© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved

1© 2003, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Release 12.3(2)T Introduction, 7/03

Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)T Introduction

ITD Product Marketing

July 2003



Agenda

• Release 12.3T Positioning

• Release 12.3(2)T

• Release 12.3(2)T Highlights

• Features and Enhancements

• Cisco IOS Packaging

• Upgrade Paths

• Summary

Release 12.3T PositioningRelease 12.3T Positioning



Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3T

• Offers productivity enhancements to Enterprise, Access, and Service Provider Aggregation customers

• Hundreds of new business-critical features

• Powerful new hardware support

• Ongoing quality improvements

Driving business productivity with innovations in Security, Voice, and Wireless



Release 12.3T Introduces Leading-Edge Software Capabilities

MatureRelease

12.2

Release12.3T

MajorRelease

12.3



Evolution to Release 12.3T

Software fixes

Major Release 12.2No new functionality (maintenance only)

FCS

FCS

12.1

T

Major Release 12.3No new functionality (maintenance only)

12.3

T12

.3T

12.2

T

New T

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New F

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“X”

Relea

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Agenda






• Upgrade Paths

• Summary

Release 12.3(2)TRelease 12.3(2)T



Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)T

• Creates significant new advances in business productivity

Introduces nearly one hundred new features across more than thirty Cisco platforms

Extends the benefit of router-integrated security to Small/Medium Businesses (SMB)

Provides a migration path for “X” releases

• First in a series of individual 12.3T releases

• Derived from Major Release 12.3



Release 12.3(2)T Feature Highlights

See the Release Notes for a complete list of features in

Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)T

• OSPF Incremental Shortest Path First (i-SPF) Support

• BGP Fast Convergence Optimization

• Loadsharing IP packets over more than six parallel paths

• OSPF Link-State Advertisement (LSA) Throttling

• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Cost Community

Routing

• Cisco IOS Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)

• Invalid SPI Recovery• Encrypted Pre-shared Key

Security• Compressed RTP (cRTP) -

DSL interfaces• Class-Based QoS MIB

(CBQoSMonMIB) Enhancements

Quality of Service (QoS)

• Netflow v9 export format• Cisco IOS Service

Assurance Agent (SAA) - MPLS/VPN Path Jitter

Embedded Network Management

• Frame Relay - Multilink (MLFR-FRF.16)

• ISDN backup in MPLS Core

Connectivity

Cisco IOSSoftware

Release 12.3(2)T



Releases Consolidated in Release 12.3(2)T

FCSJuly 2003

12.3(2)TNote:

No continued engineering support is planned for these “X” releases. Customers are

encouraged to migrate to Release 12.3(2)T for continued support.

“X” Releases Based on 12.2(8)T and 12.2(15)TBeing consolidated in

Release 12.3(2)T

12.2(15)ZN12.2(8)YY



Agenda






• Upgrade Paths

• Summary

Release 12.3(2)T HighlightsRelease 12.3(2)T Highlights

Agenda



Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)T Highlights

Driving Business Productivity with Innovations In Security, Voice, and Wireless

• Cisco 830 Series Router provides Cisco 830 Series Router provides manageable, scalable, and reliable manageable, scalable, and reliable access for SMBs, branch offices, and access for SMBs, branch offices, and teleworkersteleworkers

• Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM) Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM) combines ease of use with application combines ease of use with application intelligenceintelligence





Agenda

Cisco 830 Series RouterCisco 830 Series RouterManageable, scalable, and reliable accessManageable, scalable, and reliable access




Manageable, scalable, & Manageable, scalable, &

reliable access

reliable access

Cisco 830 Series Value Proposition

High-quality, secure

High-quality, secure data,

voice, & video

data, voice, & video

Advanced security & performance for Enterprise-class

VPNs

Advanced security & performance for Enterprise-class

VPNs



Cisco 830 Series Access Routers

Combines the power of an integrated router and

a security appliance – a capability unmatched in the industry

Delivers the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership for small remote

offices and teleworkers who depend on secure Internet and corporate

network access Queues and prioritizes voice traffic to ensure a high-quality,

secure voice connection from the remote or home office to

the corporate networkOffers integrated security services and advanced QoS features

for data, voice, and video access



Cisco 830 Series Routers: Integrated Network Security

• Integrating rich security features into the network edge

• Extending advanced IP services to small remote offices, teleworkers, and small businesses

