Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco® 511 Content Engine. The last day to order the affected product is March 2, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until March 2, 2011.
Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the new Cisco WAE-511 Wide Area Application Engine, introduced along with the Cisco WAE-611 and WAE-7326 models. Based on the same hardware architecture as the content engine appliances, the new WAE appliances come with enhanced hardware components, such as increased internal storage capacity and memory size, and increased performance for a similar or lower price. Information about the replacement products can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/index.html.
The new WAE product family uses either Cisco ACNS Software Version 5.3.3 or higher, or Cisco WAFS 3.0.1 Software or higher, to provide higher performance, more flexibility, enhanced scalability, and new features. Information about the Cisco ACNS or WAFS Software products can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/index.html.
Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating to these replacement products.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 511 Content Engine
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.
Sept 2, 2005
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.
March 2, 2006
Last Shipment 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 2, 2006
End of Software Maintenance Releases Date
The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.
March 2, 2007
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.
March 2, 2007
End of New Service Attachment Date
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.
March 2, 2007
End of Service Contract Renewal Date
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
Sept 2, 2010
Last Date of Support
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.
March 2, 2011
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number
Product Description
Replacement Product Part Number
Replacement Product Description
CE-511-K9
Content Engine 511, NO HDD- must choose!, AC Pwr, ACNS
WAE-511-K9
Wide Area Application Engine 511, no HDD, SW ACNS/WAFS
CE-511-S-K9
Content Engine 511 for Security, (1) 80 G SATA Drives, ACNS
WAE-511-K9
Wide Area Application Engine 511, no HDD, SW ACNS/WAFS
CE-511-DISK-80GB
80-GB SATA Drive for CE- 511, option
DISK-SATA-80GB
80 GB SATA Disk Drive for CE/FE /WAE-511, option
CE-511-DISK-80GB=
80-GB SATA Drive for CE- 511, spare
DISK-SATA-80GB=
80 GB SATA Disk Drive for CE/FE/WAE-511, spare
CE-511-1HDU2HD
CE-511 Upgrade: 1 default hard drive to 2 drives
DISK-SATA-80GB
80 GB SATA Disk Drive for CE/FE/WAE-511, option
PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS
The recommended replacement for the Cisco 511 Content Engine is the Cisco WAE-511 Wide Area Application Engine (Table 3). This WAE is built with the latest hardware components and uses either Cisco ACNS Software Version 5.3.3 or higher or Cisco WAFS 3.0.1 Software or higher. The Cisco WAE-511 model is available for customer orders.
Table 3. Product Comparisons
Feature
Cisco CE 511
Cisco WAE-511
Software Supported
Cisco ACNS Software Version 5.2+
Cisco ACNS Software Version 5.3.3+, or Cisco WAFS 3.0.1+ Software
Size
1 rack unit (RU)
1RU
Capabilities
Content engine with optional MPEG 1, 2 video decoder cards or Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) cards
Content engine with optional MPEG 1, 2 video decoder cards or Fibre Channel HBA cards
Storage
80-GB SATA or 250-GB SATA
80-GB SATA or 250-GB SATA
Memory
512-MB synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM)
512-MB up to 1-GB SDRAM
Part Number
CE-511-K9
WAE-511-K9
Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com user ID.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the Cisco content engine products, contact your local Cisco account representative.
