Cisco IOS Bundles

Cisco IOS Packaging

Cisco IOS Packaging consists of eight packages for Cisco routers and five packages for Cisco switches. (See Figure 6.)

Figure 6—Cisco IOS Packaging for Cisco Routers and Switches

Four packages are designed to satisfy requirements in four typical service categories:

• IP data

• Converged voice and data

• Security and VPN

• Enterprise protocols

Three additional premium packages offer new Cisco IOS Software feature combinations that address more complex network requirements. All features merge in the Advanced Enterprise Services package that integrates support for all routing protocols with Voice, Security, and VPN capabilities.

Feature inheritance is another powerful aspect of Cisco IOS Packaging. After a feature is introduced, it is included in the more comprehensive packages. The feature inheritance facilitates migration by clarifying the feature content of the different packages and how they relate to each another.

Cisco IOS Packaging also simplifies image naming. Each name is designed to effectively convey the high-level feature content of, and the inheritance characteristics for the new packages.

These categories summarize the new naming convention:

• Base—entry level image (IP Base, Enterprise Base)

• Services—addition of IP Telephony Service, MPLS, Voice over IP (VoIP), Voice over Frame Relay (VoFR), and ATM (SP Services, Enterprise Services)

• Advanced—addition of VPN, Cisco IOS Firewall, 3DES encryption, SSH, Cisco IOS IPsec and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) (Advanced Security, Advanced IP Services)

• Enterprise—addition of multi-protocols, including IBM, IPX, AppleTalk (Enterprise Base, Enterprise Services)

These packages are new:

• IP Base

• IP Voice

• Enterprise Base

• Advanced Security

• SP Services

• Advanced IP Services

• Enterprise Services

• Advanced Enterprise Services

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