Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco® Media Convergence Server (MCS) 7825I-3000. The last day to order the affected product is August 2, 2005. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until May 2, 2010. 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, and Table 3 compares the features of the end-of-life product with its suggested replacement product.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for Cisco MCS 7825I-3000.
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.
May 2, 2005
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.
August 2, 2005
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.
September 2, 2005
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.
May 2, 2006
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.
May 2, 2006
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.
May 2, 2006
End of Service-Contract Renewal Date
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. The extension or renewal period cannot extend beyond the last date of support.
February 2, 2010
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.
May 2, 2010
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number
Product Description
MCS-7825I-3.0-CC1
Hardware-only Cisco MCS 7825I-3000 with Pentium 4 3060MHz processor, 1GB RAM, and 40GB hard drive
MCS-7825I-3.0-IPC1
Hardware-only Cisco MCS 7825I-3000 with Pentium 4 3060MHz processor, 1GB RAM, and 40GB hard drive
MCS-7825I-3.0-IPC2
Hardware-only Cisco MCS 7825I-3000 with Pentium 4 3060MHz processor, 1GB RAM, and 40GB hard drive
PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS
The recommended replacement for the Cisco MCS 7825I-3000 is the Cisco MCS 7825-I1 or Cisco MCS 7825-H1.
The new Cisco MCS-7825-I1 provides a faster processor, doubled memory, and doubled hard-disk space compared to the Cisco MCS-7825I-3000 server. The new Cisco MCS 7825-I1 provides Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) 1 capability to improve the survivability if a hard disk fails.
Table 3. Product Comparisons
Feature
Cisco MCS 7825I-3000
Cisco MCS 7825-I1
Cisco Call Center Server Hardware
MCS-7825I-3.0-CC1
MCS-7825-I1-CC1
Cisco CallManager Server Hardware
MCS-7825I-3.0-IPC1
MCS-7825I-3.0-IPC2
MCS-7825-I1-IPC1
MCS-7825-I1-IPC1
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 users to have a Cisco.com user ID.
