End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software Version 5.4

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software Version 5.4. The last day to order the affected product(s) is September 14, 2017. 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.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software Version 5.4

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.	March 16, 2017
End-of-Sale Date: OS SW	The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.	September 14, 2017
Last Ship Date: OS SW	The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.	December 13, 2017
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: OS SW	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.	September 14, 2018
End of New Service Attachment Date: OS SW	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.	September 14, 2018
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: OS SW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	December 10, 2021
Last Date of Support: OS SW	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.	September 30, 2022

HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software

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
AK-WAAS-5.4-DVD-K9	WAAS 5.4 Resource DVD Accessory Kit	AK-WAAS-6.2-K9=	WAAS 6.2 Software Accessory Kit, spare	-
AK-WAAS-5.4-K9=	WAAS 5.4 Software Accessory Kit, spare	AK-WAAS-6.2-K9=	WAAS 6.2 Software Accessory Kit, spare	-
AK-WAAS5.4-NPE=	WAAS 5.4 Software Accessory Kit, spare (No Payload Encryptio	AK-WAAS6.2-NPE=	WAAS 6.2 Software Accessory Kit, spare (No Payload Encryptio	-
AKWAAS5.4DVDNPE	WAAS 5.4 NPE Resource DVD Accessory Kit	AK-WAAS6.2-NPE=	WAAS 6.2 Software Accessory Kit, spare (No Payload Encryptio	-
C1-SF-I44-5.4-K9	Depricated Cisco ISRWAAS Software Release 5.4	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.	-	-
C1-SF-I44-NPE-5.4	Depricated Cisco ISRWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.	-	-
C1-SFWAAS5.4SMK9	Cisco One WAAS 5.4 SRE SW image (separate license required)	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.	-	-
C1-SFWAAS5.4SMNPE	C1 WAAS 5.4 NPE (No paylod encryption) SW image for SRE SM	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.	-	-
DVDVCM100N-5.4-K9	Cisco VCM Software Release 5.4 - 100 Nodes	DVDVCM100N-6.2-K9	Cisco vCM Software Release 6.2 on DVD - 100 Nodes	-
DVDVCM100NNPE-5.4	Cisco VCM NPE Software Release 5.4 - 100 Nodes	DVDVCM100NNPE-6.2	Cisco vCM Software Release 6.2 NPE on DVD - 100 Nodes	-
DVDVCM2KN-5.4-K9	Cisco VCM Software Release 5.4 - 2000 Nodes	DVDVCM2KN-6.2-K9	Cisco vCM Software Release 6.2 on DVD - 2000 Nodes	-
DVDVCM2KNNPE-5.4	Cisco VCM NPE Software Release 5.4 - 2000 Nodes	DVDVCM2KNNPE-6.2	Cisco vCM Software Release 6.2 NPE on DVD - 2000 Nodes	-
DVDVWS12K-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 12000 Connections	DVDVWS12K-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 DVD - 12000 Connections	-
DVDVWS12KNPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 12000 Connections	DVDVWS12KNPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 NPE DVD - 12000 Connections	-
DVDVWS1300-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 1300 Connections	DVDVWS1300-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 DVD - 1300 Connections	-
DVDVWS1300NPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 1300 Connections	DVDVWS1300NPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 NPE DVD - 1300 Connections	-
DVDVWS200-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 200 Connections	DVDVWS200-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 DVD - 200 Connections	-
DVDVWS200NPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 200 Connections	DVDVWS200NPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 NPE DVD - 200 Connections	-
DVDVWS2500-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 2500 Connections	DVDVWS2500-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 DVD - 2500 Connections	-
DVDVWS2500NPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 2500 Connections	DVDVWS2500NPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 NPE DVD - 2500 Connections	-
DVDVWS50K-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 50000 Connections	DVDVWS50K-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 DVD - 50000 Connections	-
DVDVWS50KNPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 50000 Connections	DVDVWS50KNPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 NPE DVD - 50000 Connections	-
DVDVWS6K-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 6000 Connections	DVDVWS6K-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 DVD - 6000 Connections	-
DVDVWS6KNPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 6000 Connections	DVDVWS6KNPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 NPE DVD - 6000 Connections	-
DVDVWS750-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 750 Connections	DVDVWS750-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 DVD - 750 Connections	-
DVDVWS750NPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 750 Connections	DVDVWS750NPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 NPE DVD - 750 Connections	-
SF-I44-5.4-K9	Cisco ISRWAAS Software Release 5.4 for ISR 4400 Series	SF-I4451-6.2-K9	Cisco ISRWAAS Software Release 6.2 for ISR 4451 Series	-
SF-UCVW1300-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 1300 Connections	SF-UCVW1300-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 - 1300 Conn ESXi	-
SF-UCVW1300NPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 1300 Connections	SF-UCVW1300NPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 6.2 - 1300 Conn ESXi	-
SF-UCVW200-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 200 Connections	SF-UCVW200-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 - 200 Conn ESXi	-
SF-UCVW200NPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 200 Connections	SF-UCVW200NPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 6.2 - 200 Conn ESXi	-
SF-UCVW2500-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 2500 Connections	SF-UCVW2500-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 - 2500 Conn ESXi	-
SF-UCVW2500NPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 2500 Connections	SF-UCVW2500NPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 6.2 - 2500 Conn ESXi	-
SF-UCVW6K-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 6000 Connections	SF-UCVW6K-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 - 6000 Conn ESXi	-
SF-UCVW6KNPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 6000 Connections	SF-UCVW6KNPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 6.2 - 6000 Conn ESXi	-
SF-UCVW750-5.4-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 5.4 - 750 Connections	SF-UCVW750-6.2-K9	Cisco VWAAS Software Release 6.2 - 750 Conn ESXi	-
SF-UCVW750NPE-5.4	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 5.4 - 750 Connections	SF-UCVW750NPE-6.2	Cisco VWAAS NPE Software Release 6.2 - 750 Conn ESXi	-
SF-WAAS-5.4-SM-K9	Cisco WAAS 5.4 SRE SW image (separate license required)	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.	-	-
SF-WAAS-5.4-WAV-K9	WAAS 5.4 SW image for WAVE 294, 594, 694, 75xx, 85xx	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.	-	-
SFWAAS5.4SM-NPE	WAAS 5.4 NPE (No paylod encryption) SW image for SRE SM	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.	-	-
SFWAAS5.4WAVNPE	WAAS 5.4 NPE SW image for WAVE 294, 594, 694, 75xx, 85xx	There is currently no replacement product available for this product.	-	-

Product Migration Options

Customers may be able to use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) where applicable to trade-in eligible products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, customers should work with their Cisco Partner or Cisco account team. Cisco Partners can find additional TMP information on Partner Central at http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.

Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software Version 5.4 through the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached. For information about the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program, go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/eos.

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 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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Any authorized translation issued by Cisco Systems or affiliates of this end-of-life Product Bulletin is intended to help customers understand the content described in the English version. This translation is the result of a commercially reasonable effort; however, if there are discrepancies between the English version and the translated document, please refer to the English version, which is considered authoritative.

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