Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 31, 2008. 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.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco InfiniBand Host Channel 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.
January 31, 2008
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.
July 31, 2008
Last Ship Date: W
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
October 29, 2008
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: W
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.
July 31, 2009
End of New Service Attachment Date: W
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.
July 31, 2009
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: W
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
October 26, 2012
Last Date of Support: W
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.
July 30, 2013
HW = Hardware
OS SW = Operating System Software
App. SW = Application Software
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
