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The Cisco NCS 4206 and Cisco NCS 4216 are full-featured, modular aggregation platforms designed for the cost-effective delivery of converged mobile, residential, and business services.

This document provides information about the IOS XE software release for the Cisco NCS 4206 and Cisco NCS 4216 beginning with Release 3.18SP.

Overview of Cisco NCS 4206 and NCS 4216

Cisco NCS 4206

The Cisco NCS 4206 is a fully-featured aggregation platform designed for the cost-effective delivery of converged mobile and business services. With shallow depth, low power consumption, and an extended temperature range, this compact 3-rack-unit (RU) chassis provides high service scale, full redundancy, and flexible hardware configuration.

The Cisco NCS 4206 expands the Cisco service provider product portfolio by providing a rich and scalable feature set of Layer 2 VPN (L2VPN) and Layer 3 VPN (L3VPN) services in a compact package. It also supports a variety of software features, including Carrier Ethernet features, Timing over Packet, and pseudowire.

For more information on the Cisco NCS 4206 Chassis, see the Cisco NCS 4206 Hardware Installation Guide.

Cisco NCS 4216

The Cisco NCS 4216 is a seven-rack (7RU) unit chassis that belongs to the Cisco NCS 4200 family of chassis. This chassis complements Cisco’s offerings for IP RAN solutions for the GSM, UMTS, LTE and CDMA. Given it’s form-factor, interface types and Gigabit Ethernet density the Cisco NCS 4216 can also be positioned as a Carrier Ethernet aggregation platform.

The Cisco NCS 4216 is a cost optimized, fully redundant, centralized forwarding, extended temperature, and flexible pre-aggregation chassis.

For more information about the Cisco NCS 4216 Chassis, see the Cisco NCS 4216 Hardware Installation Guide.

Cisco NCS 4216 F2B

The Cisco NCS 4216 F2B is a 14-rack unit router that belongs to the Cisco NCS 4200 family of routers. This router complements Cisco’s offerings for IP RAN solutions for the GSM, UMTS, LTE, and CDMA. Given its form-factor, interface types, and Gigabit Ethernet density the Cisco NCS 4216 F2B can also be positioned as a Carrier Ethernet aggregation platform.

The Cisco NCS 4216 F2B is a cost optimized, fully redundant, centralized forwarding, extended temperature, and flexible pre-aggregation router.

For more information about the Cisco NCS 4216 F2B Chassis, see the Cisco NCS 4216 F2B Hardware Installation Guide.

NCS 4216 14RU

The Cisco NCS 4216 14RU is a 14-rack unit router that belongs to the Cisco NCS 4200 family of routers. This router complements Cisco’s offerings for IP RAN solutions for the GSM, UMTS, LTE, and CDMA. Given its form-factor, interface types and GigabitEthernet density the Cisco NCS 4216 14RU can also be positioned as a Carrier Ethernet aggregation platform.

The Cisco NCS 4216 14RU is a cost optimized, fully redundant, centralized forwarding, extended temperature, and flexible pre-aggregation router.

For more information about the Cisco NCS 4216 14RU chassis, see the Cisco NCS 4216 14RU Hardware Installation Guide.

Feature Navigator

You can use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about feature, platform, and software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on cisco.com is not required.

Hardware Supported

The following sections list the hardware supported for Cisco NCS 4206 and Cisco NCS 4216 chassis.

Cisco NCS 4206-RSP2 Supported Interface Modules

The following table lists the RSP-2 supported interface modules for Cisco NCS 4206 chassis:

RSP Module

Supported Interface Modules

Part Numbers

Slot

NCS420X-RSP-128

SFP Combo IM-8-port Gigabit Ethernet (8X1GE)

+ 1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module (1X10GE)

NCS4200-1T8LR-PS

All

NCS 4200 8X T1/E1 CEM Line Card

NCS4200-8E1T1-CE

All

1 port OC-48/STM-16 or 4 port OC-12/OC-3 / STM-1/STM-4 + 12 ports T1/E1 + 4 ports T3/E3 or 1xOC48 interface over the high-density port

