EOS and EOL Announcement for the Cisco Catalyst 5500 Switch Series Accessories [Cisco Catalyst 5500 Series Switches]

EOL5500 - Amended

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 5500 Series Switch Accessories. The last day to order the affected product(s) is September 6, 2009. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. 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. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Catalyst 5500 Series Switch Accessories

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 8, 2009
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.	September 6, 2009
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.	December 5, 2009
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.	September 6, 2010
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.	September 6, 2010
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	December 2, 2013
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.	September 5, 2014

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	Additional Information
CAB-3-ADPTR-TEL=	Category 3 Telco Cable Adapter (110 Degree)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
CAB-3-M180F90-10=	Category 3 Telco Cable Assy. M180 to F90, 10	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
CAB-3-M180F90-5=	Category 3 Telco Cable Assy. M180 to F90, 5	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
CAB-3-M90F90-5=	Category 3 Telco Cable Assy.M90 to F90,5	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
CAB-5-M120HYD-10=	Category 5 Telco (RJ-21X) to (12)RJ-45 cable, 10 ft	CAB-5-M120M120-10=	Category 5 Telco (RJ-21X) cable, Male-120 to Male-120, 10 ft	--
CAB-7KAC-15	AC Power Cord North America, 15A	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
CAB-7KAC-15=	AC Power Cord North America, 15A - spare	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
CAB-GELX-625	Gigabit Ethernet Multimode Conditioning Cable	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
CAB-GELX-625=	Gigabit Ethernet Multimode Conditioning Cable	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
CAB-RSM2AUX=	RSM Auxilliary Cable (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
CAB-RSM2CON=	RSM Console Cable (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
CAB-S3-CONSOLE	Supervisor III Console Cable Kit	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-C5K-128M-UPGD	Catalyst 5500/5000 128MB RAM Option for RSFC (WS-X5541)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-C5K-128M-UPGD=	Catalyst 5000 128MB upgrade for RSFC	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-C5K-16M-CUSTOM=	Catalyst 5000 Release 2.2 16MB Custom Memory Upgrade (spare)	MEM-C6K-CPTFL128M	Cat6500 Sup720/Sup32 Compact Flash Mem 128MB	--
MEM-C5K-16M-CUSTOM=	Catalyst 5000 Release 2.2 16MB Custom Memory Upgrade (spare)	MEM-C6K-CPTFL256M	Cat6500 Sup720/Sup32 Compact Flash Mem 256MB	--
MEM-C5K-16M-CUSTOM=	Catalyst 5000 Release 2.2 16MB Custom Memory Upgrade (spare)	MEM-C6K-CPTFL512M	Catalyst 6500 Sup720/Sup32 Compact Flash Mem 512MB	--
MEM-C5K-16M=	Catalyst 5000 Release 2.2 16MB Memory Upgrade (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-C5K-NAM-UPGD=	C5000/5500 Network Analysis Module 128 MB DRAM upgrade	WS-SVC-NAM-1	Catalyst 6500 Network Analysis Module-1	--
MEM-C5K-NAM-UPGD=	C5000/5500 Network Analysis Module 128 MB DRAM upgrade	WS-SVC-NAM-2	Catalyst 6500 Network Analysis Module-2	--
MEM-C5K-SUP2-UPGD	Supervisor II 32MB DRAM uprgrade kit (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-C5K-SUP3-UPGD=	C5000 Supervisor Engine III 64MB DRAM upgrade kit (spare)	MEM-C6K-CPTFL128M	Cat6500 Sup720/Sup32 Compact Flash Mem 128MB	--
MEM-C5K-SUP3-UPGD=	C5000 Supervisor Engine III 64MB DRAM upgrade kit (spare)	MEM-C6K-CPTFL256M	Cat6500 Sup720/Sup32 Compact Flash Mem 256MB	--
MEM-RSM-128M	Catalyst 5000 RSM 128 MB DRAM (option)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-RSM-128M=	Catalyst 5000 RSM 128 MB DRAM (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-RSM-32M	Catalyst 5000 RSM 32 MB DRAM (default)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-RSM-32M=	RSM 64MB DRAM Upgrade Kit	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-RSM-64M	Catalyst 5000 RSM 64 MB DRAM (option)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-RSM-64M=	Catalyst 5000 RSM 64 MB DRAM (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-RSM-FLC16M	Catalyst 5000 RSM Flash Credit Card: 16 MB (default)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-RSM-FLC16M=	Catalyst 5000 RSM Flash Credit Card: 16 MB (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-RSM-FLC20M	Catalyst 5000 RSM Flash Credit Card: 20MB (option)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-RSM-FLC20M=	Catalyst 5000 RSM Flash Credit Card: 20MB (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-S3-FLC16M	Supervisor III PCMCIA Flash Memory Card, 16MB Option	MEM-C6K-CPTFL128M	Cat6500 Sup720/Sup32 Compact Flash Mem 128MB	--
MEM-S3-FLC16M	Supervisor III PCMCIA Flash Memory Card, 16MB Option	MEM-C6K-CPTFL256M	Cat6500 Sup720/Sup32 Compact Flash Mem 256MB	--
MEM-S3-FLC16M	Supervisor III PCMCIA Flash Memory Card, 16MB Option	MEM-C6K-CPTFL512M	Catalyst 6500 Sup720/Sup32 Compact Flash Mem 512MB	--
MEM-S3-FLC16M=	Supervisor III PCMCIA Flash Memory Card, 16MB (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-S3-FLC20M	Supervisor III PCMCIA Flash Memory Card, 20MB Option	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-S3-FLC20M=	Supervisor III PCMCIA Flash Memory Card, 20MB (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-S3-FLC8M	Supervisor III PCMCIA Flash Memory Card, 8MB Option	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
MEM-S3-FLC8M=	Supervisor III PCMCIA Flash Memory Card, 8MB (spare)	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/index.html.

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 Cisco Catalyst 5500 Series Switch Accessories 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: www.cisco.com/go/eos

Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End of Sale date.

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/index.html, or contact your local account representative.

To request information about the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches, send an e-mail to ask-c6500-pm@cisco.com.

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/pcgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice

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