End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco IOS Releases 15.3(2), 15.4(1), 15.4(2), 15.5(3) for ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Routers
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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco IOS Releases 15.3(2), 15.4(1), 15.4(2), 15.5(3) for ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Routers. The last day to order the affected product(s) is June 17, 2019. 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). 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 IOS Releases 15.3(2), 15.4(1), 15.4(2), 15.5(3) for ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Routers
| 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 17, 2018 |
| 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. | June 17, 2019 |
| Last Ship 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. | June 17, 2019 |
| End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: | The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes for. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software. The only exception is Vulnerability/Security issues that will be addressed as shown in the End of Vulnerability/Security Support milestone below. | December 17, 2019 |
| End of Vulnerability/Security Support: | The last date that Cisco Engineering may release bug fixes for Vulnerability or Security issues for. After this date, bug fixes for Vulnerability or Security issues identified in may be provided through later supported software releases. Note that there will be no rebuild releases of provided after this End of Vulnerability/Security Support milestone date. | June 16, 2020 |
| Last Date of Support: | 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. | June 30, 2024 |
Product Migration Options
Customers are advised to migrate to IOS 15.6(2)SP release.
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End-of-Sale date.
The Cisco Takeback and Recycle program helps businesses properly dispose 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: https://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html.
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.html.
For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_warranties_listing.html.
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