Cisco announces the end-of-life dates for the Cisco Nexus 1000v select Software Versions.
Software maintenance support for software releases mentioned in Table 1.1 ends on January 5, 2017. No further patches or maintenance releases will be provided. Customers having active service contract can upgrade to available later releases.
Table 1. Product, platform and software releases affected by this announcement
Product |
Platform |
Software Releases |
Nexus 1000v |
VMware vSphere |
4.2(1)SV1(4a) 4.2(1)SV1(4b) 4.2(1)SV1(5.1) 4.2(1)SV1(5.1a) 4.2(1)SV1(5.2) 4.2(1)SV1(5.2b) 4.2(1)SV2(1.1) 4.2(1)SV2(1.1a) |
Product Migration Options
Install and upgrade guides can be found here: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-1000v-switch-vmware-vsphere/products-installation-guides-list.html.
Customers are encouraged to upgrade to N1K-5.2.1.SV3.2.8 (Nexus 1000V NX-OS Software Release 5.2(1)SV3(2.8) which offer newer features, quality enhancements is the recommended release for new deployments. Release notes can be found here: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-1000v-switch-vmware-vsphere/products-release-notes-list.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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