Product Enhancement Requests

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Product Enhancement Requests (PERs) offer some customers an oppertunity to submit requests for a new feature or capability. While this is a simple idea, actually getting the PER committed is not. It is recommended that if you want a feature, that a DDTS (Distributed Defect Tracking System, aka CSCxxxxx) be filed instead as DDTSs are treated differently than a PER. PERs can take several years to actually be implemented while a DDTS strangely, is committed faster.

This section is dedicated to listing PERs you have requested or would like to see requested. It is optional if youd like to post the actual PER identification or company name.

Contents 1 IOS 12.0S related PER's (main branch for GSR, also 7200/7500/10k/10720) 2 IOS 12.2S related PER's (7200/7300/7500, IPv6 support for non-GSR) 3 IOS 12.2SX related PER's (specific branch for 6500/7600) 4 IOS 12.2SB related PER's (subbranch from 12.2S to introduce new MPLS VPN&QoS services) 5 IPv6 related PER's (generic) 6 Routing Convergence related PER's (generic) 7 Misc

IOS 12.0S related PER's (main branch for GSR, also 7200/7500/10k/10720)

IOS 12.2S related PER's (7200/7300/7500, IPv6 support for non-GSR)

• Port of 12.0S 'ip cef table loadinfo force' support
• Port of 12.0S BGP next-hop tracking code
• Port of 12.0S MPLS TE Fast ReRoute

IOS 12.2SX related PER's (specific branch for 6500/7600)

• Port of 12.0S 'ip cef table loadinfo force' support
• Port of 12.0S BGP next-hop tracking code
• vrf source-select
• HW support for SUP32 module - Integrated in 12.2(18)SXF
• HW support for WS-6148A module - Integrated in 12.2(18)SXF
• OER for 6500/7600 - planned Q1 2006 (Oliver Boehmer @DE-CIX Technical Meeting, 16-Sep-2005)

IOS 12.2SB related PER's (subbranch from 12.2S to introduce new MPLS VPN&QoS services)

IPv6 related PER's (generic)

• 6VPE
  • this is present in 12.2(33)SRB for 7600 (and later SR releases for 7200?)
  • this is present in 12.2(33)SXI for 6500/sup720

• ISIS: support to exclude connected IPv6 prefixes from LSP advertisements

Routing Convergence related PER's (generic)

• BFD support for static routes (CSCsb48249)
• BFD integration with PIM (CSCsb88372 )
• Support for CEF loadinfo structures for MPLS prefixes

Misc

• ssh <hostname> /vrf <vrfname> (see below)
• exec-mode 'terminal vrf <vrfname>' to control effective vrf for all commands
• uRPF for IPv6 in H/W on PFC3

• Public key auth for SSH
  • i.e. from a client machine, use an RSA/DSA key to log into a Cisco IOS router
  • obviously need some way to upload keys and associate them with users