Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco 1700 Series. The last day to order the affected product(s) is March 27, 2007. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until March 25, 2012.
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.
Cisco encourages customers to migrate to the Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISR). The ISRs are engineered for highly secure wire-speed delivery of concurrent data, voice, video, and wireless services. An integrated systems approach to embedded services speeds application deployment to help reduce operating costs and complexities. Cisco is the first in the industry to embed security and voice services into a single routing system for fast, scalable delivery of mission-critical business applications to organizations of all sizes. For more information on ISRs, please visit http://www.cisco.com/go/isr.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 1700 Series
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.
March 27, 2006
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 27, 2007
Last Ship Date:
HW
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
June 26, 2007
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date:
HW
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.
March 27, 2010
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date:
HW
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect.
March 26, 2008
End of New Service Attachment Date:
HW
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.
March 26, 2008
End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
HW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
June 25, 2011
Last Date of Support:
HW
The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.
March 25, 2012
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number
Product Description
Replacement Product Part Number
Replacement Product Description
Cisco 1700 Series Base Chassis
Cisco 1701-K9
ADSLoPOTS Router w/ ISDN-BRI-S/T, K9 Image, 32MB Fl, 96MB DR
Cisco 1921/K9
C1921 Modular Router, 2 GE, 2 EHWIC slots, 512DRAM, IP Base
Cisco 1711-VPN/K9
1711 Security Router w/ VPN Mod, 32MB Flash, 96MB DRAM
Cisco 891-K9
Cisco 891 GigaE SecRouter
Cisco 1712-VPN/K9
1712 Security Router w/ VPN Mod, 32MB Flash, 96MB DRAM
Cisco 892-K9
Cisco 892 GigaE SecRouter
Cisco 1721
10/100BaseT Modular Router w/ 2 WAN slots, 32M Flash/64M DRAM
Cisco 1921/K9
C1921 Modular Router, 2 GE, 2 EHWIC slots, 512DRAM, IP Base
Cisco 1751
10/100 Modular Router w/ 3 slots, IOS IP, 32F/64D
Cisco 2901/K9
Cisco 2901 w/ 2 GE, 4 EHWIC, 2 DSP, 256MB CF, 512MB DRAM, IP Base
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco 1900 and Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) which deliver a new borderless workspace experience through service virtualization, collaboration capabilities, and operational excellence. The ISR G2s offer three to eight times the performance of the earlier platforms. The ISR G2 platforms are architected to enable the next phase of branch-office evolution, providing rich-media collaboration and virtualization to the branch while maximizing operational cost savings.
Customers may be able to use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) where applicable to trade-in eligible products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, customers should work with their Cisco Partner or Cisco account team. Cisco Partners can find additional TMP information on Partner Central at http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco 1700 Series through the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached. For information about the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program, go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/eos.
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End-of-Sale date.
The Cisco Takeback and Recycle program helps businesses dispose properly of surplus products that have reached their end of useful life. The program is open to all business users of Cisco equipment and its associated brands and subsidiaries. For more information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html.
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