End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Select VMware OEM Software

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Select VMware OEM Software. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 29, 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.

Table 1.       End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Select VMware OEM Software

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 11, 2016

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 29, 2016

Last Ship Date:
App. 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.

October 27, 2016

End of SW Maintenance Releases Date:
App. 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.

April 11, 2017

End of New Service Attachment Date:
App. 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.

July 29, 2017

End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
App. SW

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.

May 30, 2019

Last Date of Support:
App. 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.

February 29, 2020
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

VMW-VS-ET-1S=

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), with 1-yr Vmware SnS

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VS-ET-3S=

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), with 3-yr Vmware SnS

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VS5-ENT-1A

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), 1yr Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VS5-ENT-2A

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), 2yr Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VS5-ENT-3A

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), 3yr Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VS5-ENT-4A

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), 4yr Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VS5-ENT-5A

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), 5yr Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VS5-ET-1A=

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), 1yr Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VS5-ET-2A=

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), 2yr Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VS5-ET-3A=

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), 3yr Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VS5-ET-4A=

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), 4yr Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VS5-ET-5A=

VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise (1 CPU), 5yr Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSP-ENT-1A

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 1-yr, Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VSP-ENT-1A=

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 1-yr, Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSP-ENT-1S=

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 1-yr Vmware SnS Reqd

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSP-ENT-1YR

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise SnS - 1 Year

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VSP-ENT-2A

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 2-yr, Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VSP-ENT-2A=

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 2-yr, Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSP-ENT-2S=

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 2-yr Vmware SnS Reqd

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSP-ENT-2YR

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise SnS - 2 Year

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VSP-ENT-3A

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 3-yr, Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSP-ENT-3A=

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 3-yr, Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

VMW-VSP-ENT-3S=

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 3-yr Vmware SnS Reqd

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSP-ENT-3YR

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise SnS - 3 Year

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VSP-ENT-4A

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 4-yr, Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSP-ENT-4A=

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 4-yr, Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

VMW-VSP-ENT-4S=

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 4-yr Vmware SnS Reqd

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSP-ENT-4YR

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise SnS - 4 Year

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSP-ENT-5A

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 5-yr, Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

VMW-VSP-ENT-5A=

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 5-yr, Support Required

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

VMW-VSP-ENT-5S=

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise (1 CPU), 5-yr Vmware SnS Reqd

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

VMW-VSP-ENT-5YR

VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise SnS - 5 Year

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

VMW-VSS2VSE-1A=

Upgrade: vSphere 5 Std to vSphere 5 Ent (1 yr Supp Req)

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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VMW-VSS2VSE-3A=

Upgrade: vSphere 5 Std to vSphere 5 Ent (3 yr Supp Req)

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to other available VMware software products for Cisco UCS. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/data-center-virtualization/dc-partner-vmware/index.html.

For upgrade related questions email vmware-upgrade-help@cisco.com

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.

To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/support/notifications.html.

Subscribe for RSS Notifications for End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices

To subscribe to the End-of-Life and End-of-Sale RSS Feed, insert the following URL into your RSS application: http://www.cisco.com/web/feeds/products/end_of_life_rss.xml.

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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