Cisco uBR-MC16B End of Engineering and Support [Cisco uBR7200 Series Universal Broadband Routers]

Product Bulletin No. 2026

Cisco uBR-MC16B Universal Broadband Router Line Card End-of-Engineering and End-of-Support Announcement

Cisco Systems announces the end of engineering and end of support for the Cisco uBR-MC16B Universal Broadband Router line card, effective November 30, 2002. The line card is supported on the Cisco uBR7200 Series Universal Broadband Router. The previously announced end-of-sales (EOS) date—also known as the last order date—for the end-of-life (EOL) product was November 30, 1999. Ordering and pricing were turned off on that date. The end of support—also known as the "product obsolete"date—for the EOL product will be November 30, 2004.

EOL Milestones, Definitions, and Calendar

EOL refers to all activities revolving around the discontinuation of a product. Table 1 defines terms and timing of EOL milestones announced in this product bulletin.

Table 1 Cisco uBR-MC16B Universal Broadband Router Line Card EOL Milestone Dates

Milestone	Effective Date	Impact
End of Sales	November 30, 1999	Date when EOL products are no longer orderable or visible on Cisco price lists. Service contracts are renewed until the end-of-contract-renewal milestone. Products are supported until the end-of-support milestone.
End of Production	December 30, 1999	Date when Manufacturing no longer builds packages for the EOL product and no longer maintains stock levels. Cisco Customer Advocacy (CA) will maintain stocks to fulfill Return Material.
End of Engineering Support	November 30, 2002	Date when Cisco Development Engineering no longer provides P1/P2 and S1/S2 bug fixes.
End of Contract Renewal	November 30, 2003	Date when service contracts are no longer renewed.
End of Life	November 30, 2004	Date when Cisco no longer supports the product.

EOL Product and Upgrade Options

This section presents upgrade options for the EOL product and outlines the benefits of upgrading. Table 2, on the next page, indicates the:

Upgrade options for the Cisco uBR-MC16B Universal Broadband Router line card for the Cisco uBR7200 Series
Recommended Cisco IOS® Software
Availability of the upgrade option

Table 2 Upgrade Options

EOL Product
Ordering Number

Upgrade Option Ordering Number

Recommended Cisco IOS Software

Availability of Upgrade Option

UBR-MC16B

UBR-MC16B=

UBR-MC16C

UBR-MC16C=

The latest Cisco IOS release 12.1EC (extensions to DOCSIS 1.0) or 12.2BC (DOCSIS 1.1)

Now

The Cisco uBR-MC16C Universal Broadband Router line card offers the same functionality as the Cisco uBR-MC16B with two exceptions:

First, the Cisco uBR-MC16C delivers +42 dBmV IF output power to the Intermediate Frequency (IF)-to-Radio Frequency (RF) upconverter at the Community Antenna Television (CATV) headend. This power rating is 10 dB greater than the previously released Cisco uBR-MC11 and Cisco uBR-MC16B line cards which deliver +32 dBmV output power. To keep the IF-to-RF upconversion operational, use the optional -10 dB attenuator with your Cisco uBR-MC16C line card.
Secondly, whereas the Cisco uBR-MC16B excludes support of 256 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) downstream and 16 QAM upstream support at two of the five Data-Over-Cable-Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) upstream symbol rates (2560K and 160K), the Cisco uBR-MC16C line card supports the following defaults:
256 QAM at 40 Mbps downstream and 16 QAM at 5 Mbps upstream. The card supports upstream channel widths of
200 kHz, 400 kHz, 800 kHz, 1.6 MHz, and 3.2 MHz.

Cisco Trade-In Program

Cisco offers an aggressive trade-in program called the Cisco Technology Migration Plan. This program enables Cisco customers to upgrade their existing Cisco network equipment. For more information about this program, please refer to:

http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/CTMP/ctmpServlet/StartHandler

Additional Information

For further information about the Cisco uBR7200 Series Universal Broadband Router, please refer to:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/cable/ps2217/index.html

If you have questions about this announcement, please contact your local sales representative. For business issues or general questions regarding this bulletin, please contact Sanjeev Desai, Product Manager, at 408) 525-9866 or e-mail sandesai@cisco.com. For specific orderability questions, please contact your customer service representative. For support issues, please e-mail the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) at tac@cisco.com.

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