COMPARISON OF CISCO IOS EDITIONS

Four Basic Editions of IOS

LAN Lite LAN Base

IP Base IP Services
 Different Business uses Different IOS

LAN Lite Small Business

 Different Business uses Different IOS

LAN Base Small-to-Medium

Sized Business
 Different Business uses Different IOS

IP Base Medium-to-Large
Sized Business
 Different Business uses Different IOS

IP Services Large-Scale Business

 The Features of Four Editions

Entry-level

Only bundled with small-business hardware

LAN Lite
Only supports Layer 2 routing

A bare minimum of VoIP enhancement

and security services
 The Features of Four Editions

Small-to-medium sized businesses

LAN Base Enterprise access Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing

Ingress policing, AutoQOS, and DSCP mapping

 The Features of Four Editions

Medium-large business

Complete access Layer 2 and

IP Base Enterprise access Layer 3 routing

Advanced quality of service (QoS),

rate limiting, access control lists
(ACLs), basic static and Routing
Information Protocol (RIP) functions
 The Features of Four Editions

Large-Scale business

Complete access Layer 2 and

IP Services Complete access Layer 3 routing

Dynamic IP routing protocols (Open

Shortest Path First (OSPF),
BGPv4, Enhanced Interior Gateway
Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
 The Comparison

LAN Lite LAN Base IP Base IP Services

Scale of Small Small-to-medium Medium-large Large
business
Layer 2 Yes Enterprise access Complete access Complete access
Layer 3 No Yes Enterprise access Complete access
Security Basic Enterprise access Complete access Complete access
Security Security Security
QoS Basic Enterprise access QoS Complete access Complete access
QoS QoS