PRODUCT BULLETIN NO. 2961
Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco® 2-port OC-3 Packet over SONET/SDH (POS) line cards for the Cisco 7304 with multimode and single-mode intermediate reach (IR). The last day to order the affected product is April 30, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until April 30, 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.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco 2-port OC-3/STM-1 POS shared port adapters (SPAs), which provide investment protection, as well as higher interface densities and flexibility. Information about the replacement product can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6267/prod_module_series_home.html. Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating to the replacement product.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for Cisco 2-Port OC-3 POS Line Cards for Cisco 7304 with Multimode and Single-Mode IR
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS
The recommended replacement products for the Cisco 2-port OC-3 POS line cards are the Cisco 2-port OC-3/STM-1 POS SPAs (Table 3), which are available on high-end Cisco Systems routing platforms offering the benefits of network scalability with lower initial costs and ease of upgrades. The SPAs are available with two Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) interfaces. SFP modules are available in multiple optical reaches from 2 to 80 km. A single line-card slot on the Cisco 7304 can support two Cisco 2-port OC-3 POS SPAs, thus increasing the interface density.
Table 3. Product Comparisons
|
Feature |
Cisco 2-Port OC-3 POS Line Card for Cisco 7304 |
Cisco 2-Port OC-3/STM-1 POS SPAs |
|
Number of interface ports |
2 |
2 |
|
Number of line cards per chassis slot |
1 |
2 |
|
Support for SFP interfaces |
No |
Yes |
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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the Cisco 7304 routers, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps352/index.html or contact your local Cisco 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.
