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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Business Edition 7000M (M6) and 7000H (M6) Appliances. The last day to order the affected product(s) is September 29, 2025. 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 Business Edition 7000M (M6) and 7000H (M6) Appliances
| 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. |
June 30, 2025 |
| 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. |
September 29, 2025 |
| 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. |
December 28, 2025 |
| 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. |
September 29, 2026 |
| 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. |
September 29, 2026 |
| End of Service Contract Renewal Date: |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
December 25, 2029 |
| 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. |
September 30, 2030 |
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 |
| BE7M-M6-K9 |
Cisco Business Edition 7000M (M6) Appliance, Export Restr SW |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7M-M6-XU |
Cisco Business Edition 7000M (M6) Appliance, Exp Unrestr SW |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7H-M6-K9 |
Cisco Business Edition 7000H (M6) Appliance, Export Restr SW |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7H-M6-XU |
Cisco Business Edition 7000H (M6) Appliance, Exp Unrestr SW |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7H-CPU-M6 |
Intel 6348 2.6GHz/235W 28C/42MB DDR4 3200MHz |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7K-DISK-M6 |
600GB 12G SAS 10K RPM SFF HDD |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7K-NIC-M6 |
Cisco-Intel X710T4LG 4x10 GbE RJ45 PCIe NIC |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7K-PCIERISER-M6 |
C240 M6 Riser1A; (x8;x16x, x8); StBkt; (CPU1) |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7K-PSU-M6-1200 |
1200W Titanium power supply for C-Series Servers |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7K-RAIDCTRLR-M6 |
Cisco M6 12G SAS RAID Controller with 4GB FBWC (28 Drives) |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7K-RAM-M6-M5 |
16GB RDIMM SRx4 3200 (8Gb) |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7K-TPM-M6 |
TPM 2.0, TCG, FIPS140-2, CC EAL4+ Certified, for M6 servers |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7M-CPU-M6 |
Intel 6326 2.9GHz/185W 16C/24MB DDR4 3200MHz |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
| BE7K-PSU |
Cisco UCS 1050W AC Power Supply for Rack Server |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
Customers may migrate to BE7M-M7-K9 / BE7M-M7-XU, to BE7H-M7-K9 / BE7H-M7-XU or to other virtualized hardware. Virtualization software and license are required but must be customer-provided. Please see Cisco Business Edition 7000 technical documentation on cisco.com for more details.
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.
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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