End-of-Sale Announcement Cisco CNS Network Registrar 4.0

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Updated:January 18, 2005

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PRODUCT BULLETIN NO. 2730

Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco® CNS Network Registrar® 4.0. The last day to order the Cisco CNS Network Registrar 4.0 is October 1, 2000. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until October 1, 2003.

Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the Cisco CNS Network Registrar 4.0. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.

Customers are encouraged to migrate to Cisco CNS Network Registrar 6.1, a full-featured system that provides Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) scalable naming and addressing services for enterprise and service provider networks. Information about the replacement product can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps1982/index.html.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for Cisco CNS Network Registrar 4.0


Milestone	Definition	Date
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.	October 1, 2000
End of Software 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.	October 1, 2001
End of Service Contract Renewal Date	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. The extension or renewal period cannot extend beyond the last date of support.	October 1, 2002
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.	October 1, 2003

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement


End-of-Sale Product Part Number	Product Description
CNR-4.0	Cisco Network Registrar 4.0, base, 1250 nodes, all platforms
CNR-4.0-SITE-UPE	Cisco Network Registrar 4.0 Site License Upgrade with Cisco Software Application Support plus Upgrades (SASU)
CNR-4.0-UPE	Cisco Network Registrar 4.0 Upgrade for Cisco SASU customers

PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS

The recommended replacement for the Cisco CNS Network Registrar 4.0 is the Cisco CNS Network Registrar 6.1. Cisco CNS Network Registrar 6.1 dramatically improves the reliability of naming and addressing services for enterprise networks. For cable Internet service providers (ISPs), Cisco CNS Network Registrar provides scalable DNS and DHCP services and forms the basis of a DOCSIS ® cable modem provisioning system.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the Cisco CNS Network Registrar, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps1982/index.html or contact your local Cisco account representative or Cisco channel partner.

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