NCS4200-3GMS

All except 0 and 1

Cisco NCS 4206-RSP3 Supported Interface Modules

The following table lists the RSP-3 supported interface modules for Cisco NCS 4206 chassis:

RSP Module

Supported Interface Modules

Part Numbers

Slot

NCS420X-RSP

SFP Combo IM-8-port Gigabit Ethernet (8X1GE)

+ 1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module (1X10GE)

NCS4200-1T8LR-PS

All

8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module (8X10GE)

NCS4200-8T-PS

All

1-port 100 Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module (1X100GE)

NCS4200-1H-PK=

4 and 5

2-port 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP Interface Module (2X40GE)

NCS4200-2Q-P

4 and 5

1-Port OC192/STM-64 or 8-Port OC3/12/48/STM-1/-4/-16 Interface Module

NCS4200-1T8S-10CS

2,3, 4 and 5

48 X T1/E1 CEM Interface Module

NCS4200-48T1E1-CE

All

48 X T3/E3 CEM Interface Module

NCS4200-48T3E3-CE

All

1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (SFP+) / 1-port Gigabit Ethernet (SFP) / 2-port Gigabit Ethernet (CSFP) + 16-port Gigabit Ethernet (CSFP) / 8-port Gigabit Ethernet (SFP) Module.

NCS4200-1T16G-PS

For slot information, see the Configuring 1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (1 X SFP+) / 1-port Gigabit Ethernet (1 X SFP) / 2-port Gigabit Ethernet (1 X CSFP) and 16-port Gigabit Ethernet (8 X CSFP) / 8-port Gigabit Ethernet (8 X SFP) chapter of the Cisco NCS 4200 Series Software Configuration Guide.

Cisco NCS 4216 and Cisco NCS 4216 14RU RSP Supported Interface Modules

The following table lists the RSP supported interface modules for the Cisco NCS 4216 and Cisco NCS 4216 14RU chassis:

RSP Module Interface Modules Part Number Slot
NCS4216-RSP SFP Combo IM-8-port Gigabit Ethernet (8X1GE) + 1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (1X10GE) NCS4200-1T8LR-PS 2,5,6,9,10,13,14,15
1x100G Interface module NCS4200-1H-PK 7,8
2x40G Interface module NCS4200-2Q-P 3,4,7,8,11,12
8x10G Interface module NCS4200-8T-PS 3,4,7,8,11,12
1-Port OC192/STM-64 or 8-Port OC3/12/48/STM-1/-4/-16 Module (10G Mode) NCS4200-1T8S-10CS 3,4,7,8,11,12

1-Port OC192/STM-64 or 8-Port OC3/12/48/STM-1/-4/-16 Module (5G Mode)

NCS4200-1T8S-10CS

2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
48XT1/E1 Interface module NCS4200-48T1E1-CE 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
48XT3/E3 Interface module NCS4200-48T3E3-CE 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15

1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (SFP+) / 1-port Gigabit Ethernet (SFP) / 2-port Gigabit Ethernet (CSFP) + 16-port Gigabit Ethernet (CSFP) / 8-port Gigabit Ethernet (SFP) Module.

NCS4200-1T16G-PS

For slot information, see the Configuring 1-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (1 X SFP+) / 1-port Gigabit Ethernet (1 X SFP) / 2-port Gigabit Ethernet (1 X CSFP) and 16-port Gigabit Ethernet (8 X CSFP) / 8-port Gigabit Ethernet (8 X SFP) chapter of the Cisco NCS 4200 Series Software Configuration Guide.

Restrictions and Limitations for Cisco NCS 4206 and Cisco NCS 4216

  • Far end PMON counters are not supported.

  • VT PMON is not supported.

  • Starting from Cisco IOS XE 16.8.1, M13 framing (channelized and non-channelized) is supported on DS3 IM.

  • APS is supported across interface modules. But it is not supported on the same interface module.

  • VT loopback is not supported if T1 is configured for the VT mode.

  • DS1/DS3 SF/SD is not supported.

  • Alternate 0's and 1's BERT pattern is not supported for DS1.

