Product Bulletin No. 2194
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the
Cisco LocalDirector 417 and Cisco LocalDirector 417G
Cisco Systems® announces the end of life of the Cisco® LocalDirector 417 and LocalDirector 417G. The last day to order the Cisco LocalDirector 417 and 417G is December 1, 2003. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until December 1, 2008. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the Cisco LocalDirector 417 and 417G.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco CSS 11500 Series Content Services Switch or the Content Switching Module (CSM) for the Catalyst® 6500 Series Switch, which offer extended features, performance, and scalability. Information about these products is available at: http://www.cisco.com/go/css11500 and http://www.cisco.com/go/csm . Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating from the Cisco LocalDirector products to the Cisco CSS 11500 Series or Cisco CSM.
Table 1 End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco LocalDirector 417 and 417G
| Milestone |
Definition |
Date |
| End-of-Life Announcement Date |
The date the end-of-sale and end-of-life announcement is distributed to the general public.
|
June 17, 2003
|
| 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 17, 2003
|
| Last Shipment Date |
The last-possible date that Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers will ship the affected product.
|
January 12, 2004
|
| 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.
|
December 17, 2004
|
| 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.
|
December 17, 2004
|
| 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.
|
December 17, 2004
|
| 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.
|
September 17, 2008
|
| 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.
|
December 17, 2008
|
|
Table 2 Product Part Numbers Affected by this Announcement
| End-of-Sale Product Part Number |
Product Description |
| LD-FO= |
LocalDirector fail over cable
|
| LD-SW-4.2.1 |
LocalDirector Software 4.2.1
|
| LD-417 |
LocalDirector 417
|
| LD-417G |
LocalDirector 417G
|
| DOC-LDIR-ICG2.1= |
Cisco LocalDirector Installation and Configuration Guide V2.1
|
|
Product Migration Options
The recommended replacement for the Cisco LocalDirector is the Cisco CSS 11501 or CSM (Table 3). The Cisco CSS 11501 or CSM for the Catalyst 6500 Series offer extended features, performance, and scalability.
Table 3 Product Comparisons LocalDirector 417 and 417G, CSS 11501, and CSM
| |
Cisco LocalDirector 417 and 417G |
Cisco CSS 11501 and Cisco CSS 11501S |
Cisco CSM for the Catalyst 6500 Series |
| Form Factor |
Fixed standalone
|
Fixed standalone
|
Integrated module
|
| Rack Units |
2
|
1
|
-
|
| Full Feature Content Switching |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Integrated SSL |
No
|
Yes (optional)
|
Optional module
|
| Adaptive Session Redundancy |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Local Load Balancing |
Servers, caches
|
Servers, caches, Firewalls
|
Servers, caches, Firewalls, VPN
|
| Site Activity |
Low/Medium
|
Low
|
Highest
|
| Maximum Gigabit Ethernet Ports |
2
|
1
|
178
|
| Fast Ethernet |
2
|
8
|
528
|
|
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.
Additional Information
For more information about Cisco products, contact your Cisco account manager and/or Cisco Channels Partner.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html
