Cisco MGX 8800 Series Switches

Table Of Contents

Product Bulletin, No. 984

Overview

Product

Ordering Information

Product Bulletin, No. 984

---

End of Life of MGX 8800 RPM Cards

Overview

Cisco Systems announces the end of life (EoL) of the MGX^™ 8800 MGX-RPM-64M and MGX-RPM-128 cards listed in Table 1. These cards have been replaced by a new-generation card, MGX-RPM-128/B, which has greater functionality.

Table 1  Comparison

MGX-RPM-64M and MGX-RPM-128	MGX-RPM-128/B
4 Meg Flash	16 Meg Flash
50 MHz Segmentation and reassembly (SAR)	80 MHz SAR
OC-3 throughput per cell bus	OC-6 throughput per cell bus
Cisco IOS® image boot from Processor Switching Module (PXM)	Cisco IOS image boot from PXM and Flash

Product

Cisco announces the EoL of the MGX 8800 RPM cards listed in Table 2.

Table 2  EOL Cards

EOL Cisco Product Number	Description
MGX-RPM-64M	RPM front card with 64 MB of DRAM
MGX-RPM-128M	RPM front card with 128 MB of DRAM

Future software releases will continue to support the MGX-RPM-64M and MGX-RPM-128M cards with new features until MGX 8800 software Release 2.0 and IOS^® 12.1 software. However, as of December 30, 1999, all orders for the MGX-RPM-64M card will automatically be converted to an order for the MGX-RPM-128M/B card. Software support for the above products will be provided until August 2002. Hardware support for the above products will be provided until August 2004.

These cards will be replaced with the next-generation cards listed in Table 3.

Table 3  Replacement Cards

EOL Card	New Replacement Card
MGX-RPM-64M	MGX-RPM-128M/B
MGX-RPM-128M	MGX-RPM-128M/B

MGX 8800 software Release 1.1.11 with Cisco IOS 12.0(5)T1 are minimum requirements for RPM/B. CWM/SV+ support for this card begins at CWM 9.2.05.

Ordering Information

Last date to enter orders is December 30, 1999 (for components as part of a system and/or as a spare).