End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco GS7000 Node Transponders

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Overview

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco GS7000 Node Transponders. The last day to order the affected product(s) is February 21, 2020. Customers with active service contracts or active warranties 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 service contracts or active product warranties, support will be available for the shown dates as stated in the applicable service contracts or product warranty terms and conditions.

Due to critical component discontinuation by a supplier Cisco is announcing the End-of-Life for our GS7000 RF Transponder products

End-of-life milestones

Table 1.          End-of-life milestones and dates for the Cisco GS7000 node transponders

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.

August 23, 2019

End-of-Sale Date:
HW

The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.

February 21, 2020

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.

May 21, 2020

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.

February 20, 2021

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.

February 20, 2021

End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
HW

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.

May 18, 2024

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 **. Warranty duration is based on product ship dates; refer to warranty terms and conditions for details.

February 28, 2025

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

The general market move to a distributed access architecture and the use of remote PHY components in networks will greatly reduce the demand for Rf transponders going forward.

Product part numbers

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

4036793

GS7000,Assy,Mod,4X DOCSIS Status Monitor

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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GS7K-DOC-TRAN-1.2

GS7000 DOCSIS STATUS MONITOR 1.2 GHz

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

GS7K-DOC-TRAN-1.2=

GS7000 DOCSIS STATUS MONITOR 1.2 GHz

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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GS7K-DOC-TRAN-SEG=

Kit, DoCSIS Trans-GS7000 Node-Seg/EDR

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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Product migration options

Customers who have used the RF Transponders previously may want to try to use the optical transponder we offer going forward, especially in their optical hub applications.

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 https://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.

Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco GS7000 Node Transponders 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: https://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 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.

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

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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