The Cisco Product Catalog describes the internetworking hardware and software products currently offered by Cisco Systems for enterprise and service provider networks. Some of these products are available through two-tier distributors and their resellers.
In order to increase its usability, the Product Catalog is in the process of being reorganized and reformatted. Information in some of the sections has been modified to fit the new format, while information in other sections has yet to be reviewed. Additionally, some of the sections have been moved around. The most notable changes are listed below.
- The "Ordering Products" section has been updated and moved to the front of the catalog.
- Products have been grouped under the following parts:
- New chapters have been created and products have been grouped according to their function (see the Table of Contents for details).
- The format for each product description has been updated and extraneous information removed.
Note Cisco documentation and additional literature are available in a CD-ROM package, which ships with your product. The Documentation CD-ROM, a member of the Cisco Connection Family, is updated monthly. Therefore, it might be more up to date than printed documentation. To order additional copies of the Documentation CD-ROM, contact your local sales representative or call customer service. The CD-ROM package is available as a single package or as an annual subscription. You can also access Cisco documentation on the World Wide Web at http://www.cisco.com, http://www-china.cisco.com, or http://www-europe.cisco.com.
This Catalog includes many tables that contain product information and specifications details. The following conventions are used unless otherwise noted.
- X is used to denote that a product contains a specific feature or functionality.
- - is used to denote that a product does not contain a specific feature or functionality.
Cisco Systems strives to maintain a superior level of commitment to customer success and satisfaction unsurpassed in the networking industry. As year 2000 approaches, we know you need clear year 2000 compliance information, and access to other data to make critical technology decisions that impact your business now and well into the future.
Several definitions of year 2000 compliance are presently circulating within the industry. This is Cisco's definition, which we believe meets our customers' year 2000 compliance requirements.
Cisco IOS software Release 11.0 and the current BPX, IGX, 2020, LightStream 1010, Catalyst 5000, and Catalyst 3000 product families are already year 2000 compliant. Cisco will continue to test current and future products for year 2000 compliance. Cisco will include any modifications incorporated into the compliance process during its implementation.
As part of Cisco's comprehensive approach to year 2000 compliance, we are also verifying that our suppliers of services and products also have effective year 2000 compliance processes. This will help ensure that our business systems operate reliably before, during, and into the new millennium.
In the event that compliance issues are identified through testing, Cisco will, through support programs, provide the necessary bug fixes, upgrades, and software releases so products come into compliance.
Cisco will also submit several of its year 2000 compliance processes, including the process for testing Cisco IOS software, for certification with the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA). ITAA is a recognized trade association that provides independent review and assessment of year 2000 compliance processes.
- Software Products shall mean any level of software including, but not limited to, microcode, firmware, operating systems, application programs, files and databases which may be provided by Cisco.
- Four Digit Year Format shall mean the format which represents all four digits of the calendar year. The first two digits represent the century and the last two digits represent the year within the century (e.g. "1996" is represented as "1996").
- Leap Year shall mean the year during which an extra day is added in February. Leap year occurs in all years divisible by 400 or evenly divisible by 4 and not evenly divisible by 100. For example, 1996 is a leap year since it is divisible by 4 and not evenly divisible by 100. The year 2000 is a leap year since it is divisible by 400.
- Year 2000 Compliant shall mean all calendar year representations used within the software products which, when operated (including, but not limited to, arithmetic, comparison and sorting operations) before, during and after the actual calendar year 2000 A.D. shall not produce subsequent operations and/or generate output which yield results in variance with the normal course of operations of the software product, or error conditions which are the direct result of the use of a calendar year representation.
Software products will process calendar dates (including, but not limited to, arithmetic, comparison and sorting) using a four digit year format. Software products will correctly process calendar dates for leap year. Data processed by Year 2000 Compliant Software Products will be compatible with software products which are not year 2000 compliant. In addition, the Year 2000 Compliant Software Product shall continue to be in compliance with the software product's specification and will continue to perform its functionalities before, during and after the year 2000 provided software product is under Cisco's then-current standard warranty or under a maintenance agreement with Cisco or with a Cisco authorized service provider or reseller.
- General Integrity - Products/services will accurately process date/time calculations (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, between the years 1999 and 2000, and during a Leap Year.
- Date Integrity - All manipulations of time-related data (dates, duration, days of week, etc.) will produce desired results for all valid date values within the application domain.
- Explicit Century - Date elements in interfaces and data storage permit specifying century to eliminate date ambiguity.
- Implicit Century - For any date element represented without century, the correct century is unambiguous for all manipulations involving that element.
- Interfacing - Year 2000 Compliant Software Products, when used in combination with other year 2000 compliant products, shall accurately process date/time provided that such other products properly exchange date/time data with it.
Cisco's Year 2000 Web page provides an update on our compliance progress. The Web page contains the following information:
- Cisco's definition of year 2000 compliance
- A list of tested hardware and software products
- A list of hardware and software products scheduled for testing and estimated completion dates of testing
- A list of hardware and software products Cisco does not plan to test
- The status of Cisco ITAA certification
- Compliance information concerning products of newly acquired companies
Cisco's Year 2000 Web page can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/warp/customer/752/2000/index.html
For further information about Cisco's year 2000 compliance program, contact your local Cisco Account Manager (http://www.cisco.com/warp/customer/687/Directory.shtml) and he or she will assist you.
Please send corrections and comments to bug-doc@cisco.com.
