Product Bulletin No. EOL4017
Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco® ONS 15600 Optical Cable and Optical Cable Consumables. 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.
Customers will now be able to purchase LC standard optical cables and cleaning kits from companies other than Cisco. All fixed-port OGI IO modules are also end of sale/end of life and will not require the items identified in this product bulletin. Information about the end-of-life OGI fixed-port products can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps4533/prod_eol_notices_list.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 Optical Cable and Optical Cable Consumables.
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
Product Migration Options
The recommended replacement for the Cisco ONS 15600 Optical Cable and Optical Cable Consumables is the standard cleaners and fiber.
OGI items are being discontinued industrywide. It is recommended that customers use Cisco Any Service Any Port (ASAP) optical modules which allow LC connected cables. Currently there are no customers required to trade in products in Table 2 above. Generally speaking 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 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/order_finance_and_payments_concept_home.html.
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco ONS 15600 Optical Cable and Optical Cable Consumables, 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.
