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This Product Bulletin announces the end of life (EOL) and customer transition plan for the Cisco 200 line of ISDN adapter products.
The Cisco 200 line will cease shipping on 30 April 1998. This includes the following products:
| Part number | Description |
|---|---|
CISCO202 | Cisco 202 ISA bus adapter with U interface |
CISCO210-S | Cisco 210-S ISA P&P adapter with S/T interface |
CISCO210-U | Cisco 210-U ISA P&P adapter with U interface |
CISCO250-S | Cisco 250 PC Card adapter with S/T interface |
The Cisco 201 ISA bus adapter with S/T interface (CISCO201) has already ceased shipment as of November 1997.
Cisco 200 customers will be encouraged to transition their single-user remote ISDN dial requirements to more fully-featured Cisco products such as the Cisco 760 series of ISDN access routers. To this end, the Cisco 200 line has been included in the Cisco Technology Migration program, which makes discounts and rebates available to Cisco customers who wish to trade in their older equipment for new Cisco products.
It is important that alternative approaches to the Cisco 200 solution are made available to Cisco partners and customers. Since Cisco will not be providing a replacement product for the Cisco 200, the only alternative for customers will be to integrate similar solutions from third-party software suppliers, or to recommend the Cisco 760 products.
The Cisco 760 series of multiprotocol routers provides affordable, highspeed remote access to enterprise networks and to the Internet in a modem-size package. The Cisco 760 series routers include the Cisco 765 and 766. Typical customers are organizations with branches or remote offices, telecommuters, and individuals using PCs or Macintoshes.
The Cisco 760 series provides dial-on-demand IP and IPX routing over ISDN, Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), dual plain old telephone service (POTS) capabilities, intelligent bandwidth management, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support. These routers include an ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI) for 128-kbps throughput and up to 4:1 data compression for faster data transfer and reduced line costs.
More information on the Cisco 760 product line is available at: http://www/warp/public/728/760/c760_ds.htm .
To help transition existing the Cisco 200 customers to more fully-featured Cisco solutions, the entire the Cisco 200 and CPA 200 product lines have been included in the Cisco Technology Migration Program. The Technology Migration Plan, available late January 1998, is an innovative, industry first allowing customers and partners to trade in currently owned Cisco product for virtually any new Cisco product. The Technology Migration Plan covers all major products offered by Cisco (interface modules, chassis units, software).
Finally, additional drivers for some Cisco 200 adapters can be purchased from Cisco's ISDN technology partner ITK. More information on ITK is available at http://www.itk.d e .
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
Internal End of Sales Announcement | 17 Jan 98 |
End of Sales Bulletin Published | 22 Jan 98 |
Orderability switched off | 15 Apr 98 |
End of Sales | 30 Apr 98 |
Posted: Wed Sep 15 10:51:59 PDT 1999
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