END-OF-SALE AND END-OF-LIFE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SELECTIVE CISCO CATALYST 6503, CATALYST 6506 AND CATALYST 6509 CHASSIS

PRODUCT BULLETIN NO. 3037

END-OF-SALE AND END-OF-LIFE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SELECTIVE CISCO® CATALYST 6503, CATALYST 6506 AND CATALYST 6509 CHASSIS ®

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Cisco Systems announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates of selective Cisco Catalyst 6503, Catalyst 6506 and Catalyst ®

6509 Chassis and low speed fan modules. The replacement chassis are the Cisco Catalyst 6503-E, 6506-E and 6509-E chassis that has been shipping for over a year. The Cisco Catalyst E series chassis offers more features and benefits such as: • Increased power scalability for maximum PoE port density per chassis. • The 6503-E chassis supports the high performance 67xx series line cards. It offers unmatched investment protection through: • Hardware compatibility: All the existing supervisors, line cards and switch fabric are supported on both E and non-E series chassis providing common sparing. • Software compatibility: All SW releases supported on non-E chassis are supported on the E series chassis. In order to support the current deployments of Non E Chassis the spare high speed fan modules will remain orderable and will not End of Sale. The spare high speed fan modules are: • High speed 3 slot fan module • High speed 6 slot fan module • High speed 9 slot fan module • High speed 13 slot fan module The CISCO® Catalyst Non-E 6500 Chassis and Low speed fan modules will be orderable for up to 1 year from the date of external announcement. The last day to order the Catalyst Non-E 6500 Chassis and Low Speed Fan Modules is November 01, 2006. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for six years after end of sale. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the CISCO® Catalyst 6500 Chassis and Low Speed Fan Modules. Table 2 lists the product numbers affected by this announcement. The recommended replacement for the Cisco EOS Product is listed below in Table 3. Table 4 provides information on minimum and recommended software requirements for the replacement products. Table 1.

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End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the selective CISCO Catalyst 6500 Chassis and Low Speed Fan Modules

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 01, 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.

November 01, 2006

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Milestone

Definition

Date

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.

February 01, 2007

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.

November 01, 2012— see note in definition section to the left

Note: SW support is provided on active software train only—IOS or CatOS. If a SW train has reached end of software support, it will not support E or non-E chassis. Security and Vulnerability support is based on the Supervisor and OS version running on the Supervisor. Security and Vulnerability remedies will be provided based on Supervisor card and the Software train support dates and could require major release upgrade or memory upgrade. Please refer to Software Product Bulletins and Software End of Sale notices for further clarification on support of End-of-Sale images. 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.

November 01, 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.

November 01, 2007

End of Service Contract Renewal Date

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. The extension or renewal period cannot extend beyond the last date of support.

February 01, 2011

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.

November 01, 2012

Table 2.

Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

Product Description

WS-C6503(=)

Catalyst 6503 chassis, 3-slot, 4-RU, no power supply, no fan tray

WS-C6506(=)

Catalyst 6506 chassis, 6-slot, 12-RU, no power supply, no fan tray

WS-C6509(=)

Catalyst 6509 chassis, 9-slot, 15-RU, no power supply, no fan tray

FAN-MOD-3

Standard fan module for Cisco 7603 and Catalyst 6503 chassis

FAN-MOD-3=

Standard fan module for Cisco 7603 and Catalyst 6503 chassis, spare

FAN-MOD-3HS

High-speed fan module for Cisco 7603 and Catalyst 6503 chassis

WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN

Catalyst 6506 standard fan tray

WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN=

Catalyst 6506 standard fan tray, spare

WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN2

Catalyst 6506 high-speed fan tray

WS-C6K-9SLOT-FAN

Catalyst 6509 standard fan tray

WS-C6K-9SLOT-FAN=

Catalyst 6509 standard fan tray, spare

WS-C6K-9SLOT-FAN2

Catalyst 6506 high-speed fan tray

WS-C6K-13SLOT-FAN

Fan tray for 13-slot Catalyst 6500 Series Switch

WS-C6K-13SLOT-FAN=

Fan tray for 13-slot Catalyst 6500 Series Switch, spare

The EOS announcement for Catalyst 6500 non E chassis security bundles is listed below: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/prod_eol_notice0900aecd802cbc9a.html © 2005 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important notices, privacy statements, and trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. can be found on cisco.com. Page 2 of 6

PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS The recommended replacement for the Cisco EOS Product is listed below in (Table 3). Table 3.

Product Comparisons

Cisco EOL Product

Cisco Minimal Replacement Product

Cisco Recommended Replacement Product

Replacement Description/Benefit

WS-C6503

WS-C6503-E

WS-C6504-E

• The new 6503-E, 6504-E, 6506-E, 6509-E chassis offer enhancements which increase the overall system power capacity for industry leading Power over Ethernet (PoE) port density scalability.

• The new 6503-E chassis offers enhancements to support the 67XX series line cards. WS-C6506

WS-C6506-E

WS-C6506-E

Same as above

WS-C6509

WS-C6509-E

WS-C6509-E

Same as above

FAN-MOD-3

WS-C6503-E-FAN (for C6503-E chassis)

WS-C6503-E-FAN (for C6503E chassis) or FAN-MOD-4HS (for C6504-E chassis)

Same as above

FAN-MOD-3HS

WS-C6503-E-FAN (for C6503-E chassis)

WS-C6503-E-FAN (for C6503E chassis) or FAN-MOD-4HS (for C6504-E chassis)

Same as above. FAN-MOD-3HS= remains to be orderable as spare.

WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN

WS-C6506-E-FAN (for WSC6506-E chassis)

WS-C6506-E-FAN (for WSC6506-E chassis)

Same as above

WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN2

WS-C6506-E-FAN (for WSC6506-E chassis)

WS-C6506-E-FAN (for WSC6506-E chassis)

Same as above. WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN2= remains to be orderable as spare.

WS-C6K-9SLOT-FAN

WS-C6509-E-FAN (for C6509-E chassis)

WS-C6509-E-FAN (for C6509E chassis)

Same as above

WS-C6K-9SLOT-FAN2

WS-C6509-E-FAN (for C6509-E chassis)

WS-C6509-E-FAN (for C6509E chassis)

Same as above. WS-C6K-9SLOT-FAN2= remains to be orderable as spare.

WS-C6K-13SLOT-FAN

WS-C6K-13SLT-FAN2

WS-C6K-13SLT-FAN2

Supports all Sups including Sup720

Please refer to bundle EOS bulletin to ascertain the replacement product IDs: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/prod_eol_notice0900aecd802cbc9a.html

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Table 4.

Minimum and Recommended Software for Replacement Products

Replacement Models

Minimum Catalyst OS Release

Recommended Catalyst OS Release

Minimum Cisco IOS Software Release (12.1E train)

Recommended Cisco IOS Software Release (12.1E train)

Minimum Cisco IOS Software Release (12.2S train)

Recommended Cisco IOS Software Release (12.2S train)

WS-C6503 E

5.4(2)

6.4(11)

12.1(13)E

12.1(26)E2

Supervisor Engine 720 :12.2(14)SX

Supervisor Engine 720 :12.2(18)SXE1

Supervisor Engine 720 requires software release 8.1(1) or later releases and the WS-C6503-EFAN tray.

Supervisor Engine 2: 12.2(17d)SXB

Supervisor Engine 2: 12.2(18)SXD5

WS-C6504-E

8.4(2)

8.4(2)

N/A

N/A

Supervisor Engine 720 :12.2(18)SXE

12.2(18)SXE1

WS-C6506 E

5.4(2)

6.4(11)

12.1(1)E

12.1(26)E2

Supervisor Engine 720 :12.2(14)SX

Supervisor Engine 720 :12.2(18)SXE1

These chassis require a 2500 W or 4000 W power supply. Lower wattage power supplies are not supported. WS-C6509 E

5.4(2)

Supervisor Engine 2: 12.2(17d)SXB

6.4(11)

12.1(1)E

12.1(26)E2

These chassis require a 2500 W or 4000 W power supply. Lower wattage power supplies are not supported.

Supervisor Engine 720 :12.2(14)SX Supervisor Engine 2: 12.2(17d)SXB

Supervisor Engine 2: 12.2(18)SXD5

Supervisor Engine 720 :12.2(18)SXE1 Supervisor Engine 2: 12.2(18)SXD5

WS-C6503-E-FAN

6.3(7)

8.3(3)

12.1(13)E

12.1(26)E2

12.2(14)SX

12.2(18)SXE1

FAN-MOD-4HS

8.4(2)

8.4(2)

N/A

N/A

12.2(18)SXE

12.2(18)SXE1

WS-C6506-E-FAN

6.3(7)

8.3(3)

12.1(1)E

12.1(26)E2

12.2(14)SX

12.2(18)SXE1

WS-C6509-E-FAN

6.3(7)

8.3(3)

12.1(1)E

12.1(26)E2

12.2(14)SX

12.2(18)SXE1

WS-C6K-13SLT-FAN2

8.1(1)

8.3(3)

12.1(20)E

12.1(26)E2

12.2(14)SX

12.2(18)SXE1

Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com user ID.

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QUESTION & ANSWERS What is the reason for End of Sale of Cisco Catalyst 6500 non-E chassis? The replacement Cisco Catalyst E series Chassis offers enhanced power scalability for supporting maximum number of PoE ports per chassis. Compared with Catalyst non-E 6503 chassis, the new -E Series chassis offers enhancements to support the 67XX series line cards. My customer has non-E chassis and can they mix both E and non-E in their network? Yes. My customer has not yet made the transition to Sup720. What is their upgrade path? The high speed fan tray required to support Sup720 will not be end-of-sale. The spare version will continue to be orderable thus giving the option to migrate/transition to newer technology for non-E series chassis customer base Does my customer need to move to a new software release when they migrate to the E-Series chassis? No. The E series chassis is backward compatible with the software releases of the non-E series chassis, so the migration will be software transparent. What about Smartnet contract for the non-E chassis? The last day to extend or renew a service contract for the Non E chassis will be till February 01, 2011. Replacement for any faulty hardware after November 01, 2007 will be provided with a like or better chassis. What software support will be available on the non E chassis? Software support will be provided for non-E chassis and E chassis only on active software trains (CatOS and IOS) till 01 November 2012. New features such as higher capacity power supplies or line cards may be available only on the E series chassis. Smartnet support will continue to be provided for non-E chassis past the end of sale date. FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information about the Cisco Catalyst 6500, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/index.html or contact your local account representative. For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html To subscribe to receive EOL/EOS information please go to: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice

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