• Delivering superior performance and simple management to small offices

• Leveraging Cisco IOS QoS, routing, and reliability



Cisco 830 Series Secure Broadband Routers• Manageable, scalable, and reliable access

Cisco SDMCisco Router Web Set Up Tool (CRWS)Virtual AUX port for out-of-band management and dial backupCisco IOS Software remote managementCisco IE2100 and VPN Solutions Center

• High-quality, secure data, voice, and videoQoS and Multicast

• Advanced security and performance for Enterprise-class VPNs

Stateful firewallHardware-assisted encryption VPNCisco IOS Easy VPNAdvanced Encryption Standard (AES)Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)URL filtering





Agenda

Cisco 830 Series RouterCisco Security Device Manager

Simplified router deployment


Cisco Security Device ManagerCisco Security Device ManagerSimplified router deploymentSimplified router deployment



What is Security Device Manager?

• Easy to use, browser-based device management tool embedded within Cisco 800–3700 Series Access Routers

• Enables quicker and easier deployments with intelligent wizards

Does not require knowledge of Cisco IOS Software CLI or security expertise

• Offers tools for more advanced users ACL editor

VPN crypto map editor

Cisco IOS Software CLI preview



Cisco SDM Customer Benefits

• Leverage network investments

Quickly and easily integrate security into the network

• Reduce support costs

Quickly resolve any security configurations

Eliminate the need for SMBs to invest in costly management tools

Leverage new Cisco IOS Security features with minimal staff re-training



SDM Differentiators

• Comprehensive router security auditUses Cisco TAC and ICSA-recommended security configurations as the basis for default settings

• Intelligent WizardsAuto-detects configuration errors and proposes fixes

Strong security defaults and configuration entry checks

• Quick deploymentStartup Wizard

1-Step Router Lockdown: Firewall

1-Step VPN: Site-to-Site

• Guides untrained users through the workflow

LAN WAN Firewall VPNSecurity

Audit



SDM Differentiators (Cont.)

• Tools for advanced users

Fine-tune configurations (ie: ACL editor)

Diagnose problems (ie: VPN tunnel quality)

• Discovers existing LAN and WAN interfaces (ie: T1, Serial, and DSL)

• Embedded online troubleshooting








• Upgrade Paths

• Summary

Features and EnhancementsFeatures and Enhancements

Agenda



Release 12.3(2)T Features and Enhancements – Routing

• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Incremental SPF More efficient mechanism for calculating the SPF (Dijkstra's) algorithm to converge a new routing topology faster in reaction to a network event (ie: router failure or link flap)

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/123t_2/ospfispf.htm

• BGP Fast Convergence Optimization Reduces BGP convergence time by up to forty percent during startup or clearing of BGP peering sessions

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/

• Loadsharing IP Packets over more than six parallel pathshttp://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/



Release 12.3(2)T Features and Enhancements – Routing (Cont.)

• OSPF Link-State Advertisement (LSA) Throttling

Provides a dynamic mechanism to slow link-state advertisement (LSA) updates in OSPF during network instability

Decreases OSPF convergence time by providing LSA rate limiting in milliseconds

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/123t_2/fsolsath.htm

• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Cost CommunityIntroduces the cost community, a non-transitive extended community attribute that is passed to internal BGP (iBGP) and confederation peers, but not external BGP (eBGP) peers

Enables network operator to customize the local route preference and influence best path selection process by assigning cost values to specific routes

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/123t_2/gt_bgpcc.htm



Release 12.3(2)T Features and Enhancements – Security

• Invalid SPI Recovery Establishes an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) security association when an invalid security parameter index recovery error ("Invalid SPI") occurs during IPsec packet processing

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/123t_2/gt_ispir.htm

• Encrypted Pre-shared Key Enables encryption of the preshared keys in the Cisco IOS Software configuration

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/123t2/gt_epsk.htm



Release 12.3(2)T Features and Enhancements – Security (Cont.)

