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EOL8066
Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Tidal Server Provisioner 6.3. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 13, 2012. 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 until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.
Cisco Tidal Server Provisioner 6.3 has been sold only as part of the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Compute and the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud v1.0 and v2.0 software bundles; it is not available independently. Getting later releases of Cisco Tidal Server Provisioner may entail a broad upgrade of the entire Cisco Intelligent Automation bundle.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Tidal Server Provisioner 6.3
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 13, 2012
End-of-Sale Date
The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.
July 13, 2012
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 11, 2012
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 13, 2013
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 13, 2013
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: App. SW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
October 9, 2014
Last Date of Support: App. SW
The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.
July 31, 2015
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
L-TCA1TSPHV
Tidal Server Provisioner Hypervisor Per Blade Or Svr For CIAC
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
L-TCA2TSPP
Tidal Server Provisioner Physical Per Blade Or Svr For CIAC
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
Customers may be able to use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) where applicable to trade-in eligible products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, customers should work with their Cisco Partner or Cisco account team. Cisco Partners can find additional TMP information on Partner Central at
http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco Tidal Server Provisioner 6.3 through the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached. For information about the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/go/eos
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End of Sale date.
The Cisco Takeback and Recycle program helps businesses dispose properly of surplus products that have reached their end of useful life. The program is open to all business users of Cisco equipment and its associated brands and subsidiaries. For more information, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html
Any authorized translation issued by Cisco Systems or affiliates of this end-of-life Product Bulletin is intended to help customers understand the content described in the English version. This translation is the result of a commercially reasonable effort; however, if there are discrepancies between the English version and the translated document, please refer to the English version, which is considered authoritative.
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