  • All zeros BERT pattern on system side does not get in sync on DS3.

  • DS3/OCx MDL does not interoperate with legacy Q.921 standards.

  • APM is not supported with EPAR on CEP.

  • FDL is not supported.

  • STS24-c is not supported on OCx.

  • Port restriction on OCx. If you have OC48 configured on a port, you cannot use the neighboring port.

  • Bellcore remote loopbacks are not supported for DS1/DS3. Only T1.403 remote loopbacks are supported.

  • DS3 over CEP is not supported on DS3 IM.

  • CEP MIB is not supported.

  • HSPW is not supported on DS3/DS1/OCX card.

  • The ip cef accounting command is not supported on the chassis.

  • Crash may be observed on the chassis when EoMPLS, CEM, ATM and IMA Pseudowire Redundancy (PW-redundancy) configurations exist while switchover and fail back of the pseudowires are being triggered, and the show platform hardware pp active pw eompls command is executed.

  • Configuration sync does not happen on the Standby RSP when the active RSP has Cisco Software Licensing configured, and the standby RSP has Smart Licensing configured on the chassis. If the active RSP has Smart Licensing configured, the state of the standby RSP is undetermined. The state could be pending or authorized as the sync between the RSP modules is not performed.

  • Evaluation mode feature licenses may not be available to use after disabling, and enabling the smart licensing on the Cisco NCS 4206. A reload of the chassis is required.

  • Ingress counters are not incremented for packets of the below format on the RSP3 module for the 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces:

    Packet format

    MAC header---->Vlan header---->Length/Type

    When these packets are received on the RSP3 module, the packets are not dropped, but the counters are not incremented.

  • T1 SAToP, T3 SAToP, and CT3 are supported on an UPSR ring only with local connect mode. Cross connect of T1, T3, and CT3 circuits to UPSR are not supported.

  • DCC is supported only on PPP encapsulation. It is not supported on CLNS encapsulation.

  • Traffic is dropped when packets of size 64 to 100 bytes are sent on 1G and 10G ports.

    • For 64-byte packets, traffic drop is seen at 70% and beyond of the line rate.

    • For 90-byte packets, traffic drop is seen at 90% and beyond of the line rate.

    • For 95-byte packets, traffic drop is seen at 95% and beyond of the line rate.

    Traffic is dropped when:

    • Traffic is sent on a VRF interface.

    • Traffic is sent across layer 2 and layer 3.

    However, traffic is not dropped when the packet size is greater than 100 bytes, even if the packets are sent bidirectionally at the line rate.

  • Effective with Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1, the Port-channel (PoCH) scale is reduced to 24 from 48 for Cisco ASR 900 RSP3 module.

    Note

    The PoCH scale for Cisco NCS 4216 routers is 48.

Determining the Software Version

You can use the following commands to verify your software version:

  • Consolidated Package—show version

  • Individual sub-packages—show version installed (lists all installed packages)

Upgrading to a New Software Release

Only Cisco IOS XE 3S consolidated packages can be downloaded from Cisco.com; users who want to run the chassis using individual subpackages must first download the image from Cisco.com and extract the individual subpackages from the consolidated package.

Supported FPGA Versions for NCS 4206 and NCS 4216

Use the show hw-module all fpd command to display the IM FPGA version on the chassis.

Use the show platform software agent iomd [slot/subslot] firmware cem-fpga command to display the CEM FPGA version on the chassis.

The table below lists the FPGA version for the software releases.


Note

During ISSU, TDM interface modules are reset for FPGA upgrade.

