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Internal End of Sales Announcement
External End of Sales Announcement
End of Production/End of Shipment
End of Hardware/Software Product Maintenance
End of General CA Support (Last Smartnet Contract)
End of Life/Product Obsolescence
Product Bulletin, No. 1896
End of Sale/EOL for the
Cisco Metro 1500 DWDM PlatformCisco Systems is announcing the End of Sale/End of Life EOS/EOL of the Cisco Metro 1500 DWDM Platform, with an effective date of November 11th, 2002. Cisco customers may continue to receive hardware and software support for the periods set forth in the timelines and milestones detailed below.
The Cisco Metro 1500 is being discontinued in favor of the next-generation Cisco ONS 15530, which delivers high-density aggregation of ESCON, Fibre Channel, FICON, and GE over a 10GE wavelength, the ONS15540 which supports high-density transparent and 10GbE services and the Cisco ONS 15252 Metro DWDM Platform, which delivers low cost transparent data and storage networking. The Cisco ONS 15530 and Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx optical platforms provide enhanced service capabilities and IBM and EMC certification. The Cisco Complete Optical Multiservice Edge & Transport (COMET) products extend and integrate existing network infrastructures, enabling the delivery of any application or service over a single, end-to-end optical network.
Ordering Information
After November 11, 2002 the Cisco Metro 1500 will no longer be orderable from the Cisco Connection Online (CCO) or Cisco Marketplace. Cisco is currently offering financial credits by way of the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) for the replacement of the Cisco Metro 1500.
Internal End of Sales Announcement
July 8, 2002
External End of Sales Announcement
September 5, 2002
End of Sales
November 11th, 2002
End of Production/End of Shipment
November 25,2002
End of Hardware/Software Product Maintenance
November 25, 2003
End of General CA Support (Last Smartnet Contract)
November 25, 2006
End of Life/Product Obsolescence
November 25, 2007
Posted: Mon Apr 10 16:06:34 PDT 2006
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