For example, the latest software for Voice Gateway Cisco Multiservice Access Router can be found using three navigation routes:. For example, to select a different software type than Aironet Client Bundle, click on the link Aironet Client Bundle Firmware, Driver, Utility which will refresh the page with a list of all software type options available for the Aironet Troubleshooting in the Software Download Area.
For more assistance with Cisco. How do I add a service contract to my profile? I am already registered as a Guest user and logged in. Why am I still unable to download software? Why can't I download the VPN client after creating an account?
How do I navigate using the Product Selector? Can I download multiple files at a time? What do the Add to Cart and Download buttons do? How do I get software notification alerts?
What is 'software on chassis'? How can I navigate within the downloads area without using the browsers Back or Forward buttons?
Free Software What do the icons next to the images mean? Is VPN Client software free? Browser Support What browsers are supported and what browser settings are needed? What operating systems and browsers does the Download Manager work with? Is the Akamai NetSession client required for software downloads?
What should I do? I lost my internet connection. How do I re-start the downloads in the Download Manager? My session seems to have expired. When searching for a product, in the third column, I'm unable to click on the product to go to the download page. Also, the 'Download' button from the cart is unresponsive. I've tried several browsers. On my IE 8 browser, clicking 'Download' next to the image name does not initiate the download.
Also, clicking 'Download' from the cart removes the item from the cart without downloading the file. Introduction The Download Software area offers software releases for Cisco products. Return to Top Navigation in the Download Software Area General Navigation Cisco products are broadly categorized into these Software Product Categories in the Download Software area: Click on "Browse All" Button to see the product categories To locate software by product, navigate through the product categories to the desired item.
Return to Top Most Popular Downloads You can check the popular downloaded products based on the Cisco product lines you are interested in. Return to Top Compare and Research Feature This feature allows you to compare features available for two images within a release and select the appropriate image that you require.
The page will refresh to show the feature information for the two images You can view the details of each feature by clicking on the link to the feature. Return to Top View Features This feature allows you to view all the features that are supported by an image.
Return to Top Releases and associated images Once you have selected the product and the software type if applicable in the Download Software area, you will see a list of releases categorized into 'Latest Releases', 'All Releases' and 'Deferred Releases' folders.
Return to Top Icon The icon next to the release number indicates that a software image s under that release has received an elevated status designation from Cisco. Icon The icon next to the release number indicates that the software image s under that release are suggested for use by the Cisco Software Research Tool.
Return to Top Release Documentation Links to the release notes are posted along with the software images in the Download Software area. Return to Top Software Download Agreement You are required to accept the below Download Agreement before you download any software on the Cisco website. Reviews will be presorted by most helpful. Write Reviews from the Release page: 15 days after a download, users will receive an email with an invitation to provide a review of the software they downloaded: By clicking on the link in the email notification you received after you downloaded software, you will be taken to the read reviews page to write a review: Users can unsubscribe from email notifications of Review requests by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the email.
Return to Top Personalization Features Personalized Navigation Users can navigate to software for products on their contracts. At the time that the Deferral of a Cisco IOS image is advised, you are strongly urged to migrate from the affected image s to the replacement image s. Early Deployment ED These software releases provide new features and new platform support in addition to bug fixes.
Maintenance Deployment MD These software releases provide bug fix support and ongoing software maintenance. General Deployment GD The date at which this software release reached the General Deployment milestone in its lifecycle. A Major Release of Cisco IOS software reaches the General Deployment milestone when Cisco feels it is suitable for deployment anywhere in customer networks where the features and functionality of the release are required.
Criteria for the General Deployment milestone are based on, but not limited to, customer feedback surveys from production and test networks that use the releases, CE bug reports, and reported field experience. Only Major Releases are candidates to reach the General Deployment milestone. Return to Top Providing Feedback We welcome your comments and suggestions to help us improve your software download experience on the Cisco website.
Why do I have to register for certain software? Return to Top Q. However, if you just created an account you will not be able to access VPN software until a valid SMARTnet support contract is associated to your profile.
How do I search for software in the Downloads area? Software can be searched using our global search function which can be found throughout Cisco. Use the global search tool to find software by entering a product name or a keyword.
For Example: Type or aironet in the search field, select from the dropdown list. Click on Software Results Tab as highlighted in the screenshot below and you will see a page with links for software specific results.
Also Softwares can be filtered based on software type using the "Filter Results By"option, which is available in left-hand tool bar. Software can be navigated by products, technology, releases, category, etc. Yes, you can download up to 25 files at a time using the the download cart when logged in with your Cisco account.
The Add to Cart button adds the software image to the Download Cart while keeping the user on the same page. The Download button initiates the download without going through the cart.
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Cisco IOS XR Focuses on the needs of service providers Designed for the dynamic network usage requirements of services Flexible programmability for dynamic reconfiguration. Nowadays Cisco ships a universal image that has all feature sets included. We still have different IOS images depending on the model and version, but nu longer different IOS images with feature sets. When you buy a Cisco device nowadays it will include an IOS image that has all feature sets but you will have to unlock them.
Previously it was possible to download just any IOS image from the Cisco website. Once you have a CCO account with download access you could download whatever you want. There was no check to see if you had permission to run the IOS image that you downloaded. Since the introduction of the , and routers Cisco introduced the universal IOS image. When you buy any of these routers it will run the IP Base image by default and if you want extra features you can unlock them with a license key.
The feature sets are now called technology packages :. If you buy a router with one of these technology packages then Cisco will activate them for you in the factory. Of course you can always buy and activate them later too. The technology packages can be activated manually but for customers with large networks Cisco also released an application called CLM Cisco License Manager. This free tool runs on Windows and Linux and communicates with the Cisco product license registration portal on the Internet to install license keys on your devices.
The routers that support the new licensing model have a unique device identifier UDI. You can view this number on your router:. This PAK has a unique number and Cisco uses it to check what license you have bought. If everything is OK, they will e-mail you the license key. Once the license file is on your router you need to use the license install command to install it.
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