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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Embedded Service 2020 Series Switches. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 19, 2022. 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 Embedded Service 2020 Series Switches
| 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. |
January 18, 2022 |
| 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. |
July 19, 2022 |
| 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. |
October 17, 2022 |
| End of Routine Failure Analysis Date : |
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect. |
July 19, 2023 |
| 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. |
July 19, 2023 |
| End of Service Contract Renewal Date : |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
October 14, 2026 |
| 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. |
July 31, 2027 |
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 |
| ESS-2020-NCP |
ESS2020 Main Board with 8FE + 2GE - Air Cooled - Lan Lite |
ESS-3300-NCP-A |
Embedded Services Switch Series 3000, No Cooling Plate, NA |
- |
| ESS-2020-NCP |
ESS2020 Main Board with 8FE + 2GE - Air Cooled - Lan Lite |
ESS-3300-NCP-E |
ESS3300 - Main Board (2 10G + 8GE) Air Cooled, NE |
- |
| ESS-2020-CON |
ESS2020 Main Board with 8FE ports - Conduction Cooled |
ESS-3300-CON-A |
Embedded Services Switch 3000 Cond Cooled, Net Adv |
- |
| ESS-2020-CON |
ESS2020 Main Board with 8FE ports - Conduction Cooled |
ESS-3300-CON-E |
ESS3300 - Main Board (2 10G + 8GE) Conduction Cooled, NE |
- |
| ESS-2020-NCP-B |
ESS2020 Main Board with 8FE + 2GE - Air Cooled - Lan Base |
ESS-3300-NCP-A |
Embedded Services Switch Series 3000, No Cooling Plate, NA |
- |
| ESS-2020-NCP-B |
ESS2020 Main Board with 8FE + 2GE - Air Cooled - Lan Base |
ESS-3300-NCP-E |
ESS3300 - Main Board (2 10G + 8GE) Air Cooled, NE |
- |
| ESS-2020-CON-B |
ESS2020 Main Board w/ 8FE + 2GE - Cond. Cooled - Lan Base |
ESS-3300-CON-A |
Embedded Services Switch 3000 Cond Cooled, Net Adv |
- |
| ESS-2020-CON-B |
ESS2020 Main Board w/ 8FE + 2GE - Cond. Cooled - Lan Base |
ESS-3300-CON-E |
ESS3300 - Main Board (2 10G + 8GE) Conduction Cooled, NE |
- |
| ESS-2020-24TC-CONB |
ESS2020 – Main (2GE + 8FE) + Exp (16FE) - Con Cooled, Lan Base |
ESS-3300-24T-CON-A |
Embedded Services Series 3000 bundle Cond Cooled, Net Adv |
- |
| ESS-2020-24TC-CONB |
ESS2020 – Main (2GE + 8FE) + Exp (16FE) - Con Cooled, Lan Base |
ESS-3300-24T-CON-E |
ESS3300 - Main (2 10G + 8GE) + Exp (16GE) - Con. Cooled, NE |
- |
| ESS-2020-24TC-CON |
ESS2020 – Main (2GE + 8FE) + Exp (16FE) - Con Cooled, Lan Lite |
ESS-3300-24T-CON-A |
Embedded Services Series 3000 bundle Cond Cooled, Net Adv |
- |
| ESS-2020-24TC-CON |
ESS2020 – Main (2GE + 8FE) + Exp (16FE) - Con Cooled, Lan Lite |
ESS-3300-24T-CON-E |
ESS3300 - Main (2 10G + 8GE) + Exp (16GE) - Con. Cooled, NE |
- |
| ESS-2020-24TC-NCP |
ESS2020 – Main (2GE + 8FE) + Exp(16FE) - Air Cooled, Lan Lite |
ESS-3300-24T-NCP-A |
Embedded Services Series 3000 GE bundle, No Cooling Plate, NA |
- |
| ESS-2020-24TC-NCP |
ESS2020 – Main (2GE + 8FE) + Exp(16FE) - Air Cooled, Lan Lite |
ESS-3300-24T-NCP-E |
ESS3300 - Main (2 10G + 8GE) + Exp (16GE) - Air Cooled, NE |
- |
| ESS-2020-24TC-NCPB |
ESS2020 – Main (2GE + 8FE) + Exp(16FE) - Air Cooled, Lan Base |
ESS-3300-24T-NCP-A |
Embedded Services Series 3000 GE bundle, No Cooling Plate, NA |
- |
| ESS-2020-24TC-NCPB |
ESS2020 – Main (2GE + 8FE) + Exp(16FE) - Air Cooled, Lan Base |
ESS-3300-24T-NCP-E |
ESS3300 - Main (2 10G + 8GE) + Exp (16GE) - Air Cooled, NE |
- |
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 https://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco Embedded Service 2020 Series Switches 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: https://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: https://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.html.
For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_warranties_listing.html.
To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: https://www.cisco.com/cisco/support/notifications.html.
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