Product Bulletin No. EOL1073
Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco® ONS 15216 Metro EDFA2-A and Associated Bundles. The last day to order the affected product is June 1, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until June 1, 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.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the ONS 15216 Metro EDFA2-A and Associated Bundles.
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
Product Migration Options
The Cisco ONS 15216 EDFA3 can be deployed as a migration/replacement product for the Cisco ONS 15216 EDFA2-A. Note that differences between the products arise in module management. For further details, please contact your account manager.
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/or17/order_refurbished_equipment_program_description.html.
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco ONS 15216 Metro EDFA2-A and Associated Bundles, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps1996/index.html or contact your local account representative.
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.