Cisco IOS XE

Cisco IOS XE
Developer Cisco Systems
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Closed source
Platforms Some Cisco routers (such as ASR 1000) and some Catalyst switches (such as 3850)
Userland Linux
Default user interface Command line interface
Official website Cisco IOS XE

IOS XE is a train of Cisco Systems' widely deployed Internetworking Operating System (IOS), introduced with the ASR 1000 series.[1]

It is built on Linux[2][3] and provides a distributed software architecture that moves many operating system responsibilities out of the IOS process[4][5] and has a copy of IOS running as a separate process.[6]

Releases

IOS XE is released separately for ASR 1000[7] and Catalyst 3850.[8]

References

  1. David Newman (2009-01-12). "Cisco's ASR 1000 router built for 10-year tenure". Network World, Inc. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  2. "Logging into a Linux shell from a Cisco ASR1000 Series Router". 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  3. "Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers". Cisco Systems. 2012. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  4. Michael Morris (2009-01-26). "Now a Look at Cisco IOS XE for the ASRs". Network World, Inc. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  5. "Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Software Configuration Guide". Cisco Systems. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  6. Tom Hollingsworth (2013-04-18). "IOS X-Treme!". Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  7. ASR 1000 release notes
  8. Catalyst 3850 release notes


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