Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 15.0(1)M Dados agregados

Product Bulletin

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Feature inheritance from Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.4T and 12.4 Mainline

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M (extended maintenance) releases every 20 months - allows customers to qualify/deploy/remain on releases

longer with active bug fix support

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Standard maintenance 15 T releases - provides the latest features and hardware support before the next M

release becomes available on Cisco.com

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Rebuilds of Release 15 M and T releases for ongoing bug fixes

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Cisco IOS Software Release 15.0(1)M is the first release

Figure 1. Release 15 M & T Overview

1.1 Migration Guide

Cisco recommends that customers running Release 12.4T, Release 12.4, or prior Cisco IOS M and T releases

upgrade to Release 15.0(1)M where possible. Several Cisco hardware platforms ended support on Releases

12.4(15)T and 12.4 Mainline. These platforms will not be supported in 15 M and T. Refer to the following bulletin for

more information:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps8802/ps6968/ps6441/product_bulletin_c25_466578.html

Customers should determine their functionality needs and choose the appropriate release.

Figure 2 illustrates the current migration path from Cisco IOS Release 12.4, Release 12.4T, and prior releases to

Release 15.0(1)M.

Figure 2. Release 12.4T Migration Path

Hardware Requirements for Release 15.0(1)M

Please refer to the following web sites for Integrated Services Router hardware platform requirements for Release

15.0(1)M:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps5460/prod_bulletins_list.html

Information on hardware requirements for other Release 15.0(1)M supported hardware platforms can be found via

the Cisco.com products and services and support web sites:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/index.html

AppleTalk Phase I and II, and Service Selection Gateway (SSG) features are not supported in Release 15 M and T.

The first Cisco IOS 15 T release is planned for the 2nd quarter of 2010.