Table 1. Supported FPGA Versions for NCS 4206-RSP3 and NCS 4216
Cisco IOS XE Release 48 X T1/E1 CEM Interface Module FPGA 48 X T3/E3 CEM Interface Module FPGA OC-192 Interface Module + 8-port Low Rate Interface Module FPGA NCS4200-3GMS 8x10G FPGA 2x40G FPGA 1x100G FPGA
IM FPGA 3.18SP 1.22 1.22 1.12

—

0.17 (0x1100 H) 0.22 (0x1600 H) 0.19 (0x1300 H)
CEM FPGA 4.6 4.6 6.6

—

—

—

—

IM FPGA

3.18.1SP

1.22

1.22

1.12

—

0.17 (0x1100 H)

0.22 (0x1600 H)

0.19 (0x1300 H)

CEM FPGA

4.6

4.6

7.0

—

—

—

—

IM FPGA

16.5.1

1.22

1.22

1.15

—

0.21 (0x1500 H)

0.22 (0x1600 H)

0.20 (0x1400 H)

CEM FPGA

0x46310046

0x46310046

5G mode: 0x10070059

10G mode: 0x10050073

—

—

—

—

IM FPGA

16.6.1

1.22

1.22

1.15

—

0.21 (0x1500 H)

0.22 (0x1600 H)

0.20 (0x1400 H)

CEM FPGA

0x46310046

0x46310046

5G mode: 0x10070059

10G mode: 0x10050073

—

—

—

—

IM FPGA

16.7.1

1.22

1.22

1.15

2.0

0.21 (0x1500 H)

0.22 (0x1600 H)

0.20 (0x1400 H)

CEM FPGA

0x46410046

0x46410046

5G mode: 0x10780059

10G mode: 0x10120076

0x10230039

—

—

—

IM FPGA

16.8.1

1.22

1.22

1.15

2.0

0.22

0.22

0.20

CEM FPGA

0x46470046

0x46470046

5G mode:

0x10780059

10G mode:

0x10670075

0x10380039

—

—

—

IM FPGA

16.9.1

1.22

1.22

1.15

2.0

0.22

0.22

0.20

CEM FPGA

0x50090050

0x50060050

5G mode:

0x10070062

10G mode:

0x10480078

0x10520063

—

—

—

MIB Support

The below table summarizes the supported MIBs on the Cisco NCS 4206 and Cisco NCS 4216.

Supported MIBs
BGP4-MIB (RFC 1657) CISCO-IMAGE-LICENSE-MGMT-MIB MPLS-LDP-STD-MIB (RFC 3815)
CISCO-BGP-POLICY-ACCOUNTING-MIB CISCO-IMAGE-MIB MPLS-LSR-STD-MIB (RFC 3813)
CISCO-BGP4-MIB CISCO-IPMROUTE-MIB MPLS-TP-MIB
CISCO-BULK-FILE-MIB CISCO-LICENSE-MGMT-MIB MSDP-MIB
CISCO-CBP-TARGET-MIB CISCO-MVPN-MIB NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB (RFC 3014)
CISCO-CDP-MIB CISCO-NETSYNC-MIB OSPF-MIB (RFC 1850)
CISCO-CEF-MIB CISCO-OSPF-MIB (draft-ietf-ospf-mib-update-05) OSPF-TRAP-MIB (RFC 1850)
CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS-MIB CISCO-OSPF-TRAP-MIB (draft-ietf-ospf-mib-update-05) PIM-MIB (RFC 2934)
CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB CISCO-PIM-MIB RFC1213-MIB
CISCO-CONFIG-MAN-MIB CISCO-PROCESS-MIB RFC2982-MIB
CISCO-DATA-COLLECTION-MIB CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB RMON-MIB (RFC 1757)
CISCO-EMBEDDED-EVENT-MGR-MIB CISCO-PTP-MIB RSVP-MIB
CISCO-ENHANCED-MEMPOOL-MIB CISCO-RF-MIB SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB (RFC 2576)
CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB CISCO-RTTMON-MIB SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB (RFC 2571)
CISCO-ENTITY-EXT-MIB CISCO-SONET-MIB SNMP-MPD-MIB (RFC 2572)
CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL- MIB CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB (RFC 2573)
CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB DS1-MIB (RFC 2495) SNMP-PROXY-MIB (RFC 2573)
CISCO-ENTITY-VENDORTYPE-OID-MIB ENTITY-MIB (RFC 4133) SNMP-TARGET-MIB (RFC 2573)
CISCO-FLASH-MIB ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB (RFC 3433) SNMP-USM-MIB (RFC 2574)
CISCO-FTP-CLIENT-MIB ENTITY-STATE-MIB SNMPv2-MIB (RFC 1907)
CISCO-IETF-ISIS-MIB EVENT-MIB (RFC 2981) SNMPv2-SMI
CISCO-IETF-PW-ATM-MIB ETHERLIKE-MIB (RFC 3635) SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB (RFC 2575)
CISCO-IETF-PW-ENET-MIB IF-MIB (RFC 2863) SONET-MIB
CISCO-IETF-PW-MIB IGMP-STD-MIB (RFC 2933) TCP-MIB (RFC 4022)
CISCO-IETF-PW-MPLS-MIB IP-FORWARD-MIB TUNNEL-MIB (RFC 4087)
CISCO-IETF-PW-TDM-MIB IP-MIB (RFC 4293) UDP-MIB (RFC 4113)
CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB IPMROUTE-STD-MIB (RFC 2932) CISCO-FRAME-RELAY-MIB
CISCO-IGMP-FILTER-MIB MPLS-LDP-GENERIC-STD-MIB (RFC 3815)

