End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Gigabit Switch Router Engine 6 and Legacy Line Cards

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Updated:July 27, 2010

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EOL6903 - Amended

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Gigabit Switch Router Engine 6 and Legacy Line Cards. The last day to order the affected product(s) is November 15, 2010. 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 Gigabit Switch Router Engine 6 and Legacy Line Cards


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.	November 15, 2009
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.	November 15, 2010
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.	February 13, 2011
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.	November 15, 2011
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.	November 15, 2011
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.	November 15, 2011
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	February 13, 2015
Last Date of Support: HW	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.	November 30, 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
16OC3X/POS-M-MJ-B	GSR 16-port OC3/POS MM Eng3 release B	SPA-8XOC3-POS	8-port OC-3/STM-1 POS Shared Port Adapters	-
16OC3X/POS-M-MJ-B=	GSR 16-port OC3/POS MM Eng3 release B	SPA-8XOC3-POS=	8-port OC-3/STM-1 POS Shared Port Adapters	-
2OC192-IR-2PACK=	2 pack of 2-port OC192c/STM64 POS Line Card 1550 nm IR, SC	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.
2OC192-SR-2PACK=	2 pack of 2-port OC192c/STM64 POS Line Card 1310 nm SR, SC	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.
2OC192/POS-IR-SC	Cisco Two-port OC192c/STM64c POS Line Card 1550nm IR, SC	SPA-OC192POS-XFP	1-port OC192/STM64 POS/RPR XFP Optics	-
2OC192/POS-IR-SC=	Cisco Two-port OC192c/STM64c POS Line Card 1550nm IR, SC	SPA-OC192POS-XFP=	1-port OC192/STM64 POS/RPR XFP Optics	-
2OC192/POS-SR-SC	Cisco Two-port OC192c/STM64c POS Line Card 1310 nm SR, SC	SPA-OC192POS-XFP	1-port OC192/STM64 POS/RPR XFP Optics	-
2OC192/POS-SR-SC=	Cisco Two-port OC192c/STM64c POS Line Card 1310 nm SR, SC	SPA-OC192POS-XFP=	1-port OC192/STM64 POS/RPR XFP Optics	-
2OC192/POS-VSR	Cisco Two-port OC192c/STM64c POS Line Card 850nm VSR, MTP	SPA-OC192POS-VSR	1-port OC192/STM64 POS/RPR VSR Optics	-
2OC192/POS-VSR=	Cisco Two-port OC192c/STM64c POS Line Card 850nm VSR, MTP	SPA-OC192POS-VSR=	1-port OC192/STM64 POS/RPR VSR Optics	-
4CHOC12/DS3-I-SCB	4 PORT CHANNELIZED OC12 B	SPA-1XCHOC12/DS0	1-port Channelized OC12 to DS0 SPA	-
4CHOC12/DS3-I-SCB=	4 PORT CHANNELIZED OC12 B	SPA-1XCHOC12/DS0=	1-port Channelized OC12 to DS0 SPA	-
4OC12X/ATM-MM-SC	4-port OC12/STM4 Eng 3 ATM - 1x512MB default mem	SPA-1XOC12-ATM-V2	1 port OC12 STM Shared Port Adapter	-
4OC12X/ATM-MM-SC=	4-port OC12/STM4 Eng 3 ATM - 1x512MB default mem	SPA-1XOC12-ATM-V2=	1 port OC12 STM Shared Port Adapter	-
4OC12X/POS-M-SC-B	4-port OC12/POS Eng3 Multi-mode	SPA-4XOC12-POS	4-port OC-12/STM-4 POS Shared Port Adapters	-
4OC12X/POS-M-SC-B=	4-port OC12/POS Eng3 Multi-mode	SPA-4XOC12-POS=	4-port OC-12/STM-4 POS Shared Port Adapters	-
4OC3X/ATM-MM-SC	4-port OC3/STM1 Eng 3 ATM - 1x512MB default mem	SPA-3XOC3-ATM-V2	3 port OC-3c/STM-1 ATM Shared Port Adapter	-
4OC3X/ATM-MM-SC=	4-port OC3/STM1 Eng 3 ATM - 1x512MB default mem	SPA-3XOC3-ATM-V2=	3 port OC-3c/STM-1 ATM Shared Port Adapter	-
4OC3X/POS-LR-LC-B	GSR 4-port OC3/POS LR Eng3 release B	SPA-4XOC3-POS-V2	4-port OC-3/STM-1 POS Shared Port Adapters	-
4OC3X/POS-LR-LC-B=	GSR 4-port OC3/POS LR Eng3 release B	SPA-4XOC3-POS-V2=	4-port OC-3/STM-1 POS Shared Port Adapters	-
4OC3X/POS-MM-MJ-B	GSR 4-port OC3/POS MM Eng3 release B	SPA-4XOC3-POS-V2	4-port OC-3/STM-1 POS Shared Port Adapters	-
4OC3X/POS-MM-MJ-B=	GSR 4-port OC3/POS MM Eng3 release B	SPA-4XOC3-POS-V2=	4-port OC-3/STM-1 POS Shared Port Adapters	-
8OC-48/POS-SFP	8-port GSR OC48 Line Card	SPA-2XOC48POS/RPR	2-port OC48/STM16 POS/RPR Shared Port Adapters	-
8OC-48/POS-SFP=	8-port GSR OC48 Line Card	SPA-2XOC48POS/RPR=	2-port OC48/STM16 POS/RPR Shared Port Adapters	-
8OC48-SFP-2PACK=	2 pack of 8-port OC48c/STM16 POS Line Card, SFP optics	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the appropriate Cisco shared port adapter. Information about these products can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6267/prod_module_series_home.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 Gigabit Switch Router Engine 6 and Legacy Line Cards 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 Shared Port Adapters, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6267/prod_module_series_home.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/products_end-of-life_policy.html.

To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/support/notifications.html.

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