Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series Switches

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Product Bulletin, No. 1111

Ordering Information

Software Support

Product Bulletin, No. 1111

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End of Life of the Catalyst 2926G Switches

Cisco Systems' Workgroup Business Unit is announcing the End of Life (EOL) of the Catalyst® 2926G switches:

Table 1  End-of-Life Products

Part Number	Description
WS-C2926GS	Catalyst 2926 Fixed Switch w/ NetFlow, 24-10/100 RJ-45,2 1000BaseSX
WS-C2926GL	Catalyst 2926 Fixed Switch w/ NetFlow, 24-10/100 RJ-45,2 1000BaseLX

End of Sales date: May 31, 2000

Last Shipment: June 30, 2000

End of Support: June 30, 2005

Ordering Information

After May 31, 2000, orders for the Catalyst 2926G switches should be replaced with the Catalyst 2948G or Catalyst 2948G-L3 switches:

Table 2  Replacement Options for Catalyst 2926G

EOL Part Number	Replacement Part Number	Description
WS-C2926GS	WS-C2948G, WS-G5484	Catalyst 2948G Switch, 48 10/100TX(RJ-45)+2 1000X GBIC Slots, 1000BaseSX "Short Wavelength" GBIC (Multimode only)
	WS-C2948G-L3, WS-G5484	Catalyst 2948G-L3 Switch - 48 10/100TX(RJ-45)+2 1000X GBIC Slots, 1000BaseSX "Short Wavelength" GBIC (Multimode only)
WS-C2926GL	WS-C2948G, WS-G5486	Catalyst 2948G Switch, 48 10/100TX(RJ-45)+2 1000X GBIC Slots, 1000BaseLX/LH "long haul" GBIC (singlemode or multimode)
	WS-C2948G-L3, WS-G5486	Catalyst 2948G-L3 Switch - 48 10/100TX(RJ-45)+2 1000X GBIC Slots, 1000BaseLX/LH "long haul" GBIC (singlemode or multimode)

Catalyst 2948G offers fixed configuration high performance Layer 2 switching for the wiring closet. With 24-Gbps bandwidth, Catalyst 2948G is capable of supporting all 48 10/100 ports and 2 Gigabit uplinks simultaneously at wire speed.

Catalyst 2948G-L3 offers fixed configuration Layer 3 switching at wirespeed. It provides non-blocking routing and switching for IP, IPX, and IP multicast traffic.

WS-C2948G and WS-C2948G-L3 give customers the flexibility to use 1000BaseSX or 1000BaseLX/LH GBIC uplinks, higher density, and a more economical solution.

Software Support

Catalyst 2926G switches (WS-C2926GS, WS-C2926GL) will be supported in Catalyst 5000 software releases through the 5.x train. They will not be supported in subsequent software releases after 5.x train.