Cisco Catalyst 4506 Product Support Bulletin

End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Catalyst 4000
Series Layer 3 Services Module and Associated Software
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Cisco Systems® announces the end of life of the Cisco® Catalyst® 4000 Layer 3 Services
Module. The last day to order the Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Layer 3 Services Module is
December 9, 2003. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical
Assistance Center (TAC) until December 7, 2008. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones,
definitions, and dates for the Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Layer 3 Services Module.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine IV, which
provides nonblocking Layer 2–4 switching at 64 Gbps and 48 Mpps. The Cisco Catalyst 4500
Supervisor Engine IV also supports existing protocols such as Internetwork Packet Exchange
(IPX) and AppleTalk in software with performance ranging from 80 Kpps to 90 Kpps in Cisco
IOS® Software Release 12.1(13)EW. To address the loss of ports from migrating from a Cisco
Catalyst 4000 Series Layer 3 Services Module to a WS-X4515, customers are encouraged to
migrate to any desired Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet card offered within the Cisco Catalyst
4000 Series.
For more information about the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine IV, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/products_data_sheets_list.html
Table 1
End of Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Layer 3 Services Module
Milestone Definition
End of life The date the end of sale and end of life of a product is
announcement date announced to the general public.
End of sale date The last date to order the product through Cisco
point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer
for sale.
Last shipment date The last possible date that Cisco and/or its contract
manufacturers will ship the affected product.
End of software The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any
maintenance releases final software maintenance releases or bug fixes.
date After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer
develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.
End of routine failure The last possible date a routine failure analysis may
analysis date be performed to determine the cause of product
failure or defect.
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