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Product Bulletin, No. 1697

Specific Products Affected and Product Substitution

Key Program Dates

Support

For Further Assistance

Product Bulletin, No. 1697

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End-of-Sale Notice for Cisco 7200 VPN K8 Bundles
and T3 VPN Bundle

The Cisco 7200 Series VPN bundles offer specific hardware configurations that are optimized for site-to-site VPN applications and network topologies, while simultaneously setting the benchmark for hardware configuration flexibility, upgradability, and investment protection. These VPN bundles are of two types: K8 and K9. K8 VPN bundles support cryptographic keys less than 64 bits in size and K9 bundles support keys that are greater than or equal to 64 bits.

The easing of U.S. import and export restrictions in most countries of cryptographic devices with keys greater than 64 bits have enabled customers to select TripleData Encryption Standard (3DES) (K9) VPN bundles over DES (K8) bundles. The Cisco 7200 K9 bundles are more popular with customers than the K8 bundles. Therefore, Cisco announces the end of sale of only those Cisco 7200 VPN bundles with the K8 designator. The Cisco 7200 K9 VPN bundles will continue to be available.

Furthermore, Cisco announces the end of sale of Cisco 7200 VPN bundles that contain the PA-T3+ port adapter. The following table lists the end-of-sale products and corresponding product substitutions.

Specific Products Affected and Product Substitution

Part #	Description	Last Sales Date	Substitute	Description
7204VXR/VPN/400K8	Cisco 7204 VXR VPN Bundle with NPE-400, SA-ISA, I/O Controller with 2 FE Ports, IPsec 56 Cisco IOS Software	March 31, 2002	C7206VXR/400/2FE, with SA-ISA, and IPsec 56 Cisco IOS Software	Cisco 7206 VXR / NPE-400 base bundle with SA-ISA for hardware-based VPN processing and K8 type Cisco IOS IPsec software.
7204VXR400/VPNK8	Cisco 7204 VXR VPN Bundle with NPE-400, I/O Controller with 2 FE Ports, SA-VAM, IPsec 56 Cisco IOS Software	March 31, 2002	C7206VXR/400/2FE, with SA-VAM, and IPsec 56 Cisco IOS Software	Cisco 7206 VXR / NPE-400 base bundle with SA-VAM for hardware-based VPN processing and K8 type Cisco IOS IPsec software.
7204VXR400/T3VPNK8	Cisco 7204 VXR VPN Bundle with NPE-400, I/O 2FE, SA-VAM, PA-T3+, IPsec 56 Cisco IOS Software	March 31, 2002	C7206VXR/400/2FE, with SA-VAM, and IPsec 56 Cisco IOS Software	Cisco 7206 VXR / NPE-400 base bundle with SA-VAM for hardware-based VPN processing, PA-T3+ port adapter, and K8 type Cisco IOS IPsec software.
7204VXR400/T3VPNK9	Cisco 7204 VXR VPN Bundle with NPE-400, I/O 2FE, SA-VAM, PA-T3+, IPsec 3DES Cisco IOS Software	March 31, 2002	7204VXR400/VPNK9 Bundle with PA-T3+ port adapter	Cisco 7204 VXR NPE-400 VPN bundle plus order a PA-T3+ port adapter.

Key Program Dates

The following dates apply to all of the above four VPN bundles.

End of sale: March 31, 2002

End of shipment: March 31, 2002 (estimate)

Support

Because this end-of-sale notice is for bundles and does not affect any hardware or software associated with the Cisco 7200 Series, the products will be maintained along with the Cisco 7200 Series products.

For Further Assistance

For more information on the Cisco VPN Accelerator Module and Cisco 7200 VPN bundles:

Web site: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/rt/7200/prodlit/index.shtml

Contact: Rizwan Qureshi, Cisco 7200 Series VPN Bundles Product Manager, rizwan@cisco.com, or cs-7200@cisco.com