LAN Base IOS 4948-10GE

yassine-m · ‎06-30-2009

Hi,

What's the major difference between the LAN Base IOS and the IP Base IOS for the 4948-10GE switch.

This reference WS-C4948-10GE is shipped with optional software image, what's that means ?

Br

jliscano · ‎06-30-2009

I just did a comparison between both the latest images 12.2.52-SG(ED). Here they are:

Features Unique to IP Base IOS w/o Crypto Image:

Call Home

Config Change Tracking Identifier

EIGRP Stub Routing

Embedded Event Manager (EEM) 2.0

FHRP - VRF Aware VRRP

FHRP - HSRP - Hot Standby Router Protocol V2

IP Enhanced IGRP Route Authentication

IPv6 Multicast

IPv6 Multicast: MLD Access Group

IPv6 Multicast: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Protocol, Versions 1 and 2

IPv6 Multicast: PIM Accept Register

IPv6 Multicast: PIM Embedded RP Support

IPv6 Multicast: PIM Source-Specific Multicast (PIM-SSM)

IPv6 Multicast: PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)

IPv6 Multicast: Routable Address Hello Option

IPv6 Multicast: RPF Flooding of Bootstrap Router (BSR) Packets

IPv6 Multicast: Scope Boundaries

Rapid-Per-VLAN-Spanning Tree (Rapid-PVST)

Smart Port

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

Features Unique to LAN Base IOS w/o Crypto Image:

IP SLAs - DLSW+ Operation

Jerry Ye · ‎06-30-2009

Hi Yassine,

LAN Base IOS means it only has L2 features, such as VTP, STP, RSTP, etc.

IP Base IOS means it has basic L3 features, like static route, RIP, etc.

Optional software are the additional features like SSH, where it consider crypto image.

You can check out this slide for additional information:

HTH,

jerry