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Product Bulletin No. EOL1077-AMENDED

Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco 7304 128MB Compact Flash Memory. The last day to order the affected product is December 15, 2005. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 in EoL product bulletin.

Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the Cisco 7304 128MB Compact Flash Memory. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 7304 128MB Compact Flash Memory

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 30, 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.

December 15, 2005

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.

March 15, 2006

End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: HW

The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.

December 15, 2006

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.

December 15, 2006

End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.

December 10, 2010

Last Date of Support: HW

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, 2011

HW = Hardware, OS SW = Operating System Software, App SW = Application Software

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

Product Description

Replacement Product Part Number

Replacement Product Description

7300-I/O-CFM-128M

Cisco 7304 Compact Flash Memory, 128 MB

7304-I/O-CFM-256M

Cisco 7304 Compact Flash Memory, 256MB

7300-I/O-CFM-128M=

Cisco 7304 Compact Flash Memory, 128 MB

7304-I/O-CFM-256M=

Cisco 7304 Compact Flash Memory, 256MB

PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS

The recommended replacement for the Cisco 7304 128MB Compact Flash Memory is the Cisco 7304 256MB Compact Flash Memory.
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_high_level_listing.html

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the Cisco 7304 128MB Compact Flash Memory, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html, contact your local 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