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Cisco ME 3400 Series Ethernet Access Switches
Product Bulletin No. 600306
Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(54)SE for Cisco Catalyst 3750 Metro Series Switches and Cisco ME
3400 and ME 3400E Series Ethernet Access Switches
Cisco announces Cisco IOS
®
Software updates for Cisco Catalyst
®
3750 Metro Series Switches and Cisco
®
ME
3400 and ME 3400E Series Ethernet Access Switches. This release advances Cisco's leadership role by providing
enhanced operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM) capabilities and standard-based IEEE 802.1ad
Provider Bridges for Metro Ethernet deployments.
This product bulletin contains content and delivery information for Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(54)SE.
New Features
The following new features are available with Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(54)SE for Metro Ethernet switches:
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IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridges: Release 12.2(54)SE supports standard-compliant implementation of Layer
2 VLAN stacking and Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), including the definition of C-UNI and S-UNI as per
the standard. These standards give the Catalyst 3750 Metro Series and Cisco ME 3400E Series additional
interoperability capabilities.
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The 802.1ap MIB: Provides MIB definition for VLAN provider bridges on Catalyst 3750 Metro Series and
Cisco ME 3400 and ME 3400E Series. The 802.1ap MIB includes the object definition for 802.1ag
Connectivity Fault Management (CFM).
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CFM support on customer VLAN: Allows service providers to enable CFM Maintenance End Points (MEPs)
and Maintenance Intermediate Points (MIPs) on customer VLAN, giving the VPN customer additional 802.1ag
CFM capabilities. This support is available on the Catalyst 3750 Metro Series and Cisco ME 3400E Series.
Table 1 lists the product support for new features in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(54)SE.
Table 1.
New Feature Support
Cisco
Catalyst 3750
Metro Series:
Advanced IP
Catalyst 3750
Metro Series:
Advanced IP
Cisco
Catalyst 3750
Metro Series:
IP Services
Catalyst 3750
Metro Series:
IP Services
Cisco
Catalyst 3750
Metro Series:
IP Base
Catalyst 3750
Metro Series:
IP Base
Cisco ME
3400E
Series: Metro
IP Access
3400E
Series: Metro
IP Access
Cisco ME
3400E
Series: Metro
Access
3400E
Series: Metro
Access
Cisco ME
3400 Series:
Metro IP
Access
3400 Series:
Metro IP
Access
Cisco ME
3400 Series:
Metro
Access
3400 Series:
Metro
Access
Cisco ME
3400 Series:
Metro Base
3400 Series:
Metro Base
802.1ad Provider
Bridges
Bridges
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
CFM on C-VLAN
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
802.1ap MIB
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes