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

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Overview

EOL15814 - Amended

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

Migration Product Part Number

Migration Product Description

Additional Information

ACI-BUNDLE-P1

ACI Bundle Promotion for Limited Orderability

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-CLUSTER-L4

APIC Cluster - Large Configurations (> 1200 Edge Ports)

APIC-CLUSTERG5

Major line bundle for APIC cluster, fifth generation servers

-

APIC-CLUSTER-M4

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

APIC-CLUSTERG5

Major line bundle for APIC cluster, fifth generation servers

-

APIC-CPU-A7313P

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-CPU-A7443P

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-HD24TB10K4KN

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-L4

APIC Appliance - Lage Configuration(> 1200 EdgePorts)

APIC-SERVER-G5

APIC Appliance - 5th Generation

-

APIC-L4=

APIC Appliance - Lage Configuration(> 1200 EdgePorts)

APIC-SERVER-G5=

APIC Appliance - 5th Generation

-

APIC-M2-240G

240GB SATA M.2

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-M2-HWRAID

Cisco Boot optimized M.2 Raid controller

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-M4

APIC Appliance - Medium Configuration(Upto 1200 EdgePorts)

APIC-SERVER-G5

APIC Appliance - 5th Generation

-

APIC-M4=

APIC Appliance - Medium Configuration (Upto 1200 EdgePorts)

APIC-SERVER-G5=

APIC Appliance - 5th Generation

-

APIC-MR-X16G1RW

16GB RDIMM SRx4 3200 (8Gb)

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-MR-X32G2RW

32GB RDIMM DRx4 3200 (8Gb)

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-NVME4-1600

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-O-ID10GC

APIC Intel X710T2LOCPV3G1L 2x10GbE RJ45 OCP3.0 NIC

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-OCP3-KIT

APIC C2XX OCP 3.0 Interposer W/Mech Assy

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-P-I8D25GF

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-P-ID10GC

Cisco-Intel X710T2LG 2x10 GbE RJ45 PCIe NIC

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-PCIE-C25Q-04

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-PCIE-IQ10GC

Intel X710 Quad-port 10GBase-T NIC

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-PSU1-1050W

1050 W power supply for USC C-Series

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-RAID-220M6

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-SD480GBM3X-EP

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-SD960G63X-EP

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-SDB960OA1PM6

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-SERVER-L4

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

APIC-SERVER-G5

APIC Appliance - 5th Generation

-

APIC-SERVER-L4=

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

APIC-SERVER-G5=

APIC Appliance - 5th Generation

-

APIC-SERVER-M4

APIC Appliance - Medium Configuration (Upto 1200 Edge Ports)

APIC-SERVER-G5

APIC Appliance - 5th Generation

-

APIC-SERVER-M4=

APIC Appliance - Medium Configuration (Upto 1200 Edge Ports)

APIC-SERVER-G5=

APIC Appliance - 5th Generation

-

APIC-TPM2-002B-C

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

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

ND-CLUSTER-L4

Nexus Dashboard Cluster - Performance

ND-CLUSTERG5S

Major Line Bundle for M8 Nexus Dashboard Cluster

-

ND-NODE-L4

Nexus Dashboard Node

ND-NODE-G5S

Nexus Dashboard Node

-

ND-NODE-L4=

Nexus Dashboard Node Spare

ND-NODE-G5S=

Nexus Dashboard Node

-

APIC-PSU1-1600W

APIC Cisco UCS 1600W AC Power Supply for Rack Server

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-PSU1-1600W=

APIC Cisco UCS 1600W AC Power Supply for Rack Server

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-PSU1-1050W=

1050W power supply for USC C-Series

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-NVB1T6O1PM6

1.6TB 2.5in U.2 15mm Solidigm P5620 Hg Perf Hg End 3X NVMe

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-PSUV21050D6I

1050W -48V DC power supply for APIC servers (India)

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

APIC-PSU1-1050ELV

Cisco ACI 1050W AC Power Supply for Rack Server Low Line

There is currently no migration product available for this product.

-

-

Product migration options

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.

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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