Table Of Contents
Product Bulletin No. 1933
Overview
Product Substitution
Why 10/100/1000 to the Desktop?
Product Bulletin No. 1933
End-of-Sale Announcement for 12-Port 1000BASE-T Line Card for the Cisco Catalyst 4000 Family
Overview
Cisco announces the end of sale (EOS) of the 12-port 1000BASE-T line card for the Cisco Catalyst 4000 Family. The affected product number is outlined in Table 1.
Going forward, all customers should move to the Cisco Catalyst 4000 Family auto-sensing 24- or 48-port 10/100/1000 BASE-T line cards. Advantages of the newer Cisco Catalyst 4000 Family 10/100/1000 BASE-T line cards include:
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Priced the same or less than the old 12-port 1000BASE-T line card
•Multispeed 10/100/1000 Mbps capable for flexible device speed on the same interface
Table 1 EOS Candidate Product Number
Product Number
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Description
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WS-X4412-2GB-T
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12-port 1000Base-T + 2 gigabit interface converter (GBIC) slots
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EOS date: March 23, 2003
Last shipment: April 27, 2003
End of support: March 23, 2008
Product Substitution
Table 2 Product Numbers and Prices for Replacement Products
End-of-Sale Product
(As of 3/23/2003)
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Replacement Products
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Price Comparison
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WS-X4412-2GB-T
12-port 1000Base-T (RJ-45) + 2 GBIC Slots
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WS-X4424-GB-RJ45
24-port 10/100Base-T (RJ-45)
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$1000 Less than WS-X4412-2GB-T
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or
WS-X4448-GB-RJ45
48-port 10/100Base-T (RJ-45)
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Same price as WS-X4412-2GB-T
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Table 3 Attribute and Feature Comparison of all Cisco Catalyst 4000 1000BASE-T Line Cards
Attribute
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WS-X4412-2GB-T
(EOS Candidate)
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WS-X4424-GB-RJ45 (Replacement)
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WS-X4448-GB-RJ45
(Replacement)
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Port Density
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12-port 1000Base-T + 2 GBIC Slots
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24 ports 10/100/1000
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48 ports 10/100/1000
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Auto-Sensing?
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No. 1000Base-T Only
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Yes. 10/100/1000
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Yes. 10/100/1000
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Maximum 1000Base-T Oversubscription
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4 to 1
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4 to 1
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8 to 1
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Minimum Software
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CatOS 5.4(2)
Cisco IOS 12.1(8a)EW
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CatOS 6.2(1)
Cisco IOS 12.1(8a)EW
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CatOS 7.1(1)
Cisco IOS 12.1(8a)EW
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U.S. List Price
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-
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$1000 Less than WS-X4412-2GB-T
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Same price as WS-X4412-2GB-T
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Why 10/100/1000 to the Desktop?
•10/100/1000 port density is now the same as 10/100 on a line-card basis (48-ports)
•Protects investment in installed horizontal cabling (Category 5)
•Extends intelligent services up to 100 Meters over copper
•Affordable for every desktop in the enterprise ($146/port for 48-port 10/100/1000 card)
