Cisco 12000 Series Ten-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card End-of-Sale Announcement
Cisco Systems is announcing the end of sale (EOS) for the Cisco 12000 Series Ten-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card. A newer, modular Gigabit Ethernet line card is now available that provides field-configurable multiple-port Gigabit Ethernet versatility, enabling service providers to cost-effectively scale their distribution networks and data centers to higher traffic capacities in order to deliver sophisticated, higher-value services without increasing complexity (refer to Tables 1 and 2).
Table 1 Line Cards and Associated Product IDs That Will No Longer be Orderable After December 1, 2002
Line Card
Product ID
Cisco 12000 Series Ten-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
10x1GE-SFP-LC-B
Table 2 Alternate Line Cards and Associated Part Numbers
Line Card
Part number
Minimum Cisco IOS® Software Release Required
Cisco 12000 Series Modular Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (baseboard)
EPA-GE/FE-BBRD
12.0.(21)SZ or 12.0(23)S
Three-Port Gigabit Ethernet port adapter for above line card
EPA-3GE-SX/LH-LC
12.0.(21)SZ or 12.0(23)S
Cisco 12000 Series Three-Port Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
3 GE-GBIC-SC
12.0(11)S3
Key Dates
Table 3 [Needs Table Title]
Milestone
Definitions
Date
EOS bulletin
This document.
August 1, 2002
End of orderability and removal from Cisco price list (EOS)
The product will no longer be orderable and will no longer be on the Cisco price list.
December 1, 2002
End of hardware support
Cisco will no longer provide hardware fixes to newly discovered hardware bugs.
December 1, 2004
End of software support
Cisco will no longer provide software fixes to newly discovered software bugs.
December 1, 2005
End of one-year service contract renewals
One-year service contracts for this product will not be renewed after this date.
December 1, 2006
End of six-month service contract renewals
Six-month service contracts for this product will not be renewed after this date.
June 1, 2007
End of support (product obsolescence)
Cisco will no longer support these products and they are considered obsolete. Cisco Customer Advocacy Service Logistics will no longer carry inventory for customer return material authorizations (RMAs). The Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) will no longer support these products.
December 1, 2007
Table 3 lists the key dates associated with this product bulletin.
If you have questions or need more information, contact your Cisco account team.
