Product Bulletins

• New Memory Options for Catalyst 8500/LightStream 1010 Family
  This product bulletin describes new memory options for the Catalyst 8500/LightStream 1010 family including a new 16MB SIMM memory upgrade option and the availability of Catalyst 8540 PC flash cards.

• Catalyst 5000 Token Ring Switch Modules End of Sale
  Announces the end of sale for the Catalyst 5000 Token Ring Switch Modules

• Catalyst 3900 and 3920 Token Ring Switch End of Sale
  Announces the end of sale for the Catalyst 3900 and 3920 Switches

• EoS of Catalyst 1900 and 2820 Series Switches
• Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software Version 7.3(1)
  The system software Version 7.3(1) supports all cards previously supported by the Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 4000 Series supervisor engines.

• Cisco IOS Early Deployment Release 12.0(5)WC6, No. 1986
  Describes content and delivery information concerning Cisco IOSŪ Software release 12.0(5)WC6 for the Cisco Long-Reach Ethernet solution and should be used by the Catalyst 2900 Series LRE XL switches and not the Catalyst 2900 Series XL and 3500 Series XL.

• Cisco IOS Software X-Release 12.1(11)YJ, No. 2011
• Cisco Catalyst 6500 Content Switching Module Software Ver. 2.1
  New Features for the Content Switching Module

• EOS Announcement for Catalyst 4840G
  Cisco announces the end of sale (EOS) for the Catalyst 4840G Server Load Balancing switch.

• Cisco IOS Software 12.1(12c)EA1 for Catalyst 3550, 2950 Series
  Software enhancements increase security in the Catalyst 3550 and 2950 Series switches, which now both offer Identity Based Network Services (IBNS) through a series of 802.1x extensions.

• End of Sale Announcement for Legacy Cisco Catalyst 2980G Switch
  Announcing the End of Sale (EOS) of the Catalyst 2980G Switches.

• Catalyst 5000 and 5500 Series End of Sale Announcement
  Effective September 22, 2002, Cisco Systems announces the end of sale for the Cisco CatalystŪ 5000 and 5500 series of modular switches, including all related Cisco Catalyst 5000 and 5500 series chassis and modules.

• Cisco IOS Deployment Release 12.1 (11) EA1
• MSFC2 Bootflash Upgrade Kit for Supervisor Engines, No.1836
  Describes the MSFC2 Bootflash Upgrade Kit for Supervisor Engines of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router.

• Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(11b)EX1 for Supervisor Engines
• Cisco CSS 11800 Content Services Switch End of Sale
  This Product Bulletin describes the timeline for the Cisco CSS 11800 Content Services Switch End of Sale including suggested replacements.

• Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software Version 7.2(2)
  The Cisco CatalystŪ Operating System Software Version 7.2(2) for the supervisor engine supports the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches and Cisco 7600 Series Internet Routers

• Cisco IOS Early Deployment Release 12.1(9)EA1
  Describes the content and delivery information concerning Cisco IOS software Release 12.1(9)EA1 for the Catalyst 3550 and 2950 Series switches.

• Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(11b)E for Supervisor Engines
  Use this publication if you have the Cisco IOSŪ Software for the Cisco CatalystŪ 6500 Series Switch or the Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router.

• Cisco IOS Software Rel 12.1(8a)EW on the Catalyst 4000
  Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(8a)EW on the Catalyst 4000 Supervisor Engine III

• Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software Version 7.1(1)
  The Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software Version 7.1(1) for the Supervisor Engine supports the Cisco Catalyst 6000 and Catalyst 4000 Series switches.

• EOS for Selected Catalyst 6000 Chassis and Modules
  End of Sales Announcement for Selected Cisco Catalyst 6000 Chassis and Modules: WS-C6006, WS-C6009, and WS-X6248A-TEL.

