End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Select Cisco UCS B-Series B200 M2 Distribution Bundles

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Updated:June 1, 2012

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Select Cisco UCS B-Series B200 M2 Distribution Bundles. The last day to order the affected product(s) is August 29, 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 Select Cisco UCS B-Series B200 M2 Distribution Bundles


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.	May 30, 2012
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.	August 29, 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.	November 27, 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.	August 29, 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.	August 29, 2013
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	November 24, 2016
Last Date of Support: HW	The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.	August 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
B200M2-BUN1	DISTIonly: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xE5620, 4x4GB, no HDD, no mez	UCSB-DBUN-B200-305	DISTI Only: UCS B200 M3 Blade, 2xE5-2620, 2x8GB	-
B200M2-BUN2	DISTIonly: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xE5640, 4x4GB, no HDD, no mez	UCSB-DBUN-B200-102	Disti: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xE5649, 2x8GB, w/o HDD mez	-
B200M2-BUN2	DISTIonly: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xE5640, 4x4GB, no HDD, no mez	UCSB-DBUN-B200-304	DISTI Only: UCS B200 M3 Blade, 2xE5-2640, 2x8GB	-
B200M2-BUN3	DISTIonly: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xX5650, 4x4GB, no HDD, no mez	UCSB-DBUN-B200-303	DISTI Only: UCS B200 M3 Blade, 2xE5-2650, 2x8GB	-
B200M2-BUN4	DISTIonly: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xX5650, 2x8GB, no HDD, no mez	UCSB-DBUN-B200-303	DISTI Only: UCS B200 M3 Blade, 2xE5-2650, 2x8GB	-
B200M2-BUN5	DISTIonly: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xX5670, 2x8GB, no HDD, no mez	UCSB-DBUN-B200-302	DISTI Only: UCS B200 M3 Blade, 2xE5-2665, 2x8GB	-
B200M2-BUN6	DISTIonly: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xX5670, 2x4GB, no HDD, no mez	UCSB-DBUN-B200-302	DISTI Only: UCS B200 M3 Blade, 2xE5-2665, 2x8GB	-
B200M2-BUN7	DISTIonly: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xX5680, 2x8GB, no HDD, no mez	UCSB-DBUN-B200-101	Disti: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xX5690, 2x8GB, w/o HDD mez	-
B200M2-BUN7	DISTIonly: UCS B200 M2 Blade, 2xX5680, 2x8GB, no HDD, no mez	UCSB-DBUN-B200-301	DISTI Only: UCS B200 M3 Blade, 2xE5-2680, 2x8GB	-

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco UCS B-Series B200 M2 and M3 Distribution Bundles as indicated in Table 2.

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

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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.html

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