End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco ASR9000 Virtualized Service Module

Overview

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco ASR9000 Virtualized Service Module. The last day to order the affected product(s) is October 31, 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.

End-of-life milestones

Table 1.      End-of-life milestones and dates for the Cisco ASR9000 Virtualized Service Module

Note:     IOS XR 6.9 is the last XR 32 bit release that will be supported for the HW mentioned in bulletin.

Product part numbers

Table 2.      Product part numbers affected by this announcement

Product migration options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to either 1) Cisco Catalyst 8500 series, or 2) Cisco Edge Services Gateway (eSGW). Information about Cisco Catalyst 8500 series can be found at: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/catalyst-8500-series-edge-platforms/datasheet-c78-744089.html (datasheet) and https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/catalyst-8500-series-edge-platforms/guide-c07-744092.html (ordering guide). The eSGW (Edge Services Gateway) is a Cisco UCS server based solution capable of supporting CGNAT, and can scale up both horizontally with multiple servers and vertically with more CPU/server. The eSGW will be managed via IOS XR satellite technology on host router (ASR 9000) over Nx 100GE interfaces. Please reach out to your Cisco account team representative for more information about this solution.

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 ASR9000 Virtualized Service Module 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

For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/eos-eol-policy.html.

For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/warranty-listing.html.

To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: https://cway.cisco.com/mynotifications.

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