03-17-2010 09:02 AM - edited 03-06-2019 10:10 AM
How can I determine what feature set is running on a Cat4506 with a really old IOS version? In newer versions it's easy to find by looking at the filename, but I'm on cat4000-is-mz.121-12c.EW1.bin. As far as I can tell, there is no difference between the filenames for "BASIC L3" and "ENHANCED L3" images on this version.
I'm asking because we're about to upgrade, and I want to get the right version.
Output from "sh ver":
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) Catalyst 4000 L3 Switch Software (cat4000-IS-M), Version 12.1(12c)EW1, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
TAC Support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 24-Oct-02 23:05 by eaarmas
Image text-base: 0x00000000, data-base: 0x00CA7368
ROM: 12.1(12r)EW
Dagobah Revision 63, Swamp Revision 24
<name removed> uptime is 3 years, 9 weeks, 4 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System restarted at 12:59:33 MET Wed Jan 10 2007
System image file is "bootflash:cat4000-is-mz.121-12c.EW1.bin"
cisco WS-C4506 (XPC8245) processor (revision 5) with 524288K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FOX07021E49
Last reset from PowerUp
44 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
403K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
Configuration register is 0x2102
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03-17-2010 12:51 PM
If you can configure BGP then it looks like you have the Enhanced L3 image.
Jon
03-17-2010 09:10 AM
use the cisco feature navigator tool and search by image to find all feature supported for your IOS.
03-17-2010 09:32 AM
Thanks for your answer!
I'm not looking for specific features. If I understand correctly, a BASIC L3 image entitles me to upgrade to a more current IP BASE image, whereas from an ENHANCED L3 image I can upgrade to an IP ENTERPRISE image. I would therefore like to know which one I'm using today.
I don't need the enterprise features, at least not for the time being, but it would be nice to know if I can use the enterprise image if we need it later on.
Regards
03-17-2010 10:47 AM
What supervisor are you running ?
Quick test, try and configure BGP and if you get something like "not supported in this image" you probably have the Base feature set.
Jon
03-17-2010 12:40 PM
The supervisor is WS-X4515 (Supervisor Engine IV), and I'm allowed to configure BGP.
03-17-2010 12:45 PM
How about that system uptime! I always enjoy seeing those.
03-17-2010 12:51 PM
If you can configure BGP then it looks like you have the Enhanced L3 image.
Jon
03-17-2010 01:02 PM
OK. Thank you! :-)
03-17-2010 02:34 PM
I'm going to give you a different answer . Just by looking at the image name I would say it is ipbase . In early versions cisco did not get rid of commands and functions even if they were not supported . I know up through like 12.2 EW even ipbase you could configure BGP and it would even work even though it was not supported in ipbase because I set it up in a lab once and we even found after the fact that we had a 4948 that was running base and had been running bgp for a couple of years on the network . So this being said you could very well have ipbase. Below is as close as I could come to what you are using . What supervisor are you running ?
BASIC L3 cat4000-i9s-mz.121-20.EW2.bin
03-18-2010 04:48 AM
The supervisor is a WS-X4515 (Supervisor Engine IV).
When I go to software download, and look at deferred images for this supervisor, this is the closest to what we have I can find:
ENHANCED L3
cat4000-is-mz.121-12c.EW2.bin
Release Date: 17/Jul/2003
Size: 7959.45 KB (8150468 bytes)
Minimum Memory: DRAM:256 MB Flash:64 MB
BASIC L3
cat4000-is-mz.121-12c.EW2.bin
Release Date: 17/Jul/2003
Size: 7959.45 KB (8150468 bytes)
Minimum Memory: DRAM:256 MB Flash:64 MB
They seem exactly the same to me...
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