End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco GSR 12000 IOS Releases

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Updated:May 14, 2012

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EOL7634 - Amended

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco GSR 12000 IOS Releases. The last day to order the affected product(s) is April 30, 2013. 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 GSR 12000 IOS Releases


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.	April 30, 2012
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.	April 30, 2013
Last Ship Date: OS 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.	July 30, 2013
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: OS 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.	April 29, 2016
End of New Service Attachment Date: OS 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.	April 30, 2014
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: OS SW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	July 29, 2017
Last Date of Support:	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.	April 30, 2018

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
S12KK5Z-12.0.31S	Cisco 12K Series PRP IOS SERVICE PROVIDER/SECURED SHELL 3DES	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
S12KK5Z-12.0.31S=	Cisco 12K Series PRP IOS SERVICE PROVIDER/SECURED SHELL 3DES	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
S12KZ-12.0.27S	Cisco 12K Series PRP IOS SERVICE PROVIDER	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
S12KZ-12.0.27S=	Cisco 12K Series PRP IOS SERVICE PROVIDER	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
S12KZ-12.0.31S	Cisco 12K Series PRP IOS SERVICE PROVIDER	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
S12KZ-12.0.31S=	Cisco 12K Series PRP IOS SERVICE PROVIDER	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
S12KZ-12.0.32SY	Cisco 12K Series PRP IOS SERVICE PROVIDER	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
S12KZ-12.0.32SY=	Cisco 12K Series PRP IOS SERVICE PROVIDER	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
S12KZ-12.0.33S	Cisco 12K Series PRP IOS SERVICE PROVIDER	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-
S12KZ-12.0.33S=	Cisco 12K Series PRP IOS SERVICE PROVIDER	See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.	-	-

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to upgrade to the Cisco IOS XR 12000 software releases. Information about this upgrade can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios_xr_sw/iosxr_r3.3/upgrade/guide/upgr_33.html.

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 IOS XR 12000 Releases for the Cisco XR 12000 Series, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6342/index.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.

For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_warranties_listing.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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To subscribe to the End-of-Life and End-of-Sale RSS Feed, insert the following URL into your RSS application: http://www.cisco.com/web/feeds/products/end_of_life_rss.xml.

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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