Cisco NME-X-23ES Product Support Bulletin

Product Bulletin No. EOL1047
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for
the Cisco 36-Port EtherSwitch Network Modules
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Cisco Systems announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco
for the Cisco 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700 and 3800 Series routers. The last day to order the affected product is 27-MAR-2007.
Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center
(TAC) until 25-MAR-2012.
Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this
announcement.
Cisco encourages customers to migrate to the new Cisco EtherSwitch service modules which greatly expand the capabilities of integrated switching
within Cisco integrated services routers by providing support for new features such as IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE), local Layer 3
switching, Cisco Network Assistant and Cisco Emergency Responder, higher port density, and Cisco StackWise interfaces (available on NME-XD-
24-1S-P only), as well as software feature parity with Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switches. Additionally, the new Cisco EtherSwitch service modules
are the first modules that can take full advantage of the increased performance capabilities and new form factors of the enhanced network module
slot on Cisco Integrated Services Routers. For more information about the new EtherSwitch service modules, please visit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps5855/product_data_sheet0900aecd8028d15f.html.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco EtherSwitch service modules, which provide superior functionality
over the 36 port Cisco EtherSwitch network modules. Information about the replacement product can be found at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps5855/product_data_sheet0900aecd8028d15f.html.
Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating to the replacement product.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the 36 Port Cisco Ethernet Switching Network Modules
Milestone
End-of-Life
Announcement Date
End-of-Sale Date
Last Shipment Date
End of Routine Failure
Analysis Date
End of New Service
Attachment Date
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Definition
The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to
the general public.
The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer
for sale after this 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.
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product
failure or defect.
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.
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36 Port EtherSwitch network modules
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Date
27-MAR-2006
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26-MAR-2008
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