Cisco Catalyst X6816 Supplementary Manual

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End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the
Selected Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Distributed
Forwarding Cards
EOL5755—Amended
®
Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Selected Cisco Catalyst
6500 Series Distributed Forwarding Cards. The last day to order the affected product(s) is
March 30, 2008. 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.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Select Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Distributed
Forwarding Cards
Milestone Definition
End-of-Life The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life
Announcement Date of a product is distributed 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 after this date.
Last Ship Date: HW The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its
contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
End of SW Maintenance The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software
Releases Date: HW maintenance releases or bug fixes. 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 be performed to
Analysis Date: HW determine the cause of product failure or defect.
End of New Service For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-
Attachment Date: HW 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.
End of Service Contract The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
Renewal Date: HW
Last Date of Support: The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this
HW date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the
product becomes obsolete.
HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software
Product End-of-Life Notice
Date
September 30, 2007
March 30, 2008
June 28, 2008
March 30, 2009
March 30, 2009
March 30, 2009
June 25, 2012
March 29, 2013
App. SW = Application Software
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