EOL10736 - Amended
Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator 4.0 and Related Network Element Drivers. The last day to order the affected product(s) is June 20, 2016. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available under the terms and conditions of customers' service contract.
We also announce the end of sale and end of life for the following Network Element Driver (NED) versions:
● A10 ACOS NED 2.x and earlier
● Adtran AOS NED 2.x and earlier
● Adva 825 NED 3.3.x and earlier
● Affirmed Acuitas NED 2.x and earlier
● ALU SR NED 3.3.x and earlier
● Arista EOS NED 2.x and earlier
● Ciena ACOS NED 2.x and earlier
● Cisco ASA NED 3.x and earlier
● Cisco IOS NED 3.x and earlier
● Cisco IOS XR NED 3.x and earlier
● Cisco NX-OS NED 3.6.x and earlier
● Cisco QPS NED 3.0.x and earlier
● Citrix NetScaler NED 2.x and earlier
● Fortinet FortiOS 3.1.x and earlier
● Huawei VRP NED 2.x and earlier
● Juniper Junos NED 2.x and earlier
● Overture 1400 NED 2.x and earlier
● Overture 5k NED 3.0.x and earlier
● Overture 6k NED 3.0.x and earlier
● Quagga BGP NED 3.3.x and earlier
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator 4.0 and Related Network Element Drivers
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. |
December 21, 2015 |
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. |
June 20, 2016 |
Last Ship 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. |
September 18, 2016 |
End of SW 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. |
June 20, 2017 |
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. |
June 20, 2017 |
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
September 16, 2018 |
Last Date of Support: |
The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete. |
June 30, 2019 |
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number |
Product Description |
Replacement Product Part Number |
Replacement Product Description |
Additional Information |
L-NSO-LIC-P= |
Cisco NSO Orchestration for One Unit |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
L-NSO-SBUNTLICP= |
NSO Orchestration for One Unit - Subscription |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
L-NSO-SVC-ATCH= |
NSO Service Attach PID |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
L-NSO-UNIT-LIC-P= |
NSO Orchestration for One Unit |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
NSO-40-2-K9 |
Two NSO 4.0 Platform Server SW+RTU for Production-Active |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
NSO-40-3-K9 |
Three NSO 4.0 Platform Server SW+RTU for Production-Active |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
NSO-40-4-K9 |
Four NSO 4.0 Platform Server SW+RTU for Production-Active |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
NSO-40-5-K9 |
Five NSO 4.0 Platform Server SW+RTU for Production-Active |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
NSO-40-K9 |
1 NSO 4.0 Active Server License for Production Netw + Media |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
NSO-DEV-40-K9 |
NSO 4.0 Non-Prod Five Servers Licenses (Lab/Dev inc. NETSIM) |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
NSO-SUBUNIT-LIC-1Y |
NSO Orchestration for One Unit - Subscription |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
ORCH-40-K9 |
1 Active NSO4.0+ESC Server License for Production Network |
See Product Migration Options section for details. |
NSO 4.2 |
- |
Product Migration Options
Customers are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator enabled by Tail-f. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/go/nso.
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End-of-Sale date.
The Cisco Takeback and Recycle program helps businesses properly dispose of surplus products that have reached their end of useful life. The program is open to all business users of Cisco equipment and its associated brands and subsidiaries. For more information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html.
For More Information
For more Information about the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator enabled by Tail-f, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/nso, or contact your local account representative.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.html.
For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_warranties_listing.html.
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