[c-nsp] software modularity in 12.2(18)SXF or not?

[Rodney Dunn]

On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 08:42:48AM +1000, Virgil wrote:
> On 19/9/05 3:35 AM, "sagupta at cisco.com" <sagupta at cisco.com> wrote:
> 
> > Catalyst 6500 with IOS Software Modularity is planned for 12.2(18)SXF1
> > expected in Nov/Dec.
> 
> And on top of this there is talk about different software images for "6500"
> and "7600" around Q1 2006.  Something about making the "6500" an Enterprise
> device, with Enterprise features, and the "7600" a Service Provider device
> with Service Provider features.
> 
> Can anyone close to the 6500/7600 product team comment on this?
> 
> Also, does this imply that the "Service Provider" "7600" will start being
> feature compatible / have a merged IOS train with 12.2S and the 7200/7500 ?

It will probably never be exactly feature compatible with a 72xx.
For a 75xx it's pretty much there today except for the fact that
you can run 12.3T/12.4 features on a 75xx that it just picks up
because it's in those trains. The 75xx will not ship in 12.4T or
any future releases other than 12.0S/12.2S from what I have heard.

The 75xx still works well in the aggregation space for leased
line customers but it's quickly reaching scalability limits in
the pps numbers and features even in this space.

Rodney



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