Re: Need an IOS recommmendation for 7500+dot1q+PA-MC-2T3+PA-POS-OC3

From: George Robbins (grr@shandakor.tharsis.com)
Date: Wed Jun 20 2001 - 12:14:45 EDT


The release note back when indicated isl & dot1q were added to the 12.0S
train even though they weren't previously part of what would be supported
by the "p" feature set, that's the basis for the available images.

The feature navigator may need some improvement.

                                                George

> Subject: Re: Need an IOS recommmendation for 7500+dot1q+PA-MC-2T3+PA-POS-OC3
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> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Siva Valliappan wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Joe McGuckin wrote:
> > > We have a Cisco 7500 with (among other cards) the following:
> > > - PA-POS-OC3
> > > - PA-MC-2T3
> > >
> > > We are currently running 12.0(6)S (rsp-k3pv-mz.120-6.S.bin)
> > >
> > > I would like to move to a more recent version of IOS that
> > > supports ethernet dot1q encapsulation.
> > >
> >
> > i assume you are running this with a FE or GE interface?
> >
> > > Does the latest 12.0S service provider (-p-) build support
> > > dot1q?
> >
> > yes
>
> Do you know if this is documented somewhere?
>
> Neither 802.1q or ISL show up in the Feature Navigator for 12.0S. I ended
> up grabbing 12.1 because I needed ISL or 802.1q.
>
> http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FeatureNav/FN1.pl?HStartForm1=True
>
> Looking at the 12.0S release notes, it looks like ISL was added in
> 12.0(5)S -> but it still isn't in the Feature Navigator.
>
>
> What would be the right place to report this? (Or, am I just missing
> something?)
>
>
> OK, second question: Are they dCEF switched in the latest 12.0S images?
> ISL is (claimed, anyway) to be dCEF switched in 12.1 but 802.1q isn't
> until 12.1T.
>
> Third question: Do I care if they are dCEF switched? This is a 7507 with a
> T3 and 2 FE's, each with a 2924xl and a bunch of ISL VLAN's. Traffic is
> likely to be below 30mbits for the forseable future.
>
> --
> Charlie Watts
> cewatts@frontier.net Frontier Internet
> Systems Janitor and Network Plumber http://www.frontier.net/
>
>
> ~v
>



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