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EOL15833
Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco L-LIC-NFVIS (Cisco NFVIS Support For Cisco UCS C-Series). The last day to order the affected product(s) is October 29, 2026. The last day to renew or add to an existing subscription is October 29, 2027. Customers with active service contracts and subscriptions (as applicable) 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 and subscriptions (as applicable), support will be available under the terms and conditions of customers' service contract and subscription.
Table 1. End-of-life milestones and dates for the Cisco L-LIC-NFVIS (Cisco NFVIS Support For Cisco UCS C-Series)
| 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, 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. |
October 29, 2026 |
| 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. |
October 29, 2026 |
| 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. |
October 29, 2027 |
| 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. |
October 29, 2026 |
| End of Service Contract Renewal Date |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
October 29, 2027 |
| End of Change/Renewal Date |
The last date to Renew or Add to an existing subscription. |
October 29, 2027 |
| Last Date of Support |
The last date to receive applicable subscription entitlements, service and support for the product as entitled by active subscriptions and service contracts(as applicable) or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all subscription and support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete. |
October 31, 2029 |
The last supported software release for "Cisco NFVIS Support on Cisco UCS C-Series" will be NFVIS 26.1.1 and IOS-XE 26.1.1 (Enterprise VNF based workloads like Routing, Security, etc). See the virtualisation documentation of each VNF for alternative virtualisation platforms to migrate to. Separate commercial offer A-NFVIS-COLLAB continues for NFVIS-for-UC, but does not support VNF's or Enterprise NFV hardware platforms (see the Virtualisation Guide for Cisco On-premises Calling for more details).
Table 2. Product part numbers affected by this announcement
| End-of-Sale Product Part Number |
Product Description |
| L-LIC-NFVIS |
Cisco NFVIS Subscription |
| L-NFVIS-32-CORE |
Cisco NFVIS license per 32 core |
There is no replacement available for the Cisco L-LIC-NFVIS (Cisco NFVIS Support For Cisco UCS C-Series) at this time.
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.
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