Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco® 3700 Series routers. The last day to order the affected product 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 products. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.
Cisco encourages customers to migrate to the Cisco integrated services routers which are engineered for 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 about integrated services routers, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/isr.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 3700 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.
27-MAR-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.
27-MAR-2007
Last Shipment Date
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
26-JUN-2007
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.
27-MAR-2010
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.
26-MAR-2008
End of New Service Attachment Date
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.
26-MAR-2008
End of Service Contract Renewal Date
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
25-JUN-2011
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.
25-MAR-2012
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
3825 w/AC PWR, 2GE, 1SFP, 2NME, 4HWIC, IP Base, 64F/256D. Also order 2-Port Channelized T1 Network Module and two 24-port Digital Modem Network Modules.
PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS
Customers who are using the Cisco 3700 Series are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco 3800 Series for secure integrated services at wire speeds up to T3/E3. The award-winning Cisco 3800 Series routers help you simplify deployment and management, lower the costs and complexities of your network, and support mission-critical business applications, by providing a secure platform with secure T3/E3 wire-speed delivery of data, voice, video, wireless, and application optimization services. Cisco 3800 Series routers deliver the performance, availability, and reliability required for scaling mission-critical business applications in the most demanding enterprise environments. For more information about the Cisco 3800 Series, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5855/index.html.
Table 3. Product Comparisons
Feature
Cisco 3700 Series
Cisco 3800 Series
Form factor
19 and 23 inch rack-mount
19 inch and NEBS/ETSI rack-mount
Integrated LAN ports
2 10/100
2 10/100/1000
Gigabit Ethernet SFP port
0
1
Interface slots
3 WIC
4 HWIC/WIC/VIC/VWIC
Network module slots
2 for Cisco 3725 and 4 for Cisco 3745
2 for Cisco 3825 and 4 for Cisco 3845
Advanced Integration Module (AIM) slots
2
2
USB ports
0
2 (v1.1)
Embedded cryptography processor
No
Yes
Default/maximum flash memory
32/128 MB
64/256 MB
Switch ports with optional inline power
Yes, up to 52 on Cisco 3725 and 72 on Cisco 3745
Yes, up to 88 on Cisco 3825 and 112 on Cisco 3845
VPN
Yes, with AIM
Yes, onboard
Network Admission Control (NAC) support
Yes
Yes
URL filtering support
Yes, Cisco IOS® software and content engine network module (NM-CE)-based
Yes, Cisco IOS® software and content engine network module (NM-CE)-based
Maximum VPN tunnels supported (with VPN Encryption AIM)
Up to 1800
Up to 2000 on Cisco 3825 and 2500 on Cisco 3845
Intrusion prevention system
Yes, enabled through Cisco IOS Software security images
Yes, enabled through Cisco IOS Software security images
Digital signal processor (DSP) support
Yes, with voice network module
Yes, onboard 4 PVDM slots
Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) Support
144 users on Cisco 3725 and 480 users on Cisco 3745
Yes, 336 users on Cisco 3825 and 720 on Cisco 3845
Cisco CallManager Express support
96 users on Cisco 3725 and 120 users on Cisco 3745
168 users on Cisco 3825 and 240 users on Cisco 3845
Cisco Unity Express support
Yes, up to 120 mailboxes
Yes, up to 120 mailboxes
Digital voice support
Up to 300 calls on Cisco 3725 and 540 calls on Cisco 3745
Up to 480 calls on Cisco 3825 and 720 calls on Cisco 3845
Analog Voice Support
Up to 24 FXS or 16 FXO on Cisco 3725 and up to 48 FXS or 32 FXO on Cisco 3845
Up to 52 FXS or 36 FXO on Cisco 3825 and up to 88 FXS or 56 FXO on Cisco 3845
Local conferencing and transcoding Support
Yes, requires network module
Yes, use onboard PVDMs
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/or17/order_refurbished_equipment_program_description.html.
