Cisco Cisco Catalyst Inline Power Patch Panel Information Guide
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Product Bulletin No. 3150
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for
the Cisco Catalyst Inline Power Patch Panel
the Cisco Catalyst Inline Power Patch Panel
Cisco Systems
®
announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco
®
Catalyst
®
Inline Power Patch Panel. The last
day to order the affected product is May 25, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support
from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until May 25, 2011.
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.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to one of our Cisco Technology Developer Partner Program members, PowerDsine, and their PowerDsine
6548 or PowerDsine 6024G, both of which provide support for the new IEEE 802.3af and Cisco prestandard power schemes. Information about the
replacement product can be found at:
http://www.powerdsine.com
. Tables 3 and 4 provide the relevant information for migrating to the replacement
products.
Table 1.
End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Inline Power Patch Panel
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 25, 2005
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 25, 2006
Last Shipment 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.
June 15, 2006
End of Software
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 25, 2007
End of Routine Failure
Analysis Date
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause
of product failure or defect.
May 25, 2007
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 25, 2007
End of Service Contract
Renewal Date
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
November 25, 2010
Last Date of Support
The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support
services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.
May 25, 2011