End-of-Sale Announcement for Selected Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Modules
Cisco Systems ® announces the end of sale (EOS) of the Cisco ® Catalyst ® 6500 16-Port 1000BASE-TX Ethernet Module, and 1 port Catalyst 6500 10 Gigabit Ethernet Base Module with corresponding 10GBASE-ER and 10GBASE-LR optical interface modules. The last day to order these components is July 31, 2004. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until July 31, 2009. Table 1 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement and replacement products. Table 2 lists the minimum and recommended software for replacement products. Table 3 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the EOS components.
Table 1 Product Part Numbers Affected by this Announcement with Replacement Products
BENEFIT: Higher density at lower cost. x6548 and x6148 upgradeable to IEEE 802.3af inline power with daughter card. x6748 provides higher performance and may be equipped with a DFC3 for distributed forwarding.
WS-X6502-10GE (=)
Catalyst 6500 1 port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Base Module (Req. OIM)
WS-X6704-10GE
4-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Module.
BENEFIT: Line rate 10GbE performance, higher density, modular optics. Upgrading to Sup720+WS-X6704-10GE+XENPAK provides a lower cost 10GbE solution vs WS-X6502-10GE+optics.
WS-X6502-FULL-CVR
Cat 6500 Full Slot Cover for Blank WS-X6502-10GE
None
N/A
WS-G6483 (=)
Cat 6500 10GBASE-ER Serial 1550nm extended reach OIM for WS-X6502-10GE (SMF)
XENPAK-10GB-ER
10GBASE-ER XENPAK
BENEFIT: Modular optics for WS-X6704-10GE
WS-G6488 (=)
Catalyst 6500 10GBASE-LR Serial 1310nm long haul OIM for WS-X6502-10GE (SMF)
XENPAK-10GB-LR
10GBASE-LR XENPAK
BENEFIT: Modular optics for WS-X6704-10GE
Table 2 Minimum and Recommended Software for Replacement Products
Replacement Models
CatOS— minimum
CatOS— recommended
IOS(12.1E train)— minimum
IOS (12.1E train)— recommended
IOS(12.2S train)— minimum
IOS (12.2S train)— recommended
WS-X6748-GE-TX
8.1(2)
8.1(2)
N/A
N/A
12.2(17a)SX
12.2(17a)SX12.2(17a)SX
WS-X6548-GE-TX
7.6(1)
7.6(1)
12.1(19)E1
12.1(19)E1
12.2(17a)SX
12.2(17a)SX
WS-X6148-GE-TX
7.6(1)
7.6(1)
12.1(19)E1
12.1(19)E1
12.2(17a)SX
12.2(17a)SX
WS-X6516-GE-TX
6.2(2)
6.3(7)
12.1(8a)EX
12.1(13)E11
12.2(14)SX
12.2(14)SX1
WS-X6704-10GE
8.1(2)
8.1(2)
N/A
N/A
12.2(17a)SX
12.2(17a)SX
XENPAK-10GB-ER
8.2(1)
8.2(1)
N/A
N/A
12.2(17a)SX
12.2(17a)SX
XENPAK-10GB-LR
8.1(2)
8.1(2)
N/A
N/A
12.2(17a)SX
12.2(17a)SX
Table 3 End-of-Life Milestones, Definitions, and Dates for these components
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.
January 31, 2004
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.
July 31, 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.
October 31, 2004
End of Routine Failure Analysis
The last possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect
July 31, 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 contractor add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract.
July 31, 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.
July 31, 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.
July 31, 2009
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
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