This catalog describes the internetworking products currently offered by Cisco Systems which are available through two-tier distributors and their resellers.
To determine which Cisco product--routers, communication servers, access servers, switches, concentrators, hubs, repeaters, adapters, cards, and software--best suits your needs and requirements, use this catalog as follows.
Note Parts 1 through 7, as described here, apply only to the printed version of the catalog.
- Start with Part 1, "Product Line Overview," which provides tables comparing major features of the Cisco product line. It also describes the standard and optional software packages available with each system and discusses Cisco's internetwork management applications.
- Look for detailed information about Cisco products in Parts 2 through 6. Included in each part is a description of standard features as well as options, including interface cards, processors, memory cards, port adapters, and product-specific cables.
- Part 2 describes the Cisco 7000 family of products--the Cisco 7200 series.
- Part 3 describes the Cisco access products. Included in this part are the Cisco 4000 series; Cisco 3600 series; Cisco 2500 series; access servers, including the Cisco AS5100 and Cisco AS5200; Cisco 1600 series; Cisco 1500 series micro hub; Cisco 1000 series; Cisco 700 family, including the Cisco 760 series and Cisco 770 series; Cisco 200 series; AccessPro PC cards.
- Part 4 describes the Catalyst Family of Switches. Included in this part are the Catalyst 5000 family of multilayer switching systems; Catalyst 3000 series switches; Catalyst 2900 switch; Catalyst 2820 series Ethernet switches; Catalyst 1900 series Ethernet switches; FastHub 300, FastHub 200, and FastHub 100 series hubs.
- Part 5 describes the Internet products, which include Cisco IP/TV, Cisco Server Suite 1000, Cisco DNS/DHCP Manager, Cisco Micro Webserver, Cisco TCP/IP Suite 100, Cisco PIX Firewall, Cisco LocalDirector.
- For a list of additional options that apply to multiple Cisco products, refer to Part 6, "Components." Components include Ethernet transceivers, serial cables, power cords, and options for mature Cisco products.
- Finally, to order products contact your distributor.
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 IOSTM software Release 11.0 and the current Stratacom BPX®, Stratacom IGXTM, LightStream® 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.
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