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Cisco announces the end-of-life dates for the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Software 5.0 & 5.1 and Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure switch software 15.0 & 15.1.
End-of-Sale, End of SW Maintenance Releases and End of Software Vulnerability/Security Support Date: March 15th 2023.
Last Date of Support: December 31st 2023.
Table 1. Product part numbers affected by this announcement
| End-of-Sale Product Part Number |
Product Description |
Replacement Product Part Number |
Replacement Product Description |
Additional Information |
| APIC-DK9-5.0 |
APIC Base Software Release 5.0 |
APIC-DK9-5.2 |
APIC Base Software Release 5.2 |
- |
| APIC-DK9-5.1 |
APIC Base Software Release 5.1 |
APIC-DK9-5.2 |
APIC Base Software Release 5.2 |
- |
| ACI-N9KDK9-15.0 |
Nexus 9500 or 9300 ACI Base Software NX-OS Rel 15.0 |
ACI-N9KDK9-15.2 |
Nexus 9500 or 9300 ACI Base Software NX-OS Rel 15.2 |
- |
| ACI-N9KDK9-15.1 |
Nexus 9500 or 9300 ACI Base Software NX-OS Rel 15.1 |
ACI-N9KDK9-15.2 |
Nexus 9500 or 9300 ACI Base Software NX-OS Rel 15.2 |
- |
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the latest APIC and ACI Switch releases.
The latest releases for APIC and ACI switch software are located here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/recommended-release/b_Recommended_Cisco_ACI_Releases.html.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/eos-eol-policy.html.
For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/warranty-listing.html.
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