Product Bulletin No. EOL4015
Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco® ONS 15600 Series OC-48/STM-16 Short-Reach Modules. The last day to order the affected product is November 28, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until November 27, 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.
Existing customers are not required to migrate to the Cisco ONS 15600 Series Any Service Any Port (ASAP) modules, which include part numbers 15600-ASAP-CC, 15600-ASAP-4PIO, and ONS-SE-2G-S1. Customers requiring OC-48/STM-16 short-haul or short-reach optics are encouraged to migrate to Cisco ONS 15600 Release 5.x (SONET) or 8.x (SDH) or later and replace with the Cisco ONS 15600 Series ASAP modules. Information about the replacement products can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/optical/ps5724/ps4533/product_data_sheet0900aecd80217d48.html. Table 2 provides relevant information for migrating to the replacement product.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco ONS 15600 Series OC-48/STM-16 Short-Reach Modules
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
Product Migration Options
The recommended replacement for the Cisco ONS 15600 Series OC-48/STM-16 Short-Reach Modules is the Cisco ONS 15600 Series Any Service Any Port (ASAP) Modules.
Information about the replacement products can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/optical/ps5724/ps4533/product_data_sheet0900aecd80217d48.html. Currently there are no customers required to trade in products listed in Table 2.
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 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/order_finance_and_payments_concept_home.html.
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco ONS 15600 Series OC-48/STM-16 Short-Reach Modules, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps4533/prod_eol_notices_list.html.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html.
To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice.
