Installation guide

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Release Notes for Catalyst5000 Family Software Release4.x
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New Features for Supervisor Engine Software Release 4.5(4)
New Features for Supervisor Engine Software Release 4.5(4)
This section describes the new features available in software release4.5(4).
• Enhanced NFFC and Enhanced NFFC II provide increased performance and support the forwarding
of multilayer traffic through uplink ports on standby supervisor engines in redundant configurations.
• Support for the new Supervisor EngineIII Flash PC card (Cisco product number
MEM-S3-FLC20MA). For more information, see the “Release 4.x Memory Requirements” section
on page3.
• Support for the set tokenring explorer-throttle command allows you to limit the number of
explorer frames that are allowed to enter a port on the Token Ring modules. The command syntax
is as follows:
set tokenring explorer-throttle mod_num/port_num maximum_explorers
Refer to the online version of the Command Reference for supervisor engine software release4.5
for more information about this command.
New Features for Supervisor Engine Software Release 4.5(3)
This section describes the new features available in software release4.5(3).
Support for updating EPLDs on Catalyst5000 family Token Ring modules (WS-X5030 and WS-X5031)
running Token Ring software release3.3(2) or later. For complete information on how to perform an
EPLD update on your Token Ring modules, refer to the “Catalyst 5000 Series Token Ring Software
Release 3.3(2) Release Note.”
New Features for Supervisor Engine Software Release 4.5
This section describes the new features available in software release4.5.
• Four-port 100-Mbps uplink module (WS-U5538-FEFX-MMF)—Catalyst 5000 family Supervisor
Engine III four-port 100BASE-FX MMF uplink module with MT-RJ connectors.
• 24-port 10/100-Mbps switching module (WS-X5234-RJ45)—Catalyst 5000 family 24-port
10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet switching module with RJ-45 connectors.
• 24-port 100-Mbps switching module (WS-X5236-FX-MT)—Catalyst 5000 family 24-port
100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet switching module with MT-RJ connectors.
• 1000BASE-ZX GBIC (WS-G5487=)—Hot-swappable GBIC supporting Gigabit Ethernet
transmission over distances up to 90 km (55 miles).
4.5(11) cat5000-sup3.4-5-11.bin SC5K-SUP3-4.5.11 SC5K-SUP-4.5.11=
4.5(12) cat5000-sup3.4-5-12.bin SC5K-SUP3-4.5.12 SC5K-SUP-4.5.12=
4.5(13) cat5000-sup3.4-5-13.bin SC5K-SUP3-4.5.13 SC5K-SUP-4.5.13=
Table4 Orderable Software Images (continued)
Software Version Filename
Orderable Product Number
Flash on System
Orderable Product Number
Spare Upgrade (Floppy Media)