Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco® 1700 series. The last day to order the affected product is March 27, 2007. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until March 25, 2012.
Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected products. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.
Cisco encourages customers to migrate to the Cisco integrated services routers which are engineered for secure, wire-speed delivery of concurrent data, voice, video, and wireless services. An integrated systems approach to embedded services speeds application deployment to help reduce operating costs and complexities. Cisco is the first in the industry to embed security and voice services into a single routing system for fast, scalable delivery of mission-critical business applications to organizations of all sizes. For more information about integrated services routers, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/isr.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 1700 series.
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.
27-MAR-2006
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.
27-MAR-2007
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.
26-JUN-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.
27-MAR-2010
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.
26-MAR-2008
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.
26-MAR-2008
End of Service Contract Renewal Date
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
25-JUN-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.
25-MAR-2012
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number
Product Description
Replacement Product Part Number
Replacement Product Description
Cisco 1700 Series Base Chassis
CISCO1701-K9
ADSLoPOTS Router w/ISDN-BRI-S/T, K9 Image, 32MB Fl, 96MB DR
CISCO1801/K9
ADSL/POTS Router with Firewall/IDS and IPSEC 3DES
CISCO1711-VPN/K9
1711 Security Router w/VPN Mod, 32MB Flash, 96MB DRAM
CISCO1811/K9
Dual Ethernet Security Router with V.92 Modem Backup
CISCO1712-VPN/K9
1712 Security Router w/VPN Mod, 32MB Flash, 96MB DRAM
CISCO1812/K9
Dual Ethernet Security Router with ISDN S/T Backup
CISCO1721
10/100BaseT Modular Router w/2 WAN slots, 32M Flash/64M DRAM
2801 Security Bundle, Adv Security, 64F/256D and 1-port ADSLoPOTS HWIC
PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS
Customers who are using the Cisco 1700 Series are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco 1800 Series for secure data applications, or to the Cisco 2800 Series when voice integration is needed. Founded on 20 years of leadership and innovation, the Cisco 1800 Series integrated services routers intelligently embed data, security, and wireless technology into a single, resilient system for fast, secure, delivery of mission-critical business applications to small and medium-sized businesses and small branch offices. The Cisco 2800 Series is designed to meet both performance and density requirements for the delivery of highly secure, concurrent services-without compromising performance. The integrated services routing architecture of the Cisco 2800 Series builds on the Cisco 2600 Series multiservice access routers and adds features that deliver the performance, availability, and reliability required for scaling mission-critical business applications in the most demanding business environments. For more information about the Cisco 1800 Series, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5853/index.html. For more information about the Cisco 2800 Series, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5854/index.html.
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.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the end-of-sale product through Cisco's Authorized Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units of the end-of-sale product are available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis. For information about the refurbished equipment program, go to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/ordering/or6/or17/order_refurbished_equipment_program_description.html.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the Cisco 1700 Series, visit http://www.cisco.com or contact your local Cisco account representative.
