Cisco Cisco Access Registrar 5.0 Information Guide
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PRODUCT BULLETIN NO. 2736
END-OF-SALE AND END-OF-LIFE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE
CISCO CNS ACCESS REGISTRAR 3.0, CISCO CNS ACCESS
REGISTRAR HLR PROXY SERVER 3.1, AND CISCO CNS ACCESS
REGISTRAR IDENTITY CACHE ENGINE 3.2
CISCO CNS ACCESS REGISTRAR 3.0, CISCO CNS ACCESS
REGISTRAR HLR PROXY SERVER 3.1, AND CISCO CNS ACCESS
REGISTRAR IDENTITY CACHE ENGINE 3.2
Cisco Systems
®
announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates of the Cisco
®
CNS Access Registrar
®
3.0, Cisco CNS
Access Registrar HLR Proxy Server 3.1, and Cisco CNS Access Registrar Identity Cache Engine 3.2. The last day to order
the Cisco CNS Access Registrar 3.0, Cisco CNS Access Registrar HLR Proxy Server 3.1, and Cisco CNS Access Registrar
Identity Cache Engine 3.2 is June 1, 2004. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from
the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until June 1, 2007.
Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the Cisco CNS Access Registrar 3.0, Cisco CNS Access Registrar HLR
Proxy Server 3.1, and Cisco CNS Access Registrar Identity Cache Engine 3.2. Table 2 lists the product numbers affected by this announcement.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco CNS Access Registrar 3.5, which contains all the features supported by Cisco Access Registrar
3.0, Cisco CNS Access Registrar HLR Proxy Server 3.1, and Cisco CNS Access Registrar Identity Cache Engine 3.2. In addition, Cisco CNS Access
Registrar 3.5 supports the Cisco and Microsoft Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP), Extensible Authentication Protocol Transport
Layer Security (EAP TLS), the Packet of Disconnect (POD) feature, and Oracle accounting among many other features. Information about the
replacement product can be found at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps411/index.html
.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for Cisco CNS Access Registrar 3.0, Cisco CNS Access Registrar HLR Proxy Server 3.1,
and Cisco CNS Access Registrar Identity Cache Engine 3.2
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.
June 1, 2004
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.
June 1, 2004
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.
September 1, 2004
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.
June 1, 2005
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.
June 1, 2005