Cisco Cisco IP Solution Center 6.0 Information Guide
Product Bulletin
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Product Migration Options
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco IP Solution Center MPLS VPN Management
4.2 and Cisco IP Solution Center L2 VPN Management 4.2. Existing IP Solution Center (ISC) 3.2
customers with or without a Cisco Software Application Support (SAS) contract will be able to
upgrade their existing ISC 3.2 deployment to ISC 4.2 by paying a flat fee of $120,000 (ISC3.X-4.2-
UP-K9). This upgrade will entitle them to an ISC 4.2 media CD kit and will also include a license
for the ISC Quality of Service (QoS) application. More information can be found in the ISC 4.2
Product Bulletin located at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps4748/prod_bulletins_list.html
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Note:
Existing Cisco IP Solution Center 3.x Security Management customers should not
upgrade to Cisco IP Solution Center 4.2. They will continue to be supported in the Cisco IP
Solution Center Security Management 3.2 branch.
Table 3.
Product Comparisons
Feature
Cisco IP Solution Center
MPLS VPN Management 3.2
and L2 VPN Management 3.2
MPLS VPN Management 3.2
and L2 VPN Management 3.2
Cisco IP Solution Center
MPLS VPN Management 4.2
and L2 VPN Management 4.2
MPLS VPN Management 4.2
and L2 VPN Management 4.2
Automated troubleshooting and diagnostics of
connectivity problems in MPLS/BGP VPNs
connectivity problems in MPLS/BGP VPNs
No
Yes
Management of MPLS Traffic Engineering primary
tunnels and backup tunnels
tunnels and backup tunnels
No
Yes
MPLS VPN Service Discovery
No
Yes
Layer 2 VPN/Virtual Private Line Service (VPLS)
Service Discovery
Service Discovery
No
Yes
MPLS VPN management support allows selection of
eBGP as PE-CE routing protocol for a No-CE policy
eBGP as PE-CE routing protocol for a No-CE policy
No
Yes
Layer 3 VPN support of the Cisco 7600 Series
routers, Catalyst 3750 Metro
routers, Catalyst 3750 Metro
No
Yes
VLAN, storm control settings, allow changes to
Virtual Circuit ID attributes, and UNI port security
Virtual Circuit ID attributes, and UNI port security
No
Yes
L2 VPN and VPLS support of Catalyst 3750 Metro,
ME 3400, ME 6524
ME 3400, ME 6524
No
Yes
Layer 2 point-to-point services in an interface or
subinterface of a Cisco 7600 Series
subinterface of a Cisco 7600 Series
No
Yes
Updated Cisco IOS Software Releases and Platforms No
Support for the latest Cisco IOS
Software Releases such as
12.0(32) SY, 12.2(33), and
others. Visit the ISC 4.2 Product
bulletin for more details at
Software Releases such as
12.0(32) SY, 12.2(33), and
others. Visit the ISC 4.2 Product
bulletin for more details at
Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive
credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/
. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a
Cisco.com user ID.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the end-of-sale product through Cisco’s
Authorized Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units of the end-of-sale product are
available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis. For
information about the refurbished equipment program, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/ordering/or6/or17/order_refurbished_equipment_program_description.
html
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