Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco® MeetingPlace PCI platform, telephony blades and associated software releases. The MeetingPlace PCI hardware platform was End-of-Sale with the transition of Latitude Communications to Cisco Systems on January 12th, 2004. The last day to order the Cisco MeetingPlace PCI telephony blades is December 1, 2005. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for the PCI hardware platform and telephony blades until December 1, 2010.
Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the Cisco MeetingPlace PCI platform and telephony blades. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco MeetingPlace 8106 or 8112 platform, which provides scalability, enhanced features such as reservationless meetings, redundant power supplies and hard disks, plus built in 2700 hours of voice recording. Information about the replacement product can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/index.html. Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating from the Cisco MeetingPlace PCI platform to the Cisco MeetingPlace 8106 and 8112 platforms.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Meeting Place PCI Platform and audio server software release 4.3.
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, 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.
December 1, 2005
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.
March 1, 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.
December 1, 2006
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.
December 1, 2006
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.
December 1, 2006
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.
(App SW) September 1, 2008
(HW) September 1, 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.
(App SW) December 1,2008
(HW) December 1, 2010
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-life Product Part Number
Product Description
MP-PCI-CHASSIS=
Cisco MP PCI Base Chassis
MP-PCI-T1CAS=
Cisco MP PCI T1 Card
MP-PCI-E1-75OHM=
Cisco MP Dual Span E1 75 ohm card
MP-PCI-E1-120OHM=
Cisco MP Dual Span E1 120 ohm card
MP-PCI-DATTAPE=
Cisco MP PCI Dat Cartridge
MP-PCI-LAN-INTEL=
Cisco MP PCI Intel LAN 10/100 Card
MP-AUD-TAPE-4.3.1=
Cisco MP PCI Audio Conference Software 4.3.1 Media Kit
MP-MT-CD-4.3.0=
Cisco MP MeetingTime 4.3.0 Media Kit
MP-WEB-CD-4.2.7=
Cisco MP Web 4.2.7 Media Kit
MP-OUTLOOK
Cisco MeetingPlace for Outlook Release 4.2.7
MP-OUTLOOK=
Cisco MeetingPlace for Outlook Release 4.2.7
PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS
The recommended replacement for the Cisco MeetingPlace PCI platform and telephony blades is the Cisco MeetingPlace 8106 or 8112 platform running on software release 5.3 (Table 3).
Table 3. Product Comparisons
Feature
Cisco [End-of-Life Product Name]
Cisco [Replacement Product Name]
Audio Conferencing Server
Cisco MeetingPlace PCI Chassis
Cisco MeetingPlace 8106 platform or Cisco MeetingPlace 8112 platform. The available solution bundles for each platform is listed below:
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.
For customers who use 500,000 or more minutes of conferencing per month, are interested in migrating to the Cisco MeetingPlace 8106 or 8112 platform, and would like an outsourced conferencing service, Cisco recommends the Cisco MeetingPlace Managed Service. With this service, there are no upfront costs and customers pay for conferencing on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more details go to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/products_data_sheet0900aecd801718fe.html
Customers may be able to continue to purchase other MeetingPlace PCI components through Cisco's Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units of the MeetingPlace PCI components 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/web/ordering/ciscocapital/refurbished/index.html
