End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server

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Updated:October 31, 2011

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server. The last day to order the affected product(s) is January 27, 2012. 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 UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server


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.	October 28, 2011
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.	January 27, 2012
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.	April 26, 2012
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.	January 26, 2013
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.	January 26, 2013
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	April 23, 2016
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.	January 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 Part Number	Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number	Replacement Product Description	Additional Information
N20-B6740-2	UCS B440 M1 Blade Server w/o CPU, memory, HDD, mezzanine	B440-BASE-M2	UCS B440 M2 Blade Server w/o CPU, memory, HDD, mezzanine	-
N20-B6740-2-UPG	UCS B440 M1 Blade Server w/o CPU, memory, HDD, mezzanine	B440-BASE-M2UPG	UCS B440 M2 Blade Server w/o CPU, memory, HDD, mezzanine	-
N20-B6740-2=	UCS B440 M1 Blade Server w/o CPU, memory, HDD, mezzanine	B440-BASE-M2=	UCS B440 M2 Blade Server w/o CPU, memory, HDD, mezzanine
N20-B6740-2D	UCS B440 M1 Blade Server w/o CPU, memory, HDD, mezzanine	B440-BASE-M2D	UCS B440 M2 Blade Server w/o CPU, memory, HDD, mezzanine

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco UCS B440 M2 High-Performance Blade Server. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11584/index.html.

Table 3. Product Comparisons


Feature	Cisco UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server	Cisco UCS B440 M2 High-Performance Blade Server
Processor Sockets	4	4
Processors Supported	Intel Xeon 7500 Series	Intel Xeon E7-4800 Series
Memory Capacity	32 DIMMs; up to 512 GB	32 DIMMs; up to 512 GB
Memory Size and Speed	4 and 8 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz	4 and 8 GB DDR3; 1066 MHz
Internal Disk Drive	Up to four 2.5" SFF SAS or 15mm SATA SSD	Up to four 2.5" SFF SAS or 15mm SATA SSD
Integrated RAID	0,1	0,1
Mezzanine I/O Adapter Slots	2	2
I/O Throughput	Up to 40 Gbps	Up to 40 Gbps
Form Factor	Full Width	Full Width
Maximum Servers per Chassis	4	4

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 UCS B440 M2 High-Performance Blade Server, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11584/index.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

To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/support/notifications.html

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Any authorized translation issued by Cisco Systems or affiliates of this end-of-life Product Bulletin is intended to help customers understand the content described in the English version. This translation is the result of a commercially reasonable effort; however, if there are discrepancies between the English version and the translated document, please refer to the English version, which is considered authoritative.

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