End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Prime Carrier Management August 13

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Prime Carrier Management August 13. The last day to order the affected product(s) is December 30, 2014.Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s).Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available under the terms and conditions of customers' service contract.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Prime Carrier Management August 13

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.	July 1, 2014
End-of-Sale Date	The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. Theproduct is no longer for sale after this date.	December 30, 2014
Last Ship Date: App. SW	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 30, 2015
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: App. SW	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 30, 2015
End of New Service Attachment Date: App. SW	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 30, 2015
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: App. SW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	March 27, 2017
Last Date of Support: App. SW	The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.	December 31, 2017

HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product PartNumber	Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number	Replacement Product Description	Additional Information
CM-ASSURE-SBY	Prime Carrier Management S13 Assurance Standby Entitlement	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
CM-NGN-SBY	Prime Carrier Management S13 IP NGN Standby Entitlement	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
CMS13ASSURE-K9	Prime Carrier Management S13 Assurance Base	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
CMS13ASSURE-LABK9	Prime Carrier Management S13 Assurance Lab Application	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
CMS13NGN-K9	Prime Carrier Management S13 IP NGN Base	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
CMS13NGN-LAB-K9	Prime Carrier Management S13 IP NGN Lab Application	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NETWORK-4.0B-K9	Prime Network 4.0 - Base Application - OPTION	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NETWORK-4.0BLAB-K9	Prime Network 4.0 -Lab Application (notforProduction)-OPTION	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
PRIME-SUITE-K9	Prime Suite (DCT Top Level Ordering Use Only - Physical)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
R-PRIME-SUITE-K9	Prime Suite (DCT Top Level Ordering - eDelivery)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco Prime Carrier Management April 14. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/prime-ip-next-generation-networks/index.html.

Customers may be able to use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) where applicable to trade-in eligible products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, customers should work with their Cisco Partner or Cisco account team. Cisco Partners can find additional TMP information on Partner Central at http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.

Customers may be able to continue to purchase Cisco Prime Carrier Management August 13 through the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached. For information about the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program, go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/eos.

Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End-of-Sale date.

The Cisco Takeback and Recycle program helps businesses dispose properly of surplus products that have reached their end of useful life. The program is open to all business users of Cisco equipment and its associated brands and subsidiaries. For more information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html.

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco Prime Carrier Management April 14, visit http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/prime-ip-next-generation-networks/index.html, or contact your local account representative.

To request information about the Cisco Prime Carrier Management April 14, send an e-mail to ask-prime-sp@cisco.com.

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

For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_warranties_listing.html.

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