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EOL5755-Amended
Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Selected Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Distributed Forwarding Cards. The last day to order the affected product(s) is March 30, 2008. 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 until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Select Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Distributed Forwarding Cards
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.
September 30, 2007
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.
March 30, 2008
Last Ship Date: HW
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
June 28, 2008
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: HW
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.
March 30, 2009
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: HW
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.
March 30, 2009
End of New Service Attachment Date: HW
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.
March 30, 2009
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
June 25, 2012
Last Date of Support: HW
The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.
March 29, 2013
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
WS-F6K-DFC
Dist Fwd Card for 65xx, 6816 Modules used with SUP2
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
WS-F6K-DFC3A
Dist Fwd Card-3A for 65xx, 6816 Modules used with SUP720
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
WS-F6K-DFC3A=
Dist Fwd Card-3A for 65xx, 6816 Modules used with SUP720
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
WS-F6K-DFC3B
Catalyst 6500 Dist Fwd Card-3B for 65xx, 6816 modules
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
WS-F6K-DFC3B=
Catalyst 6500 Dist Fwd Card-3B for 65xx, 6816 modules
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
WS-F6K-DFC3BXL
Catalyst 6500 Dist Fwd Card-3BXL for 65xx, 6816 modules
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
WS-F6K-DFC3BXL=
Catalyst 6500 Dist Fwd Card-3BXL for 65xx, 6816 modules
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
WS-F6K-DFC=
Dist Fwd Card for 65xx, 6816 Modules used with SUP2
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.
Note: WS-F6700-DFC3B/3BXL and WS-F6700-DFC3C/3CXL are used only on CEF720 or WS-67xx series line cards
WS-F6K-DFC3A(=),WS-F6K-DFC3B(=),WS-F6K-DFC3BXL(=) are supported till 12.2(33)SXH release. WS-F6K-DFC(=) is supported till 12. 2(18)SXF.
Product Migration Options
Line cards associated with product WS-F6K-DFC3x are WS-6548-RJ-45, WS-6548-RJ-21,WS-X6516-GE-TX,WS-X6516A-GBIC,and WS-X6816-GBIC are reaching their end-of-sale dates. All of these line cards with the exception of WS-X6516A-GBIC are End-of-Sale. Please visit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/prod_eol_notice0900aecd8069af87.html for more details.
Table 3. Options for customers with WS-X6516A-GBIC
Scenarios for WS-X6516A-GBIC customers
Effect/Migration options due to WS-F6k-DFC3x EoS
Existing customers an dnew deployments with WS-X6516A-GBIC in a Sup32 system
No change
Existing customers with WS-X6516A-GBIC alone (without WS-F6K-DFC3x daughter card) in a sup720 system
No change
Existing customers with WS-X6516A-GBIC and WS-F6K-DFC3x daughter card in a sup720 system
The DFC will be supported as per the timeline provided above. After this timeline, Cisco encourages customers to move towards WS-X6724-SFP with WS-F6700-DFC3x daughter card
New deployments considering WS-X6516A-GBIC and WS-F6K-DFC3x in a sup720 system
Cisco encourages customers to move towards WS-X6724-SFP with WS-F6700-DFC3x daughter card
Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com user ID.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Selected Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Distributed Forwarding Cards 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: www.cisco.com/go/eos
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End of Sale date.