Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco 7200, 7500, and 7600 PA-A3 Series Enhanced ATM Port Adapters. The last day to order the affected product(s) is December 31, 2006. 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.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco PA-A6 Series Enhanced ATM Port Adapter for the Cisco 7200 Series, 7301, 7400 Series, 7500 Series, and 7600 Series routers, which supports advanced ATM hardware features such as per-virtual-circuit and pervirtual-path traffic shaping, as well as all ATM service classes such as real-time variable bit rate (VBR-rt), constant bit rate (CBR), non-real-time variable bit rate (VBR-nrt), available bit rate (ABR), and unspecified bit rate (UBR). The Cisco replacement enhanced ATM port adapter also supports 8191 ATM virtual circuits, or twice as many as the end-of-life enhanced ATM port adapter.
Table 1.End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 7200, 7500, and 7600 PA-A3 Series Enhanced ATM Port Adapters
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.
December 30, 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.
December 31, 2006
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.
March 30, 2007
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.
December 30, 2007
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.
December 30, 2007
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
March 30, 2011
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.
December 29, 2011
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
PA-A3-E3
1-Port ATM Enhanced E3 Port Adapter
PA-A6-E3
1Port Enh ATM E3 Port Adapter
PA-A3-E3-CPE
1-Port ATM Enhanced E3 for the 7204VXR/CPE Bundle
There is currently no replacement product available for this product.
PA-A3-E3-IPP=
1 port ATM E3 PA for VXR chassis upgrade, IPP program
There is currently no replacement product available for this product.
PA-A3-E3=
1-Port ATM Enhanced E3 Port Adapter (Spare)
PA-A6-E3=
1Port Enh ATM E3 Port Adapter
PA-A3-OC3MM
1-Port ATM Enhanced OC3c/STM1 Multimode Port Adapter
PA-A6-OC3MM
1 Port Enh ATM OC3c/STM1 Multimode Port Adapter
PA-A3-OC3MM-CPE
1-Port ATM Enhanced for the 7204VXR/CPE Bundle
There is currently no replacement product available for this product.
PA-A3-OC3MM-IPP=
I port ATM OC3MM PA for VXR chassis upgrade, IPP program
There is currently no replacement product available for this product.
PA-A3-OC3MM=
1-Port ATM Enhanced OC3c/STM1 Multimode Port Adapter
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 the Cisco Certified 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://cisco.com/go/remarketing
