Re: missing commands in Cisco IOS

["Stephen Sprunk" <ssprunk () cisco com>]

Since John was asking about a feature in 11.1(19)CC, it is safe to say it
will be in 12.0.

Per the IOS Roadmap, you can see that 11.1(19)CC was the last point that
11.1CC features were synchronized into 12.0(1).  11.1(20)CC to 11.1(22)CC
was synchronized into 12.0(3)T and 12.0(2)S.  Any features added to 11.1CC
after that point separately went into 12.0T and/or 12.0S (depending on a
variety of factors).

You think this system makes it tough to figure out where a feature is?
Imagine trying to manage a modular version of IOS where each component is a
different version (with potentially different features) and users can add
and remove parts of the OS at their whim.  The development challenges of
such a system probably have more to do with system architecture and
component rewrites vs. any hardware limitations.

S

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----- Original Message -----
From: Andy McConnell
To: Stephen Sprunk
Cc: John M. Brown ; nanog () merit edu
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 13:37
Subject: Re: missing commands in Cisco IOS


I found that some features (namely, MBGP) are not moved from the 11.1CC
train to the main 12.0 train; and you will need 12.0T for them.  :-)

-Andy

(When will software/hardware implementations be fast enough to build an
[I|routing]OS that is modular - so you can add the features you want without
having to load all the crap you will never need?  The question itself may be
moot, since no technical support group could provide service for such a wide
variety of installed systems... *sigh*.  )

--
Andy McConnell amcconnell () acm org

Always try to do things in chronological order; it's less
confusing that way.