Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco CSS 11800 Series Content Services Switch. The last day to order the Cisco CSS 11800 Series Content Services Switch is November 1, 2002. 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 Cisco CSS 11800 Series Content Services Switch. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.
The Cisco CSS 11800 is a high-performance, chassis-based switching solution for large, high-traffic Web sites and Web-hosting infrastructures. Featuring Cisco Web Network Services (WebNS) software, the Cisco CSS 11800 ensures the availability of Web sites, secures site resources, and uses servers, caches, and firewalls efficiently.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco CSS 11800 Series Content Services Switch.
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 13, 2002
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.
November 1, 2002
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.
December 1, 2002
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date:
HW
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.
November 1, 2004
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.
November 1, 2007
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
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Product Migration Options
Customers are encouraged to migrate from the Cisco CSS 11800 to either the Cisco CSS 11500 or the CSM. The CSM offers high performance and transport and application (Layer 4-7) features as rich as those in WebNS. It is fully integrated with the Cisco IOS Software, the Cisco Catalyst. 6500 Series, and the Cisco 7600 Internet Router, the CSM also supports high port densities and rich internetworking features. The Cisco CSS 11500 is a standalone, compact modular platform, delivering rich transport and application (Layer 4-7) services for Internet and intranet data centers.
The Cisco CSS 11150 and 11050 switches will continue to be sold and supported for customers who have standardized on these platforms for ongoing deployments.
Table 3. Product Comparisons
Feature
CSS 11800
CSS 11506
CSM on Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 Internet Router
Form factor
Modular
Standalone
Modular
Standalone
Integrated
Rack units
15
5
Depends on chassis
Full-featured (Layer 4-7) content switching
Yes
Yes
Yes
Local load balancing
Servers, caches, firewalls
Servers, caches, firewalls
Servers, caches, firewalls, VPNs
Global load balancing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Site activity
Medium
High
Highest
Hardware redundancy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Layer 2/3 networking
Good
Good
Excellent (Cisco IOS Software)
Size of data center
Medium to Large
Medium to Large
Large
Maximum ports: Gigabit Ethernet
32
12
112 (Catalyst 6509)
Fast Ethernet
64
80
336 (Catalyst 6509)
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.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the end-of-sale product through Cisco's Authorized Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units of the end-of-sale product are available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis. For information about the refurbished equipment program, go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/ordering/or6/or17/order_refurbished_equipment_program_description.html
