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Product Bulletin, No. 857
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Product Bulletin, No. 857
EOS, EOE, and EOL of Cisco Catalyst 5000 Family Release 2.1(x) Supervisor Software
This Product Bulletin serves as formal notification that Cisco Catalyst® 5000 Family Release 2.1(x) Supervisor software will reach its end of sales (EOS), end of engineering (EOE), and end of life (EOL) milestones on the dates listed in Table 1:
Table 1 Cisco Catalyst 5000 Family Release 2.1(x) Supervisor Software Milestone Summary
Milestone
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Effective Date
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Impact
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End of Sales
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1/29/99
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No longer orderable through customer service or manufacturing
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End of Engineering
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1/29/99
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No longer receiving any additional maintenance releases
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End of Life
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7/30/99
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No longer supported by Cisco customer support and is removed from CCO
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All Release 2.1(x) Catalyst 5000 Supervisor software images are affected.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to either:
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Release 3.2(4) or higher which is now GD status
•Release 4.2(2) or higher which is on the current ED train
Note: all Catalyst 5000 Family hardware supported in release 2.1(x) is also supported in the 3.x train.
Definitions
•EOS—the date at which product is removed from the price list and is no longer orderable through the normal, non-exception, order fulfillment process.
•EOE—the date after which scheduled maintenance releases will not be produced.
•EOL—after this milestone date the software release is no longer supported by Cisco customer support and is removed from CCO.
•ED Releases—release goal is to deliver new functionality to the market quickly. Typically there are several ED releases in each train before it goes to GD status. When a train is in the ED stage of its life cycle, delivery of bug fixes will often require moving to the next ED release, which will include new functionality.
•GD Release—release goal is stability. The release must meet rigid criteria including defect arrival rate thresholds and a customer feedback survey in order to achieve GD status. A train is designated as "GD-Mature Maintenance" when it is close to EOL.
