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Product Bulletin No. 1915
Key Dates
Product Bulletin No. 1915
Cisco 12000 Series Ten-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
End-of-Sale Announcement
Cisco Systems is announcing the end of sale (EOS) for the Cisco 12000 Series Ten-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card. A newer, modular Gigabit Ethernet line card is now available that provides field-configurable multiple-port Gigabit Ethernet versatility, enabling service providers to cost-effectively scale their distribution networks and data centers to higher traffic capacities in order to deliver sophisticated, higher-value services without increasing complexity (refer to Tables 1 and 2).
Table 1 Line Cards and Associated Product IDs That Will No Longer be Orderable After December 1, 2002
Line Card
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Product ID
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Cisco 12000 Series Ten-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
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10x1GE-SFP-LC-B
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Table 2 Alternate Line Cards and Associated Part Numbers
Line Card
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Part number
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Minimum Cisco IOS® Software Release Required
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Cisco 12000 Series Modular Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (baseboard)
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EPA-GE/FE-BBRD
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12.0.(21)SZ or 12.0(23)S
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Three-Port Gigabit Ethernet port adapter for above line card
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EPA-3GE-SX/LH-LC
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12.0.(21)SZ or 12.0(23)S
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Cisco 12000 Series Three-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
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3 GE-GBIC-SC
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12.0(11)S3
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Key Dates
Table 3 [Needs Table Title]
Milestone
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Definitions
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Date
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EOS bulletin
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This document.
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August 1, 2002
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End of orderability and removal from Cisco price list (EOS)
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The product will no longer be orderable and will no longer be on the Cisco price list.
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December 1, 2002
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End of hardware support
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Cisco will no longer provide hardware fixes to newly discovered hardware bugs.
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December 1, 2004
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End of software support
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Cisco will no longer provide software fixes to newly discovered software bugs.
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December 1, 2005
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End of one-year service contract renewals
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One-year service contracts for this product will not be renewed after this date.
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December 1, 2006
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End of six-month service contract renewals
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Six-month service contracts for this product will not be renewed after this date.
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June 1, 2007
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End of support (product obsolescence)
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Cisco will no longer support these products and they are considered obsolete. Cisco Customer Advocacy Service Logistics will no longer carry inventory for customer return material authorizations (RMAs). The Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) will no longer support these products.
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December 1, 2007
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Table 3 lists the key dates associated with this product bulletin.
If you have questions or need more information, contact your Cisco account team.
