on caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T, see Caveats for Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T.
All caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12.1 are also in Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T.
For information on caveats in Cisco IOS Release 12.0, see Caveats for Cisco IOS Release 12.1, which lists severity 1 and 2 caveats and is located on CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM.
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Note If you have an account with CCO, you can use Bug Navigator II to find caveats of any severity for any release. To reach Bug Navigator II, go to CCO and press Login. Then go to Software Center: Cisco IOS Software: Cisco Bugtool Navigator II. Another option is to go to http://www.cisco.com/support/bugtools. |
The following sections describe the documentation available for the Cisco 1400 series routers. 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 these documents:
The following documents are specific to Cisco IOS Release 12.1 and are located on CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM:
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Note If you have an account with CCO, you can use Bug Navigator II to find caveats of any severity for any release. To reach Bug Navigator II, go to CCO and press Login. Then go to Software Center: Cisco IOS Software: Cisco Bugtool Navigator II. Another option is to go to http://www.cisco.com/support/bugtools. |
These individual and groups of documents are available for the Cisco 1400 series routers on CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM:
Feature modules describe new features supported by Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T 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:
Technical Documents: Documentation Home Page: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.1: New Feature Documentation
On the Documentation CD-ROM at:
Cisco Product Documentation: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.1: 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 that 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.
On CCO at:
Technical Documents: Documentation Home Page: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.1: Configuration Guides and Command References
On the Documentation CD-ROM at:
Cisco Product Documentation: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.1: Configuration Guides and Command References
Table 4 describes the contents of the Cisco IOS Release 12.1 software documentation set, which is available in electronic form and in printed form ordered.
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Note You can find the most current Cisco IOS documentation on CCO and the Documentation CD-ROM. These electronic documents may contain updates and modifications made after the hard-copy documents were printed. |
On CCO at:
Technical Documents: Documentation Home Page: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.1
On the Documentation CD-ROM at:
Cisco Product Documentation: Cisco IOS Software Configuration: Cisco IOS Release 12.1
| Books | Major Topics |
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| Cisco IOS User Interfaces |
| Using Cisco IOS Software |
| Preparing for Dial Access |
| Interface Configuration Overview |
| IP Addressing and Services |
| AppleTalk and Novell IPX Overview |
| Apollo Domain, Banyan VINES, DECnet, ISO CLNS, and XNS Overview |
| Multiservice Applications Overview |
| Quality of Service Overview |
| Security Overview |
| Cisco IOS Switching Services Overview |
| Wide-Area Networking Overview |
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Note Cisco Management Information Base (MIB) User Quick Reference is no longer published. If you have an account with CCO, you can find the current list of MIBs supported by Cisco. To reach the Cisco Network Management Toolkit, go to CC, press Login, and click to Software Center: Network Mgmt Products: Cisco Network Management Toolkit: Cisco MIB. |
You can access the most current Cisco documentation on the World Wide Web at http://www.cisco.com, http://www-china.cisco.com, or http://www-europe.cisco.com.
Cisco documentation and additional literature are available in a CD-ROM package, which ships with your product. The Documentation CD-ROM is updated monthly. Therefore, it is probably more current than printed documentation. The CD-ROM package is available as a single unit or as an annual subscription.
Registered CCO users can order the Documentation CD-ROM and other Cisco Product documentation through our online Subscription Services at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/subcat/kaojump.cgi.
Nonregistered CCO users can order documentation through a local account representative by calling Cisco's corporate headquarters (California, USA) at 408 526-4000 or, in North America, call 800 553-NETS (6387).
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This URL is subject to change without notice. If it changes, point your Web browser to CCO, press Login, and click on this path: Technical Assistance Center: Technical Tips.
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