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PRODUCT BULLETIN NO. 1890
Addendum Date

May 17, 2004
Effective Date

May 17, 2004
Original bulletin announcement date

July 31, 2002
Original bulletin information

Product Bulletin No. 1890

Cisco Systems® announces the end of life of the Cisco® 12000 Series One-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card. The last day to order the Cisco 12000 Series One-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card is March 30, 2003. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until March 30, 2008. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the Cisco 12000 Series One-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card. Table 2 lists the product numbers affected by this announcement.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco 12000 Series 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet ISE Line Card which features the IP Services Engine (ISE)-a powerful adaptive network processor (ANP) that combines the hardware performance of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) with the flexibility of software to deliver multiple robust network-edge features while maintaining predictable line-rate performance. Information about this product can be found at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps167/products_data_sheet0900aecd803f856f.html
Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating from the Cisco 12000 Series One-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card to the Cisco 12000 Series 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet ISE Line Card.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 12000 Series One-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card

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.

July 31, 2002
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.

March 30, 2003
End of software maintenance releases date

The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.

September 30, 2005
End of service contract renewal date

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. The extension or renewal period cannot extend beyond the last date of support.

September 30, 2006
Last date
of support

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.

September 30, 2007

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

Product Description

GE-GBIC-SC-B

Cisco 12000 series One-Port GE line card

GE-GBIC-SC-B=

Spare part for One-Port GE line card

PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS

The recommended replacement for the Cisco 12000 Series One-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card is the Cisco 12000 Series 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet ISE Line Card (Table 3).

Table 3. Product Comparisons

Feature

Cisco 12000 Series One-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card

Cisco 12000 Series 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet ISE Line Card (Product Part Number: 4GE-SFP-LC=)
Performance

700 Kpps with out features; 50-70% performance hit with features

3.6 Mpps with or without features
Optics

SX (500 m), LH (10 Km) and ZX (70 Km) pluggable GBIC

SX (500 m), LH (10 Km) and ZX (70 Km) pluggable SFP
Default memory

128 MB route mem; 256 MB pkt memory (128 Tx/128 Rx)

256 MB route mem; 512 MB pkt memory (256 Tx/256 Rx)
Maximum memory

256 MB route mem; 512 MB pkt memory (256 Tx/256 Rx)

512 MB route mem; 512 MB pkt memory (same as default)

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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For more information about Cisco products, please contact your Cisco account manager and/or Cisco Channel Partner.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html
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http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice