End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series/7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3A and CEF 720 Distributed Forwarding Engine DFC3A – Does NOT affect Supervisor Engine 720-3B/BXL and Virtual Switch Supervisor Engine 720-10G
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Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series/7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3A (WS-Sup720) and CEF720 Distributed Forwarding Engine DFC3A (WS-F6700-DFC3A). The last day to order the affected product(s) is December 18, 2009. This End of Sale announcement does NOT affect Supervisor Engine 720-3B/BXL and Virtual Switch Supervisor Engine 720-10G.
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. Tables 3 to 5 provide recommended upgrade options for both hardware and software
Customers are encouraged to migrate to Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3B, Supervisor Engine 720-3BXL or Catalyst 6500 Series Virtual Switching Supervisor 720 with 10GE uplinks
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Supervisor Engine 720 supports advanced features such as IPv6, Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Encapsulated Remote Switched Port Analyzer (ERSPAN), and so on in hardware.
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6500 Series Virtual Switching Supervisor Engine 720 with 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks combine high-density uplinks, system virtualization, and increased throughput with scalable performance and a rich IP feature set. This supervisor is a key component of the Cisco VSS 1440 Virtual Switching System and enables high availability, operational efficiency, and increased bandwidth with great ease of deployment.
Software End of Life bulletins available for (Hybrid OS) and (CatOS) apply to Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series/7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3A.
Hybrid OS End of Life bulletin:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/prod_eol_notice0900aecd80699ddb.html
CatOS End of Life bulletin:
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series/7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3A
HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
Product Migration Options
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series/Cisco 7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3B, Supervisor Engine 720-3BXL and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Virtual Switching Supervisor Engine 720. Information about these products can be found at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_data_sheet09186a0080159856.html and
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_data_sheet0900aecd806ed759.html, respectively.
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series has a huge customer install base. This leads to various configurations of software and hardware. For migration options for customers with various configuration options, please see tables 3 to 5.
Table 3. Supervisor and software Migration recommendation
Table 4. Migration recommendation for customers with CatOS and Hybrid OS on Sup 720-3A
Table 5. Supervisor and Distributed Forwarding Card (DFC) configuration options and Migration recommendation
Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com user ID.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series/7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3A and CEF720 Distributed Forwarding Engine DFC3A 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:
www.cisco.com/go/eos
For More Information
For more information about
the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series/7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720 and Catalyst 6500 Series Virtual Switching SE 720, visit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_data_sheet09186a0080159856.html
and
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_data_sheet0900aecd806ed759.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/prod_end_of_life.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html
To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice
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