• End-of-Sales Announcement for Select Catalyst 5000 Modules
  To simplify ordering of Cisco CatalystŪ 5000 Series products, Cisco Systems announces the end of sales (EOS) of some older Catalyst 5000 modules. Comparable modules are available within the Catalyst 4000, 5000, and 6500 series.

• Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(8a)EX for Supervisor Engines
  Cisco IOS Software for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switching product or Cisco 7600 Internet Routers, which run Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(8a)EX on the Supervisor Engine 1A and Supervisor Engine 2 with the Multilayer Switch Feature Card.

• Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series MFSC Software Release 12.1(6)E
• End-of-Sale Announcement for Multilayer Switch Feature Card
  Cisco Systems announces the end of sale (EOS) of the MSFC-based Catalyst 6500 Series module.

• Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(8a)E and 12.1(8a)E3
  Use this publication if you have the Cisco IOSŪ Software for the Catalyst 6500 Series switching product, which runs Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(8a)E or 12.1(8a)E3 on the Supervisor engine.

• Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(8A)E for Catalyst 6500 Series
  Use this publication if you have the Cisco IOS Software for the Catalyst 6500 Series switching product, which runs Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(8a)E on the Supervisor engine and the Multilayer Switch Feature Card (MSFC or MSFC2).

• Cisco Software Release 6.3(1)on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
  The system software version 6.3.1 supports all cards already previously supported by the Cisco Catalyst operating system on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engines.

• End of Sale Announcement for Cisco Catalyst 2948GL3-DC DC Power
  Cisco Systems announces the immediate end of sale (EOS) for the DC power Catalyst 2948GL3-DC switch.

• End-of-Life Announcement for Cisco 605 ADSL PCI Card Modem
• Catalyst 4000 & 5000 Family Software Version 4.x EOS, EOL, EOE
  With the GD, General Deployment, announcement of the Cisco Catalyst 5.x train, Cisco Systems is formally announcing that Cisco Catalyst 4000 family and 5000 family version 4.x Supervisor software will reach its EOS, EOE and EOL milestones.

• General Deployment Release- Catalyst 4000/5000/6000 Families
  General Deployment Release Status for Catalyst 4000, 5000, and 6500 Series Software Version 5.5(7)

• Cisco SW Release 6.2.1 on the Catalyst 4000 Family - No. 1305
  Describes Hardware and Software features for this release, as well as orderable images.

• Catalyst 5000 Starter Kit Transition
• IOS Software Release 12.1(5)EX Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor
  Use this publication if you have the Cisco IOS Software for the Catalyst 6500 Series products, which run a minimum Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(5)EX on both the Supervisor Engine 2 and the Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2 (MSFC).

• 4xDMT End of Life Announcement, No. 1311
• End-of-Life Annoucement for Cisco 6100/6130
• End-of-life Announcement for Cisco 6200 Series DSLAM
• EOS - Select Modules on Catalyst 5000
  In an effort to simplify ordering of the CatalystŪ 5000 Family of products, Cisco Systems is announcing the End of Sales (EOS) of some of the older Catalyst 5000 Modules.

• Voice Network Switching System End of Sales Announcement
  Product bulletin with details on the end of sales announcement of the Voice Network Switching System.

• End-of-Sales Announcement for Select Catalyst 5000 Modules
  Cisco Systems is announcing the End of Sales (EOS) of select Catalyst 5000 modules.

• Catalyst 2820 ATM Modules End-of-Life, No. 1146
  Announcing the End-of-Life (EOL) of the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) modules presently supported on the Catalyst 2820 platform.

• Catalyst 2820 FDDI Modules End-of-Life, No. 1148
  Announcing the End-of-Life (EOL) of the Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) modules supported to date on the Catalyst 2820 platform.

• Catalyst 8540 12.0 Multiservice Router, No. 951
  Decribes the 12.0 MSR hardware and software features for the LightStream and Catalyst 8500 family of switches.

• Catalyst 2822 End of Life - No. 862
  Cisco Systems will no longer offer the Catalyst 2822 Standard and Enterprise Edition switches.