End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Access Registrar 3.5

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Updated:June 7, 2006

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Product Bulletin No. EOL5001

Cisco Systems ® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Access Registrar 3.5. The last day to order the affected product is December 8, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until December 7, 2009. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco Access Registrar 4.1. Table 2 provides relevant information for migrating to the replacement product.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Access Registrar 3.5.


Milestone	Definition	Date
End-of-Life Announcement Date	The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to the general public.	June 9, 2006
End-of-Sale Date	The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.	December 8, 2006
Last Shipment Date	The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.	March 8, 2007
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date	The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.	December 8, 2007
End of New Service Attachment Date	For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract.	December 8, 2007
End of Service Contract Renewal Date	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	March 5, 2009
Last Date of Support	The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.	December 7, 2009

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement


End-of-Sale Product Part Number	Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number	Replacement Product Description
AR-3.5-BASE-K9	Access Registrar 3.5 Base Software	AR-4.1-BASE-K9	Access Registrar 4.1-Solaris and Linux
AR-3.5-UP-K9	Access Registrar 3.5 Upgrade	AR-4.1-UP-K9	Access Registrar 4.1 Upgrade-Solaris and Linux
AR-ADD-CACHE	AR 4.0-Add on license for CAR Identity Cache Engine	AR-4.1-ADD-CACHE=	AR 4.1-Additional License Option- Session Cache
AR-ADD-CACHE=	AR 4.0-Add on license for CAR Identity Cache Engine	AR-4.1-ADD-CACHE=	AR 4.1-Additional License Option- Session Cache
AR-ADD-CPU	Additional License Option for Additional CPU	AR-4.1-ADD-CPU=	AR 4.1-Additional License Option-CPU
AR-ADD-CPU=	Additional License Option for Additional CPU	AR-4.1-ADD-CPU=	AR 4.1-Additional License Option-CPU
AR-ADD-HLR	Additional License Option for HLR Proxy Feature	AR-4.1-ADD-HLR=	AR 4.1-Additional License Option-HLR Proxy
AR-ADD-HLR=	Additional License Option for HLR Proxy Feature	AR-4.1-ADD-HLR=	AR 4.1-Additional License Option-HLR Proxy
AR-ADD-PREPAID	Additional License Option for Prepaid Feature	AR-4.1-ADD-PRPAID=	AR 4.1-Additional License Option-Prepaid API
AR-ADD-PREPAID=	Additional License Option for Prepaid Feature	AR-4.1-ADD-PRPAID=	AR 4.1-Additional License Option-Prepaid API

PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS

The recommended replacement for the Cisco Access Registrar is the Cisco Access Registrar 4.1.

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco Access Registrar 4.1. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps411/index.html.

Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com user ID.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the Cisco Access Registrar, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps411/prod_eol_notices_list.html or contact your local account representative.

For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html.

To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice.

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