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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco ASR 9000 Series 3rd Generation Modular Port Adapters (MPAs). The last day to order the affected product(s) is April 21, 2027. 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.
Table 1. End-of-life milestones and dates for the Cisco ASR 9000 Series 3rd Generation Modular Port Adapters (MPAs)
| 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. |
October 21, 2026 |
| 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 21, 2027 |
| Last Ship Date: |
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 20, 2027 |
| End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: |
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 20, 2028 |
| End of Vulnerability/Security Support: |
The last date that Cisco Engineering may release a planned maintenance release or scheduled software remedy for a security vulnerability issue. |
April 30, 2032 |
| End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: |
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect. |
April 20, 2028 |
| End of New Service Attachment Date: |
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 20, 2028 |
| End of Service Contract Renewal Date: |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
July 17, 2031 |
| 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, 2032 |
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 |
| A9K-MPA-1X100GE |
ASR 9000 1-port 100GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-1X100G-FC |
ASR 9000 1-port 100GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-1X100GE= |
ASR 9000 1-port 100GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE= |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-1X100G-FC= |
ASR 9000 1-port 100GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC= |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-1X200GE |
ASR 9000 1-port 200GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-1X200G-FC |
ASR 9000 1-port 200GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-1X200GE= |
ASR 9000 1-port 200GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-1X200G-FC= |
ASR 9000 1-port 200GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC= |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-2X40GE |
ASR 9000 2-port 40GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-2X40G-FC |
ASR 9000 2-port 40GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-2X40GE= |
ASR 9000 2-port 40GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE= |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-2X40G-FC= |
ASR 9000 2-port 40GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC= |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-2X100GE |
ASR 9000 2-port 100GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-2X100G-FC |
ASR 9000 2-port 100GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-2X100GE= |
ASR 9000 2-port 100GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE= |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-2X100G-FC= |
ASR 9000 2-port 100GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC= |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-4X10GE |
ASR 9000 4-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-20X1G-FC |
ASR 9000 20-port 1GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-20X1G-FC= |
ASR 9000 20-port 1GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC= |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-9001-MPA-FILR |
ASR 9001 MPA Filler |
There is currently no migration product available for this product. |
- |
- |
| A9K-MPA-4X10G-FC |
ASR 9000 4-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-4X10GE= |
ASR 9000 4-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter (spare) |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE= |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-4X10G-FC= |
ASR 9000 4-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC= |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-8X10GE |
ASR 9000 8-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-8X10G-FC |
ASR 9000 8-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-8X10GE= |
ASR 9000 8-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE= |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-8X10G-FC= |
ASR 9000 8-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC= |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-20X10GE |
ASR 9000 20-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-20X10G-FC |
ASR 9000 20-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-20X10GE= |
ASR 9000 20-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE= |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-20X10G-FC= |
ASR 9000 20-port 10GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC= |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-32X1GE |
ASR 9000 32-port 1GE Modular Port Adapter with MACSec |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-32X1G-FC |
ASR 9000 32-port 1GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-32X1GE= |
ASR 9000 32-port 1GE Modular Port Adapter with MACSec Spare |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE= |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-32X1G-FC= |
ASR 9000 32-port 1GE Modular Port Adapter FCM |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-FC= |
ASR 9000 400GE Flexible Consumption LC Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-20X1GE |
ASR 9000 20-port 1GE Modular Port Adapter |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-20X1GE= |
ASR 9000 20-port 1GE Modular Port Adapter (spare) |
A9K-4HG-FLEX-X-SE |
ASR 9000 400GE Service Edge Line Card Enhanced - 5th Gen |
- |
| A9K-MPA-FILR |
ASR 9000 MPA Slot Filler |
There is currently no migration product available for this product. |
- |
- |
| A9K-MPA-FILR= |
ASR 9000 MPA Slot Filler |
There is currently no migration product available for this product. |
- |
- |
| A9K-9001-MPA-FILR= |
ASR 9001 MPA Filler Spare |
There is currently no migration product available for this product. |
- |
- |
Customers may be able to use the Cisco Takeback and Reuse Program where applicable to return hardware that has reached end-of-use, at no cost. Returned products are put to their next best use, whether reused, remanufactured, or recycled by one of Cisco's certified contracted recyclers. For more information, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/takeback-and-reuse.html.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco ASR 9000 Series 3rd Generation Modular Port Adapters (MPAs) 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 about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/eos-eol-policy.html.
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