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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Business Edition 7000 (Cisco UCS M3 Server). The last day to order the affected product(s) is August 29, 2015. 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 Business Edition 7000 (Cisco UCS M3 Server)
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. |
February 28, 2015 |
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. |
August 29, 2015 |
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. |
November 27, 2015 |
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. |
August 28, 2016 |
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. |
August 28, 2016 |
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
November 24, 2019 |
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. |
August 31, 2020 |
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 |
BE7K-K9 |
Cisco Business Edition 7000 Server, Export Restricted SW |
BE7M-M4-K9 |
Cisco Business Edition 7000M Server, Export Restricted SW |
- |
BE7K-K9-XU |
Cisco Business Edition 7000 Server, Export Unrestricted SW |
BE7M-M4-XU |
Cisco Business Edition 7000M Server, Export Unrestricted SW |
- |
CIT2-CPU-E5-2640 |
2.50 GHz E5-2640/95W 6C/15MB Cache/DDR3 1333MHz |
CIT2-CPU-E52680D |
2.50 GHz E5-2680 v3/120W 12C/30MB Cache/DDR4 2133MHz |
- |
CIT2-MR-1X082RY-A |
8GB DDR3-1333-MHz RDIMM/PC3-10600/2R/1.35v |
CIT2-MR-1X162RU-A |
16GB DDR4-2133-MHz RDIMM/PC4-17000/dual rank/x4/1.2v |
- |
CIT2-PSU2-1200 |
1200W 2u Power Supply For UCS |
CIT2-PSU2V2-1200W |
1200W V2 AC Power Supply for 2U C-Series Servers |
- |
CIT2-RAID-9271CV |
MegaRAID 9271CV Raid card with 8 internal SAS/SATA parts, S |
CIT2-MRAID12G |
Cisco 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller |
- |
Product Migration Options
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco Business Edition 7000M. Information about this new server generation can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/go/be7000.
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 Cisco Business Edition 7000 (Cisco UCS M3 Server) 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 dispose properly 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 Cisco Business Edition 7000M (Cisco UCS M4 Server), visit http://www.cisco.com/go/be7000, or contact your local account representative.
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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