End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Select UCS B260 v3 and B460 v3 Blade Servers
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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Select UCS B260 v3 and B460 v3 Blade Servers. The last day to order the affected product(s) is December 31, 2017. 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 Select UCS B260 v3 and B460 v3 Blade Servers
| 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 1, 2017 |
| 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. |
December 31, 2017 |
| 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. |
March 31, 2018 |
| 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. |
December 31, 2018 |
| 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. |
December 30, 2020 |
| 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. |
December 31, 2018 |
| 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. |
December 31, 2018 |
| End of Service Contract Renewal Date: |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
March 28, 2022 |
| 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. |
December 31, 2022 |
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 |
| UCSB-EX-M4-2= |
UCS Scalable M4 Blade Module w/o v3 CPU/DIMM/HDD |
UCSB-EX-M4-3=, UCSB-B480-M5= |
UCS Scalable M4 Blade Module w/o v4 CPU/DIMM/HDD |
- |
| UCSB-EX-M4-2A |
UCS Scalable B460 M4 Blade Module w/o v3 CPU/DIMM/HDD |
UCSB-EX-M4-3A, UCSB-B480-M5 |
UCS Scalable M4 Blade Module w/o v4 CPU/DIMM/HDD for B460 M4 |
- |
| UCSB-EX-M4-2A-CH |
DISTI: UCS Scalable B460 M4 Blade Module w/ 2 DiskBayFillers |
UCSB-EX-M4-3A-CH, UCSB-B480-M5-CH |
DISTI:UCS Scalable M4Blade Module w/2 DiskBayFillers B460 M4 |
- |
| UCSB-EX-M4-2A-U |
UCS Scalable B460 M4 Blade Module w/o v3 CPU/DIMM/HDD |
UCSB-EX-M4-3A-U, UCSB-B480-M5-U |
UCS Scalable M4 Blade Module w/o v4 CPU/DIMM/HDD for B460 M4 |
- |
| UCSB-EX-M4-2B |
UCS Scalable B460 M4 Blade Module w/o v3 CPU/DIMM/HDD |
UCSB-EX-M4-3B, UCSB-B480-M5 |
UCS Scalable M4 Blade Module w/o v4 CPU/DIMM/HDD for B460 M4 |
- |
| UCSB-EX-M4-2B-CH |
DISTI: UCS Scalable B460 M4 Blade Module w/ 2 DiskBayFillers |
UCSB-EX-M4-3B-CH, UCSB-B480-M5-CH |
DISTI:UCS Scalable M4Blade Module w/2 DiskBayFillers B460 M4 |
- |
| UCSB-EX-M4-2C |
UCS Scalable B260 M4 Blade Module w/o v3 CPU/DIMM/HDD |
UCSB-EX-M4-3C, UCSB-B480-M5 |
UCS Scalable M4 Blade Module w/o v4 CPU/DIMM/HDD for B260 M4 |
- |
| UCSB-EX-M4-2C-CH |
DISTI:UCS Scalable B260 M4 Blade Module w/ 2 DiskBayFillers |
UCSB-EX-M4-3C-CH, UCSB-B480-M5-CH |
DISTI:UCS Scalable M4Blade Module w/2 DiskBayFillers B260 M4 |
- |
| UCSB-EX-M4-2C-U |
UCS Scalable B260 M4 Blade Module w/o v3 CPU/DIMM/HDD |
UCSB-EX-M4-3C-U, UCSB-B480-M5-U |
UCS Scalable M4 Blade Module w/o v4 CPU/DIMM/HDD for B260 M4 |
- |
| UCSB-EX-M4-2E-U |
UCS Scalable M4BladeModule w/o v3CPU/DIMM/HDD UPG B260toB460 |
UCSB-EX-M4-3E-U, UCSB-B480-M5-U |
UCS Scalable M4 Blade Module w/o v4 CPU/DIMM/HDD UPB460 M4 |
- |
Product Migration Options
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