End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco ONS 15454 MSPP SL-Series Fiber Channel Multiservice over SONET/SDH Card

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco® ONS 15454 MSPP SL-Series Fiber Channel Multiservice over SONET/SDH Card. The last day to order the affected product(s) is June 11, 2011. 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.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco ONS 15454 MSPP SL-Series Fiber Channel Multiservice over SONET/SDH Card

Although the suggested replacement card is a DWDM muxponder and does not map the client to a shared SONET/SDH trunk card, the muxponder offers greater flexibility and density and can be used in hybrid MSPP/MSTP nodes.

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the 8-port enhanced data muxponder card for the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/optical/ps5724/ps2006/ps5320/product_data_sheet0900aecd803fc51a.html.

Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) to trade-in 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/pr11/incentive/tmp/index.html.

Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco ONS 15454 MSPP SL-Series Fiber Channel Multiservice over SONET/SDH Card 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.

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP 8-Port Enhanced Data Muxponder Card, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/optical/ps5724/ps2006/ps5320/product_data_sheet0900aecd803fc51a.html, or contact your local account representative.

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

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