Product Bulletin, No. 2278
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement
for the Cisco 590 Device Provisioning Engine
Cisco Systems® announces the end of life of the Cisco® 590 Device Provisioning Engine (DPE). The last day to order the Cisco 590 DPE is February 31, 2004. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until February, 31, 2009. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the Cisco 590 DPE.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the new BACC 2115 Device Provisioning Engine appliance, which offers the same functions, but increased performance compared to the Cisco 590 DPE. Table 2 offers a comparison of the two products, as well as part numbers for ordering.
Table 1 End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 590 DPE
| 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.
|
August 29, 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.
|
February 28, 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.
|
May 30, 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.
|
February 28, 2005
|
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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.
|
February 28, 2005
|
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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.
|
February 28, 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.
|
November 30, 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.
|
February 31, 2009
|
|
Product Migration Options
The recommended replacement for the Cisco 590 DPE is the BACC 2115 Device Provisioning Engine (Table 2). This replacement appliance offers the same functions but with increased performance.
Table 2 Product Comparisons
| Part Numbers |
Product |
Feature |
|
DPE-590
|
Cisco 590 Device Provisioning Engine
|
DOCSIS Data device provisioning
|
|
DPE-2215
|
Cisco BACC 2115 Device Provisioning Engine
|
DOCSIS data device provisioning and PacketCable voice device provisioning
|
|
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
