Cisco Systems® is officially announcing the End-of-Sale and End-of-Life (EoS/EoL) for the following Cisco® MGX® 8850 PXM45 Switch Software versions 2.0.13, 2.0.14, 2.0.15, 2.0.16, 2.1.00, 2.1.10, and 2.1.60 with an effective announcement date of June 28, 2002. Cisco customers may continue to receive software support for a longer period as set forth in the milestones and timelines in Table 1.
Cisco MGX 8850 PXM45 Switch Software releases 2.1.75 or later will replace the software release versions affected in this announcement.
In summary, the milestones, their definitions, and effective End-of-Life dates for the Cisco MGX 8850 PXM45 Switch Software are listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Milestones and Effective End-of-Life Dates for Cisco MGX 8850 PXM45 Switching Software
Milestone
Definition
Effective Date
End-of-Life Announcement
The date that the End-of-Sale announcement will be released to the public.
June 28, 2002
End-of-Sale
The last date to enter orders of the product in the Cisco Marketplace "Orderability" Tool.
December 27, 2002
Last Ship Date
The date that Cisco Manufacturing completed/will complete fulfillment and shipment of new equipment purchase orders.
January 27, 2003
End of SW Maintenance Support
The date that Cisco Engineering ceased or will cease considering the repair/maintenance of confirmed operating system software defects or card download software defects within this system configuration.
June 28, 2005
End of service contract renewal date
The date that renewing/extending a service contract for this system will discontinue.
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Last Date of Support
The date that Cisco Logistics will no longer have any obligation to support the products listed in this Product Bulletin. This includes processing RMA orders for components with this system configuration; it is also the date that the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) will no longer have any obligation to assist customers with any issues related to this software. Any assistance rendered by Cisco will be on an as-available basis without warranties at the sole discretion of Cisco Systems.
June 28, 2007
1. Not Applicable
Table 2 lists the Cisco MGX 8850 PXM45 Switch Software part numbers that are affected by this EoS/EoL announcement.
Table 2. Cisco MGX 8850 PXM45 Switch Software Part Numbers
Product
Number
Product Description
EoS Last
Order
(Sales)
Date
End of
Production Last Shipment Date
End of Engineering Hardware Maintenance Date
End of Engineering Software Maintenance Date
Discontinue Contract Renewal Date
End of Support/
Product Obsolescence Date
MGX8850-
SW-2013
MGX 8850
System Software License-Release (Version 2.0.13)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_1
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-2013CD=
MGX 8850
System Software License-Spare CD (Version 2.0.13)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-2014
MGX 8850
System Software License-Release (Version 2.0.14)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-
2014CD=
MGX 8850
System Software License-Spare CD (Version 2.0.14)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-2015
MGX 8850
System Software License-Release (Version 2.0.15)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-2015CD=
MGX 8850
System Software License-Spare CD (Version 2.0.15)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-
2016CD
MGX 8850 System Software Release (Version 2.0.16)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-
2016CD=
MGX 8850
System Software License-Spare CD (Version 2.0.16)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-2100
MGX 8850 System Software Release (Version 2.1.00)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-
2100CD=
MGX 8850
System Software License-Spare CD (Version 2.1.00)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-2110
MGX 8850 System Software Release (Version 2.1.10)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-
2110CD=
MGX 8850
System Software License-Spare CD (Version 2.1.10)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
MGX8850-
SW-
2110CD=
MGX 8850
System Software License-Spare CD (Version 2.1.10)
12/27/2002
1/27/2003
_
6/28/2005
_
6/28/2007
1. Not Applicable
ORDERING INFORMATION
December 27, 2002, will be the last date to enter orders for Cisco MGX 8850 PXM45 Switch Software versions 2.0.13, 2.0.14, 2.0.15, 2.0.16, 2.1.00, 2.1.10, and 2.1.60. Support for software will be provided according to the effective dates stated in Table 1.
