Datasheet

Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 12.1E on the Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 Supervisor Engine and MSFC

OL-2310-11

New Features

New Software Features in Release 12.1(13)E3

For information on software features supported on the OSMs, refer to this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7600/cfgnotes/osm_inst/index.htm

• General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) load balancing for the Server Load Balancing (SLB)

module—Refer to this publication:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121newft/121limit/121e/121e1

3/iosslb13.htm

• Support for 100 switched virtual circuits (SVCs) per OC-12 ATM OSM.

• Hierarchical traffic shaping on GE-WAN ports on the OSM-2+4GE-WAN+.

New Features in Release 12.1(13)E1

These sections describe the new features in Release 12.1(13)E1, 11 Nov 2002:

• New Hardware Features in Release 12.1(13)E1, page 74

• New Software Features in Release 12.1(13)E1, page 74

New Hardware Features in Release 12.1(13)E1

• Enhanced 4-port OC-3 POS OSM (OSM-4OC3-POS-SI+)

• Enhanced 8-port OC-3 POS OSM (OSM-8OC3-POS-SI+, OSM-8OC3-POS-SL+)

• Enhanced 16-port OC-3 POS OSM (OSM-16OC3-POS-SI+)

• Enhanced 1-port OC-48 POS OSM (OSM-1OC48-POS-SS+, OSM-1OC48-POS-SI+,

OSM-1OC48-POS-SL+)

New Software Features in Release 12.1(13)E1

For information on software features supported on the OSMs, refer to this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7600/cfgnotes/osm_inst/index.htm

• Bridging Control Protocol (BCP) on the OC-3, OC-12, and OC-48 POS OSMs—BCP enables

forwarding of Ethernet frames over SONET networks and provides a high-speed extension of

enterprise LAN backbone traffic through a metropolitan area.

• Bridging of Routed Encapsulations (BRE) on the OC-12 POS OSMs—BRE enables the OC-12 ATM

OSM to receive RFC 1483 routed encapsulated packets and forward them as Layer 2 frames. The

BRE software license is FR-BRE-7600.

• RFC 1483 hardware bridging support on FlexWAN—Refer to the following URL for configuration

information:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7600/cfgnotes/osm_inst/atm.htm#xtocid10

• MPLS/VPN support for ChOC12/DS3 OSM

• MPLS/VPN support for ChOC48/DS3 OSM

• MPLS/VPN support for OC48/1DPT OSM in POS mode

• MPLS/VPN over Frame Relay encapsulation