End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) Versions 2.3 and 3.0

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Updated:January 30, 2018

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) Versions 2.3 and 3.0. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 31, 2018. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available under the terms and conditions of customers' service contract.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) Versions 2.3 and 3.0

Milestone	Definition	Date
End-of-Life Announcement Date	The date the document that announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life of a product is distributed to the general public.	January 30, 2018
End-of-Sale Date: App SW	The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.	July 31, 2018
Last Ship Date: App SW	The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.	October 29, 2018
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: App SW	The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.	July 31, 2019
End of New Service Attachment Date: App SW	For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract.	July 31, 2019
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: App SW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	October 26, 2020
Last Date of Support: App SW	The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.	July 31, 2021

HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number	Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number	Replacement Product Description	Additional Information
ESC-2-3-A-1YR-K9	ESC RTM license for One Small VM for 1 year	ESC-4-0-A-1YR-K9	One Active ESC 4.0 Server License for Production for 1 year	-
ESC-2-3-A-3YR-K9	ESC RTM license for One Small VM for 3 years	ESC-4-0-A-3YR-K9	One Active ESC 4.0 Server License for Production for 3 years	-
ESC-2-3-A-T-K9	One Active ESC 2.3 Server License for Prod nw Subscription	ESC-4-0-A-T-K9	One Active ESC 4.0 Server License for Prod nw Subscription	-
ESC-2-3-LAB-1YR-K9	ESC RTM license for One Medium VM for 1 year	ESC-4-0-LAB-1YR-K9	Five ESC 4.0 Lab Server Licenses for 1 Year	-
ESC-2-3-LAB-T-K9	ESC 2.3 Lab Server 5 Subscription Licenses for non Prod nw	ESC-4-0-LAB-T-K9	ESC 4.0 Lab Server 5 Subscription Licenses for non Prod nw	-
ESC-3-0-A-1YR-K9	One Active ESC 3.0 Server License for Production for 1 year	ESC-4-0-A-1YR-K9	One Active ESC 4.0 Server License for Production for 1 year	-
ESC-3-0-A-3YR-K9	One Active ESC 3.0 Server License for Production for 3 years	ESC-4-0-A-3YR-K9	One Active ESC 4.0 Server License for Production for 3 years	-
ESC-3-0-A-T-K9	One Active ESC 3.0 Server License for Prod nw Subscription	ESC-4-0-A-T-K9	One Active ESC 4.0 Server License for Prod nw Subscription	-
ESC-3-0-LAB-1YR-K9	Five ESC 3.0 Lab Server Licenses for 1 Year	ESC-4-0-LAB-1YR-K9	Five ESC 4.0 Lab Server Licenses for 1 Year	-
ESC-3-0-LAB-T-K9	ESC 3.0 Lab Server 5 Subscription Licenses for non Prod nw	ESC-4-0-LAB-T-K9	ESC 4.0 Lab Server 5 Subscription Licenses for non Prod nw	-
R-ESC-2-3-LAB-P-K9	Five ESC 2.3 Servers License for Lab use	R-ESC-4-0-LAB-P-K9	Five ESC 4.0 Server Licenses for Lab Use	-
R-ESC-2-3-P-K9	One Active ESC 2.3 Server License for Production	R-ESC-4-0-P-K9	One Active ESC 4.0 Service License for Production	-
R-ESC-3-0-LAB-P-K9	Five ESC 3.0 Server Licenses for Lab Use	R-ESC-4-0-LAB-P-K9	Five ESC 4.0 Server Licenses for Lab Use	-
R-ESC-3-0-P-K9	One Active ESC 3.0 Service License for Production	R-ESC-4-0-P-K9	One Active ESC 4.0 Service License for Production	-

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