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Catalyst 2820 FDDI Modules End-of-Life, No. 1148

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Catalyst 2820 FDDI Modules End-of-Life, No. 1148

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Product Bulletin, No. 1148

Overview

Product Obsolescence Plan


Last orderable date	Last ship date	Last support date
November 13, 2000	December 13, 2000	November 13, 2005

Affected Model Numbers and Replacement Product Summary

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Product Bulletin, No. 1148

Catalyst 2820 FDDI Modules End-of-Life

Overview

Cisco is announcing the End-of-Life (EOL) of the Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) modules supported to date on the Catalyst 2820 platform. The increased dominance of Ethernet/Fast Ethernet has caused the demand for FDDI connectivity in local-area networks (LANs) to taper off significantly in the last year. Moreover, we are witnessing decreased commitment from component vendors in supporting FDDI technologies. These vendors have signaled their reduced commitment by diverting investments away from this technology. Alternative vendors are not expected to emerge to fill this space.

Product Obsolescence Plan


Last orderable date	Last ship date	Last support date
November 13, 2000	December 13, 2000	November 13, 2005

Affected Model Numbers and Replacement Product Summary

The replacement plan involves migration to Fast Ethernet uplinked connectivity.


EOL Model Number	Replacement Product	Replacement Model Number
WS-X2831 FDDI UTP SAS module	8-port 10/100BASE-TX uplink module for the Catalyst 2820	WS-X2818
WS-X2841 FDDI Fiber SAS module	4-port, 100BASE-FX uplink module for the Catalyst 2820	WS-X2824
WS-X2842 FDDI Fiber DAS module	4-port, 100BASE-FX uplink module for the Catalyst 2820	WS-X2824

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Srini Chandrasekharan (srchandr@cisco.com)