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Product End-of-Life Notice
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End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 48-Port 100BASE-X
Ethernet Interface
EOL8535- Amended
Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 6500
Series 48-Port 100BASE-X Ethernet Interface. The last day to order the affected
product(s) is January 31, 2014. 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 Catalyst 6500 Series 48-Port 100BASE-X Ethernet Interface
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.
January 31, 2012
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.
January 31, 2014
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.
April 30, 2014
End of SW Maintenance
Releases Date:
HW
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.
January 31, 2015
End of Routine Failure
Analysis Date:
HW
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the
cause of hardware product failure or defect.
January 31, 2015
End of New Service
Attachment Date:
HW
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.
January 31, 2015
End of Service Contract
Renewal Date:
HW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. April 30, 2018
Last Date of Support:
HW
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.
January 31, 2019
HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software