• Cisco IOS Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)

Alternative to certificate revocation lists (CRLs) for checking certificate status

Unlike CRLs, which provide only periodic certificate status, OCSP can provide timely information regarding the status of a certificate

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/123t_2/gt_ocsp.htm



• RTP Header-Compression for the ADSL and G.SHDSL WAN Interface Cards

Supports DSL interface on the Cisco 1700, 2600, and 3600 Series Access Routers

Ten-to-one compression ratio of IP+UDP+RTP headers using cRTP

Significant VoIP bandwidth savings with cRTP – double the available bandwidth with cRTP enabled


Release 12.3(2)T Features and Enhancements – QoS



• NetFlow v9 Export Format

Flexible and extensible format for exporting IP flow information from Cisco routers and switches, providing rapid support for IP accounting of Cisco IOS Technologies

─ MPLS Aware NetFlow

─ NetFlow Multicast

─ NetFlow BGP NextHop

Extensible format recognized as a new IETF standard for exporting flow information from IP devices

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/sw/iosswrel/ps5187/products_feature_guide09186a008017d10f.html

Release 12.3(2)T Features and Enhancements – Network Management



• Service Assurance Agent (SAA) – MPLS VPN Path JitterActive monitoring, network health, troubleshooting, and network performance verification improves network reliability

VRF Path Jitter probe allows the user to measure round trip time, jitter, and packet loss for a number of hops along a path

Per VRF or MPLS VPN operation feature allows SAA probe traffic to be forwarded using the MPLS VPN VRF routing table

Enables customers to create probes on PE routers, using MPLS VPN or Multi-VRF CE enabled devices


Release 12.3(2)T Features and Enhancements – Network Mgmt (Cont.)



Release 12.3(2)T Features/ Enhancements – Connectivity

• ISDN Backup in MPLS CoreDuring a primary link failure in the MPLS core network, ISDN Backup activates a backup ISDN link on a dialer interface, restoring network connectivity

Ensures high availability of the link between two routers in the MPLS core (Provider-Provider Edge and the Provider-Provider)

Enhances network availability by backing up links in an MPLS core network with an ISDN connection

Guarantees network connectivity on critical links in the MPLS core




Agenda






• Upgrade Paths

• Summary

Cisco IOS PackagingCisco IOS Packaging



Cisco IOS Packaging – Introduction/ Customer Benefits

Simplifies the image selection process• SimplificationSimplification

Improves the software Improves the software selection processselection process

• ConsolidationConsolidation

Reduces the number of Reduces the number of feature sets from 44 to 8feature sets from 44 to 8

• ConsistencyConsistency

Establishes consistent Establishes consistent image names across image names across platforms and toolsplatforms and tools

Consistent functionality Consistent functionality across platformsacross platforms



Enterprise ServicesEnterprise Base, full IBM support,

Service Provider services

Advanced IP ServicesIPv6, Advanced Security, Service

Provider Services

IP BaseEntry-level Cisco IOS

Software image

IP VoiceVoIP, VoFR, IP

Telephony

Advanced SecurityCisco IOS Firewall, IDS, IPsec, 3DES, VPN, SSH

Enterprise BaseMulti-protocols, IBM support

SP ServicesMPLS, NetFlow, SSH,

ATM, VoATM

Advanced Enterprise ServicesFull Cisco IOS Software

Cisco IOS Packaging



Cisco IOS PackagingConsistent Naming

• BaseEntry level package

IP Base, Enterprise Base

• ServicesAddition of MPLS, NetFlow, IP Telephony Services, VoIP, VoFR, and ATM

SP Services, Enterprise Services

• AdvancedAddition of VPN, Cisco IOS Firewall, 3DES encryption, Cisco IOS IPsec and Intrusion Detection Systems

