Сводные данные для Cisco Cisco 5760 Wireless LAN Controller
Product Bulletin
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IOS Software Releases
PB 733697
Updated February 2016
Types of Software Releases
Cisco
®
Wireless Software provides the types of releases listed in Table 1.
Table 1.
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software Release Description
Software Release
Description
Benefit
Maintenance
Deployment (MD)
releases
Deployment (MD)
releases
Software releases that provide bug-fix support
and ongoing software maintenance. These
releases are categorized as Maintenance
Deployment (MD).
and ongoing software maintenance. These
releases are categorized as Maintenance
Deployment (MD).
These are long-lived releases with ongoing
software maintenance.
software maintenance.
Provides customers with a software release that offers stability and
long support duration with periodic maintenance releases (MRs).
long support duration with periodic maintenance releases (MRs).
Early Deployment
(ED) releases
(ED) releases
Software releases that provide new features and
new hardware platform support in addition to
bug fixes. These releases are categorized as
Early Deployment (ED). These are short-lived
releases.
new hardware platform support in addition to
bug fixes. These releases are categorized as
Early Deployment (ED). These are short-lived
releases.
Allows a customer to deploy the latest features and new hardware
platforms or modules.
platforms or modules.
Product Migration Options and Release Recommendations
Customers are encouraged to migrate their software according to the guidelines below.
Maintenance Deployment (MD) Releases
●
Release 3.6 is the MD release train (a release in this train will be qualified as MD).
Early Deployment (ED) Releases
●
Customers with 802.11n access points or earlier ED release versions of 3.2 or 3.3 should upgrade to 3.6.4.
●
Release 3.6.4 is recommended for customers with 802.11ac deployments.
Table 2 summarizes the current MD and ED release recommendations.
Table 2.
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software MD and ED Release
Software Release
Deployed Release
Recommended Release
Early Deployment (ED) releases for 802.11n and
802.11ac deployments
802.11ac deployments
3.2 and 3.3 ED releases
3.6.4 release train
Early Deployment (ED) releases for 802.11ac
deployments
deployments
3.6 ED release
3.6.4 release
Maintenance Deployment (MD) release
Any
3.6 release train