End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco ME 4600 Series Multiservice Optical Access Platform
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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco ME 4600 Series Multiservice Optical Access Platform. The last day to order the affected product(s) is February 14, 2018. 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 ME 4600 Series Multiservice Optical Access Platform
| 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. |
August 16, 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. |
February 14, 2018 |
| 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. |
May 15, 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. |
February 14, 2019 |
| 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. |
February 14, 2019 |
| 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. |
February 14, 2019 |
| End of Service Contract Renewal Date: |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
May 12, 2020 |
| End of Service Contract Renewal Date: |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
May 12, 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. |
February 28, 2021 |
| 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. |
February 28, 2023 |
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
| End-of-Sale Product Part Number |
Product Description |
| R-ME4600-ANG-EX-R= |
ME4600 Agora NG Express Edition - Resource Manager |
| R-ME4600-ANG-EX-S= |
ME4600 Agora NG Express Edition - Service Manager |
| ME4600-AMX-48GE |
ME4600 AMX Access Card with 48 x GE (SFPs not included) |
| ME4600-AMX-48GE= |
ME4600 AMX Access Card with 48 x GE (SFPs not included) |
| ME4600-AMX-48GEI= |
ME4600 AMX Access Card with 48 x GE I-Temp (SFPs not incl.) |
| ME4600-UMX-4X10GE |
ME4600 UMX Uplink Card with 4 x 10GE (XFPs not included) |
| ME4600-UMX-4X10GE= |
ME4600 UMX Uplink Card with 4 x 10GE (XFPs not included) |
| ME4600-UMX/AMX-BP |
ME4600 UMX/AMX Uplink/Access Blank Panel |
| ME4600-UMX/AMX-BP= |
ME4600 UMX/AMX Uplink/Access Blank Panel |
| ME4600-XCO-162I= |
ME4600 XCO 160Gbps Switch Fabric Card with 2 x 10GE I-Temp |
| ME4600-XCO-640 |
ME4600 XCO 640Gbps Switch Fabric Card |
| ME4600-XCO-640= |
ME4600 XCO 640Gbps Switch Fabric Card |
| ME4600-XCO-BP |
ME4600 XCO Switch Fabric Blank Panel |
| ME4600-XCO-BP= |
ME4600 XCO Switch Fabric Blank Panel |
| ME4605-OLT= |
ME4600 OLT 3RU Chassis with 5 slots (Complete Assembly) |
| ME4620-OLT |
ME4600 OLT 14RU Chassis with 20 slots (Complete Assembly) |
| ME4620-OLT= |
ME4600 OLT 14RU Chassis with 20 slots (Complete Assembly) |
| L-ME4601-ANG-NE= |
ME4600 Agora NG - ME4601 OLT - Network Element License |
| L-ME4605-ANG-NE= |
ME4600 Agora NG - ME4605 OLT - Network Element License |
| L-ME4620-ANG-NE= |
ME4600 Agora NG - ME4620 OLT - Network Element License |
| ME4620-ANG-NE |
ME4600 Agora NG - ME4620 OLT - Network Element License |
| R-ME4600-ANG-EX-A= |
ME4600 Agora NG Express Edition - Alarm Forwarding NBI |
| R-ME4600-ANG-EX-F= |
ME4600 Agora NG Express Edition - Fault Management NBI |
| R-ME4600-ANG-EX-I= |
ME4600 Agora NG Express Edition - Inventory Management NBI |
| R-ME4600-ANG-EX-P= |
ME4600 Agora NG Express Edition - Performance Management NBI |
| R-ME4600-ANG-EX-X= |
ME4600 Agora NG Express Edition - Provisioning NBI |
Product Migration Options
There is no replacement available for the Cisco ME 4600 Series Multiservice Optical Access Platform at this time.
Customers may be able to use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) where applicable to trade-in eligible products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, customers should work with their Cisco Partner or Cisco account team. Cisco Partners can find additional TMP information on Partner Central at https://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco ME 4600 Series Multiservice Optical Access Platform 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: https://www.cisco.com/go/eos.
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End-of-Sale date.
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/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html.
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