End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the 10-Gbps Full-Band Tunable Multirate Enhanced Transponder Card for the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform

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Updated:December 18, 2015

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the 10-Gbps Full-Band Tunable Multirate Enhanced Transponder Card for the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform. The last day to order the affected product(s) is December 17, 2016. 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 10-Gbps Full-Band Tunable Multirate Enhanced Transponder Card for the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform

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.	December 18, 2015
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 17, 2016
Last Ship Date: HW	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 17, 2017
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: HW	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 17, 2017
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: HW	The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect.	December 17, 2017
End of New Service Attachment Date: HW	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 17, 2017
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	March 17, 2021
Last Date of Support: HW	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, 2021

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

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number	Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number	Replacement Product Description	Additional Information
15454-10E-L1-C++=	15454 10G Multi-Rate Transpondr-EFEC-Full C-Band Tunable, TA	15454-M-10X10G-LC	10x10G Multi rate Client Line Card	-
15454-10E-L1-C=	15454 10G Multi-Rate Transponder- EFEC- Full C-Band Tunable	15454-M-10X10G-LC	10x10G Multi rate Client Line Card	-

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco ONS 15454 10-Port 10 Gbps Line Card. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/optical-networking/ons-15454-series-multiservice-provisioning-platforms/data_sheet_c78-713296.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 the 10-Gbps Full-Band Tunable Multirate Enhanced Transponder Card for the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform 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 ONS 15454 10-Port 10 Gbps Line Card, visit http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/optical-networking/ons-15454-series-multiservice-provisioning-platforms/data_sheet_c78-713296.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/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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