End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator 4.3 and Related Network Element Drivers

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator 4.3 and Related Network Element Drivers. The last day to order the affected product(s) is September 21, 2017. 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.

● Cisco APIC Data Center NED 3.0.17 and earlier

● Cisco ASA NED 5.0.3 and earlier

● Cisco IOS NED 5.0.13 and earlier

● Cisco IOS XR NED 5.0.8 and earlier

● Cisco NX-OS NED 4.3.5 and earlier

● Cisco PNR NED 3.1.5 and earlier

● Cisco QPS NED 3.1.15 and earlier

● Cisco StarOS NED 4.4.0 and earlier

● Cisco WSA NED 3.5.3 and earlier

● A10 Networks ACOS NED 3.5.8 and earlier

● ADVA 825 NED 3.5.25 and earlier

● Alcatel-Lucent Service Router (ALU SR) NED 5.3.1 and earlier

● Arista EOS NED 3.1.12 and earlier

● Brocade Ironware 3.0.8 and earlier

● Checkpoint GaiaOS NED 1.0.4 and earlier

● F5 BIG-IP NED 3.1.21 and earlier

● Fortinet FortiOS 4.0.6 and earlier

● Huawei VRP NED 3.4 and earlier

● Infoblox NIOS NED 3.3.1 and earlier

● Juniper Junos NED 3.0.33 and earlier

● MRV Master-OS NED 3.4.11 and earlier

● OpenStack COS NED 3.0.5 and earlier

● Telco Systems BiNOX NED 3.2.3 and earlier

● Unix BIND NED 1.2.2 and earlier

● VMware vSphere NED NED 3.0.26 and earlier

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator 4.3 and Related Network Element Drivers

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.	March 23, 2017
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.	September 21, 2017
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.	December 20, 2017
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.	September 21, 2018
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.	September 21, 2018
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: App. SW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	December 18, 2019
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.	September 30, 2020

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
NSO-43-1YR-K9	NSO 4.3 Active Server 1Year Term Lic for Production Netw	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-43-3YR-K9	NSO 4.3 Active Server 3Year Term License for Production Netw	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-43-P-K9	NSO 4.3 Active Server software media	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-43-SR-K9	NSO 4.3 - Service and Minor Upgrade	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-43-T-K9	NSO 4.3 Active Server License for Production Netw	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-DEV-43-1YR-K9	NSO 4.3 Lab Server 1Year 5 Licenses for Non-Prod Netw	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-DEV-43-3YR-K9	NSO 4.3 Lab Server 3Year 5 Licenses for Non-Prod Netw	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-DEV-43-P-K9	NSO 4.3 Lab Server software media	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-DEV-43-T-K9	NSO 4.3 Lab Server Licenses for Non-Prod Netw	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-ESC-43-1YR-K9	NSO4.3+ESC Active Server 1Year Term License Production Netw	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-ESC-43-3YR-K9	NSO4.3+ESC Active Server 3Year Term License Production Netw	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-ESC-43-P-K9	NSO4.3+ESC Active software media	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
NSO-ESC-43-T-K9	NSO4.3+ESC Active Server License for Prod Netw	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version using the Product Upgrade Tool on: http://software.cisco.com. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/go/nso.

Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End-of-Sale date.

The Cisco Takeback and Recycle program helps businesses properly dispose 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.

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.html.

For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_warranties_listing.html.

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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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