The below table summarizes the unverified and supported MIBs on the Cisco NCS 4206 and Cisco NCS 4216.

Unverified MIBs
ATM-MIB CISCO-IETF-DHCP-SERVER-EXT-MIB EXPRESSION-MIB
CISCO-ATM-EXT-MIB HC-ALARM-MIB
CISCO-ATM-IF-MIB CISCO-IETF-PPVPN-MPLS-VPN-MIB HC-RMON-MIB
CISCO-ATM-PVC-MIB CISCO-IP-STAT-MIB IEEE8021-CFM-MIB
CISCO-ATM-PVCTRAP-EXTN-MIB CISCO-IPSLA-ETHERNET-MIB IEEE8021-CFM-V2-MIB
CISCO-BCP-MIB CISCO-L2-CONTROL-MIB IEEE8023-LAG-MIB
CISCO-CALLHOME-MIB CISCO-LAG-MIB INT-SERV-GUARANTEED-MIB
CISCO-CIRCUIT-INTERFACE-MIB CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB INTEGRATED-SERVICES-MIB
CISCO-CONTEXT-MAPPING-MIB CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB MPLS-L3VPN-STD-MIB (RFC 4382)
CISCO-EIGRP-MIB CISCO-NHRP-EXT-MIB MPLS-LDP-ATM-STD-MIB (RFC 3815)
CISCO-ERM-MIB CISCO-NTP-MIB MPLS-LDP-MIB
CISCO-ETHER-CFM-MIB CISCO-PING-MIB MPLS-TE-STD-MIB
CISCO-ETHERLIKE-EXT-MIB CISCO-RESILIENT-ETHERNET-PROTOCOL-MIB MPLS-VPN-MIB
CISCO-EVC-MIB CISCO-RTTMON-ICMP-MIB NHRP-MIB
CISCO-HSRP-EXT-MIB CISCO-RTTMON-IP-EXT-MIB RFC2006-MIB (MIP)
CISCO-HSRP-MIB CISCO-RTTMON-RTP-MIB RMON2-MIB (RFC 2021)
CISCO-IETF-ATM2-PVCTRAP-MIB CISCO-SNMP-TARGET-EXT-MIB SMON-MIB
CISCO-IETF-ATM2-PVCTRAP-MIB-EXTN CISCO-TCP-MIB VRRP-MIB
CISCO-IETF-BFD-MIB CISCO-VRF-MIB
CISCO-IETF-DHCP-SERVER-MIB ETHER-WIS (RFC 3637)

MIB Documentation

To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following location: http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/MIBS/servlet/index

To access Cisco MIB Locator, you must have an account on Cisco.com. If you have forgotten or lost your account information, send a blank e-mail to cco-locksmith@cisco.com. An automatic check will verify that your e-mail address is registered with Cisco.com. If the check is successful, account details with a new random password will be e-mailed to you. Qualified users can establish an account on Cisco.com by following the directions found at the following location:

http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do

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