EOL Alarm Interface Controller Card for Cisco ONS 15454 MSPP [Cisco ONS 15400 Series]

Product Bulletin No., 2055

End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement of Alarm
Interface Controller Card for the Cisco ONS 15454
Multiservice Provisioning Platform

Cisco Systems announces the end of life of the Alarm Interface Controller Card (model AIC) for the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP). The last day to order the AIC card is December 1, 2003. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until January 1, 2009. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the AIC card for the Cisco ONS 15454. Table 2 outlines the Cisco product names impacted by this announcement.

Customers are encouraged to begin deployment of an enhanced Alarm Interface Controller (model AIC-I) card for the ONS 15454, which provides the following enhancements:

Increased alarm terminations
System input voltage monitoring
User data channel access

Information about this product can be found at:

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps2006/products_data_sheet09186a00800dd662.html

Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating from the AIC card to the AIC-I card for the ONS 15454 MSPP.

Table 1 End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the AIC Card for the Cisco ONS 15454

Milestone	Definition	Date
End-of-life announcement date	The release date of the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product to the general public.	February 14, 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.	December 1, 2003
Last shipment date	The last possible date that Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers will ship the affected product.	January 1, 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.	January 1, 2005
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.	January 1, 2005
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.	January 1, 2005
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.	January 1, 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.	January 1, 2009

Table 2 Affected and Replacement Product Part Numbers

End-of-Sales Product Part Number	EoS Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number
15454-AIC	Alarm interface controller card, SONET system	15454-AIC-I
15454-AIC=	Alarm interface controller card, SONET system (spare)	15454-AIC-I=

Product Migration Options

The recommended replacement for the AIC card for the Cisco ONS 15454 is the AIC-I card (Table 3). The AIC-I card includes the following features outlined in Table 3. More details can be found in the data sheet at:

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/optical/ps2006/products_data_sheet09186a00800dd662.html

Table 3 Product Comparisons

Feature	EoL Product AIC Card	Replacement Product AIC-I Card
Alarm inputs	4	Up to 32 (with alarm extension panel)
Alarm outputs	4	16 (with alarm extension panel)
User data channel access	0	2
Shelf input voltage monitoring	No	Yes
Part number	15454-AIC	15454-AIC-I Optional Alarm Expansion Panel 15454-AEP

Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (CTMP) 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, please 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

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