Product Bulletin No. 2346
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Interface Processor for the Cisco 7500 Series Router
Cisco Systems® announces the end of life of the Cisco® Gigabit Ethernet Interface Adapter (GEIP) for the Cisco 7500 Series Router. The last day to order the Cisco GEIP is April 30, 2004. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until April 30, 2009. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the Cisco GEIP. Table 2 lists the part numbers for affected products.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the higher-performance Gigabit Ethernet Interface Processor Enhanced (GEIP+). Information about these products can be found at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2033/products_data_sheet09186a0080091ce7.html
Table 3 provides a comparison of the Cisco GEIP and GEIP+.
Table 1 End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Interface Processor
| 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.
|
October 31, 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.
|
April 30, 2004
|
| 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.
|
July 31, 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.
|
April 30, 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.
|
April 30, 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.
|
April 30, 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 31, 2009
|
| 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.
|
April 30, 2009
|
|
Table 2 Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
| End-of-Sale Product Part Number |
Product Description |
| GEIP |
Gigabit Ethernet Interface Processor
|
| GEIP= |
Gigabit Ethernet Interface Processor
|
|
Product Migration Options
The recommended replacement for the Cisco GEIP is the GEIP+.
Table 3 Product Comparisons
| |
GEIP (End-of-Life) |
GEIP+ |
| Performance |
Based on Cisco Versatile Interface Processor 2, VIP2-50
|
Based on VIP4-80
|
| Distributed services |
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
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, please contact your Cisco account manager and/or Cisco Channel 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
To subscribe to receive EOL/EOS information please go to:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice
