Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco VFrame IB Server Virtualization Software. The last day to order the affected product(s) is August 7, 2008. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.
Cisco VFrame IB Server Virtualization Software is built on an InfiniBand switch fabric. Cisco VFrame Data Center which was launched in late 2007 continues its focus on Ethernet and Fibre Channel technologies. Information about this new product can be found at http://www.cisco.com/go/vframe.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco VFrame IB Server Virtualization Software
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.
February 7, 2008
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.
August 7, 2008
Last Ship Date: App. SW
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
November 5, 2008
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: App. SW
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.
August 7, 2009
End of New Service Attachment Date: App. SW
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.
August 7, 2009
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: App. SW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
November 3, 2010
Last Date of Support: App. SW
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.
August 7, 2011
HW = Hardware
OS SW = Operating System Software
App. SW = Application Software
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number
Product Description
LIC-SV-VF30+100K9
Cisco VFrame 3.0-100 Additional Node Licenses
LIC-SV-VF30+100K9=
Cisco VFrame 3.0-100 Additional Node Licenses
LIC-SV-VF30+10K9
Cisco VFrame 3.0-10 Additional Node Licenses
LIC-SV-VF30+10K9=
Cisco VFrame 3.0-10 Additional Node Licenses
LIC-SV-VF30+25K9
Cisco VFrame 3.0-25 Additional Node Licenses
LIC-SV-VF30+25K9=
Cisco VFrame 3.0-25 Additional Node Licenses
LIC-SV-VF30+50K9
Cisco VFrame 3.0-50 Additional Node Licenses
LIC-SV-VF30+50K9=
Cisco VFrame 3.0-50 Additional Node Licenses
LIC-SV-VF31-IBM-K9
Cisco VFrame 3.1-Option for IBM Blade Center H chassis
LIC-SV-VF31-K9
Cisco VFrame 3.1-1 Additional Node License
LIC-SV-VFIB-IBM-K9
Cisco VFrame 3.1-Option for IBM Blade Center H chassis
LIC-SV-VFIB-K9
Cisco VFrame IB-Additional Node Licence
SP-SAS-SV-VF3XH
SP SAS VFrame 3.0 Director High Avail.
SV-VF30-BASE+5K9
Cisco VFrame 3.0 Director Base + 5 Node License
SV-VF30-HAK9
Cisco VFrame 3.0 Director High Availability
SV-VF30-HAK9=
Cisco VFrame 3.0 Director High Availability
SV-VF31-BASE+10-K9
Cisco VFrame 3.1 Director Base + 10 Node License
SV-VF31-HA-K9
Cisco VFrame 3.1 Director High Availability
SV-VFIB-BASE-10-K9
Cisco VFrame IB Director Base + 10 Node Licence
SV-VFIB-HA-K9
Cisco VFrame IB Director High Availability
Product Migration Options
There is no replacement available for the Cisco VFrame IB Server Virtualization Software at this time.