Advanced Security, Advanced IP Services

• EnterpriseAddition of multi-protocols (IBM, IPX, Appletalk)

Enterprise Base, Enterprise Services



Cisco IOS PackagingPlatform-Specific Information

• Cisco 1700 Series Routerswww.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps221/prod_bulletin09186a0080161145.html

• Cisco 2600XM Series Routerswww.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps259/prod_bulletin09186a0080161082.html

• Cisco 2691 Routerwww.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps259/prod_bulletin09186a0080161083.html





Agenda






• Upgrade Paths

• SummaryUpgrade PathsUpgrade Paths



Upgrade Paths from Recent Releases

Release 12.2 GD

MajorRelease 12.3

Release 12.3(2)T

Release 12.2T

Major Release 12.2, All Releases older than Release 12.2



Agenda






• Upgrade Paths

• SummarySummarySummary



Summary

• Drives business productivity with innovations in security, voice, and wireless

• Enables access to advanced security, voice, and video at the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership with the Cisco 830 Series Router

• Simplifies router deployment, configuration, and security monitoring with Cisco SDM

Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)TCisco IOS Software Release 12.3(2)T



References – Release 12.3T Highlights

• Cisco 830 Series Routers

cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps380/ps4873/index.html

• Cisco Security Device Manager

www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps5318/index.html



References – Release 12.3T

• Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3T

www.cisco.com/go/release123t/

• Cisco IOS Software release

[email protected]


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Backup



Cisco IOS Software Release

Target Market Platforms

Release 12.3TEnterprise, Service

Provider AggregationCisco 800, 830, 1700, 2600, 3600, 3700 and 7000 Series Routers

Release 12.3 Enterprise, AccessCisco 800, 1700, 2600, 3600, 3700 and 7000 Series Routers

Release 12.2SService Provider Core,

Aggregation, Enterprise

Cisco 4000, 6500, 7000, and ONS155x0 Series Routers

Cisco 10000 and 12000 Series Internet Routers

Release 12.2TEnterprise, Access,

Service Provider Aggregation

Cisco 800, 1400, 1600, 1700, 2500, 2600, 3600, 3700, 7000, and AS5000 Series Routers

Release 12.2 Enterprise, Access

Cisco 800, 1400, 1600, 1700, 2500, 2600, 3600, 7000, and AS5000 Series Routers

Cisco ONS15104 Router

Release 12.1EEnterprise Access /

AggregationCisco 6500, 7100, 7200, 7500, 8500, and ONS15454 Series Routers

Release 12.1 Enterprise, AccessCisco 800, 1400, 1600, 1700, 2600, 3600, 7000, and AS5000 Series Routers

Release 12.0S Service Provider CoreCisco 7200 and 7500 Series Routers

Cisco 10000 and 12000 Series Internet Routers

Release 12.0 Enterprise, AccessCisco 800, 1400, 1700, 2500, 2600, 3600, 5000, and 7000 Series Routers; Cisco 12000 Series Internet Routers

Cisco IOS Software Releases – May 2003



Cisco IOS Software Innovation

Customer-Driven Needs

Cisco Anticipates Customer Needs

InnovateInnovate

DevelopDevelop

StandardizeStandardize

DeployDeploy

Open Standards

CommitteesIETFIEEE

ATM Forum

Innovation Starts by Helping Customers Push the Boundaries of Networking Technology

Innovation Starts by Helping Customers Push the Boundaries of Networking Technology

Many Cisco Innovations Lead to Industry Standards

Many Cisco Innovations Lead to Industry Standards

Cisco Participates in Virtually Every Networking Standards Group

Cisco Participates in Virtually Every Networking Standards Group

Cisco Continually innovates and integrates features into Cisco IOS Software



Technology Differentiators

FasterRouters and Switches

SiliconHardware

Lower TCO

Quality of ServiceAvailability

SecurityManageabilityConvergence

InnovationInnovationLasting Architecture

Generational ApproachInvestment Protection

Lasting

Smarter


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