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EOL14913 - Amended
Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Ultra Services Proxy (CUSP) Integrated TCP - Optimization Solution. The last day to order the affected product(s) is May 31, 2023 . 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 Ultra Services Proxy (CUSP) Integrated TCP - Optimization Solution
| 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. |
November 30, 2022 |
| 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. |
May 31, 2023 |
| 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. |
August 29, 2023 |
| 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. |
May 30, 2024 |
| 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. |
May 30, 2024 |
| End of Service Contract Renewal Date: |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
May 30, 2025 |
| 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. |
May 31, 2025 |
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 |
| ASR5K-00-PW51CUSP |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Active |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Active |
- |
| ASR5K-00-PW51CUSP= |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Active |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Active |
- |
| LIF5K-00-PW51CUSP |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Failover |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Failover |
- |
| LIF5K-00-PW51CUSP= |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Failover |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Failover |
- |
| QVPCA-00-PW51CUSP |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Active |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Active |
- |
| QVPCA-00-PW51CUSP= |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Active |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Active |
- |
| QVPCF-00-PW51CUSP |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Failover |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Failover |
- |
| QVPCF-00-PW51CUSP= |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Failover |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy Solution, 100K Sessions Failover |
- |
| VPSLA-00-CUSP51L |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy (CUSP) 100K Sess Active - TEST |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
Cisco Ultra Services Proxy (CUSP) 100K Sess Active - TEST |
- |
CUSP customer can move to standalone CUSP or TCP optimization product as a Product Migration.
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End-of-Sale date.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.html.
For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_warranties_listing.html.
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