End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 7200 Series Router NPE-225 Network Processing Engine and Respective Bundles, and Cisco 7200 Input/Output Controller C7200-I/O
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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco 7200 Series Router NPE-225 Network Processing Engine and Respective Bundles, and Cisco 7200 Input/Output Controller C7200-I/O. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 23, 2007. 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 until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 7200 Series Router NPE-225 Network Processing Engine and Respective Bundles, and Cisco 7200 Input/Output Controller C7200-I/O
HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
Product Migration Options
Customers are encouraged to migrate from the Cisco 7200 Series Router NPE-225 and respective 7200 NPE-225 network processing engine bundles to the Cisco 7200 Series Router NPE-G2 or NPE-G1 network processing engine and its respective bundles. Regarding the Cisco 7200 Input/Output Controller C7200-I/O,customers are encouraged to migrate to the input/output controller for Cisco 7200 Series Routers with part number C7200-I/O-GE+E= or C7200-I/O-2FE/E. More information can be found at:
http://www.cisco.com/go/7200.
Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) to trade-in 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/pr11/incentive/tmp/index.html
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco 7200 Series Router NPE-225 Network Processing Engine and Respective Bundles, and Cisco 7200 Input/Output Controller C7200-I/O 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 7200 Series Router NPE-G2,NPE-G1 or NPE-400 Network Processing Engine, visit
http://www.cisco.com/go/7200, or contact your local account representative.
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