End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus Dashboard and APIC M6 Appliances

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Overview

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Nexus Dashboard and APIC M6 Appliances. The last day to order the affected product(s) is June 18, 2026. 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.

End-of-life milestones

Table 1.      End-of-life milestones and dates for the Cisco Nexus Dashboard and APIC M6 Appliances

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.

December 18, 2025

End-of-Sale Date:
HW

The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.

June 18, 2026

Last Ship Date:
HW

The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.

September 16, 2026

End of SW Maintenance Releases Date:
HW

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.

June 18, 2027

End of Vulnerability/Security Support:
HW

The last date that Cisco Engineering may release a planned maintenance release or scheduled software remedy for a security vulnerability issue.

June 30, 2031

End of Routine Failure Analysis Date:
HW

The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect.

June 18, 2027

End of New Service Attachment Date:
HW

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.

June 18, 2027

End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
HW

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.

September 13, 2030

Last Date of Support:
HW

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.

June 30, 2031

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

Product part numbers

Table 2.      Product part numbers affected by this announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

Product Description

ACI-BUNDLE-P1

ACI Bundle Promotion for Limited Orderability

APIC-PCIE-C25Q-04

Cisco APIC VIC 1455 Quad Port 10/25G SFP28 CNA PCIE

APIC-P-ID10GC

Cisco-Intel X710T2LG 2x10 GbE RJ45 PCIe NIC

APIC-P-I8D25GF

APIC Cisco-Intel E810XXVDA2 2x25/10 GbE SFP28 PCIe NIC

APIC-PSU1-1050W

1050 W power supply for USC C-Series

APIC-M2-HWRAID

Cisco Boot optimized M.2 Raid controller

APIC-CPU-A7313P

AMD 3.0GHz 7313P 155W 16C/128MB Cache DDR4 3200MHz

APIC-TPM2-002B-C

Trusted Platform Module2.0 APIC server(FIPS 140-2 Compliant)

APIC-MR-X16G1RW

16GB RDIMM SRx4 3200 (8Gb)

APIC-SDB960OA1PM6

960GB 2.5in 15mm Solidigm S4620 Enter Perf 6G SATA 3X SSD

APIC-OCP3-KIT

APIC C2XX OCP 3.0 Interposer W/Mech Assy

APIC-O-ID10GC

APIC Intel X710T2LOCPV3G1L 2x10GbE RJ45 OCP3.0 NIC

APIC-RAID-220M6

Cisco 12G SAS RAID Controller w/4GB FBWC (16 Drv) w/1U Brkt

APIC-M2-240G

240GB SATA M.2

APIC-SD480GBM3X-EP

480GB 2.5in Enterprise Performance 6GSATA SSD(3X endurance)

APIC-SD960G63X-EP

960GB 2.5in Enterprise performance 6GSATA SSD(3X endurance)

APIC-PCIE-IQ10GC

Intel X710 Quad-port 10GBase-T NIC

APIC-CPU-A7443P

AMD 2.8GHz 7443P 200W 24C/128MB Cache DDR4 3200MHz

APIC-MR-X32G2RW

32GB RDIMM DRx4 3200 (8Gb)

APIC-NVME4-1600

1.6TB 2.5in U.2 P5620 NVMe High Perf High Endurance

APIC-HD24TB10K4KN

2.4 TB 12G SAS 10K RPM SFF HDD (4K)

APIC-CLUSTER-L4

APIC Cluster - Large Configurations (> 1200 Edge Ports)

APIC-CLUSTER-M4

APIC Cluster - Medium Configurations (Up to 1200 Edge Ports)

APIC-L4

APIC Appliance - Lage Configuration(> 1200 EdgePorts)

APIC-L4=

APIC Appliance - Lage Configuration(> 1200 EdgePorts)

APIC-M4

APIC Appliance - Medium Configuration(Upto 1200 EdgePorts)

APIC-M4=

APIC Appliance - Medium Configuration(Upto 1200 EdgePorts)

APIC-SERVER-L4=

APIC Appliance - Large Config. (> 1200 Edge Ports)

APIC-SERVER-L4

APIC Appliance - Large Config. (> 1200 Edge Ports)

APIC-SERVER-M4=

APIC Appliance - Medium Configuration (Upto 1200 Edge Ports)

APIC-SERVER-M4

APIC Appliance - Medium Configuration (Upto 1200 Edge Ports)

ND-CLUSTER-L4

Nexus Dashboard Cluster - Performance

ND-NODE-L4=

Nexus Dashboard Node Spare

ND-NODE-L4

Nexus Dashboard Node

Product migration options

There is no replacement available for the Cisco Nexus Dashboard and APIC M6 Appliances at this time.

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 https://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.

Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco Nexus Dashboard and APIC M6 Appliances through the Cisco Refresh (certified remanufactured) program. Remanufactured 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 Refresh program, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/remanufactured.html.

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: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/takeback-and-reuse/product-recycling.html.

For more information

For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/eos-eol-policy.html.

For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/warranty-listing.html.

To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: https://cway.cisco.com/mynotifications.

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