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Product End-of-Life Notice
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End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the
Cisco MDS 9500 Family Fiber Channel Switching
Modules: 8-Gbps Advanced Switching Modules,
SSN-16 Module, Supervisor-2A, Fabric 3
EOL11052
Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco MDS 9500 Family
Fiber Channel Switching Modules: 8-Gbps Advanced Switching Modules, SSN-16
Module, Supervisor-2A, Fabric 3. The last day to order the affected product(s) is
May 1, 2017. 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 MDS 9500 Family Fiber Channel Switching Modules: 8-Gbps
Advanced Switching Modules, SSN-16 Module, Supervisor-2A, Fabric 3
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.
October 31, 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.
May 1, 2017
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.
July 30, 2017
End of Routine Failure
Analysis Date:
HW
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine
the cause of hardware product failure or defect.
May 1, 2018
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.
May 1, 2018
End of Service Contract
Renewal Date:
HW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
July 27, 2021
Last Date of Support:
HW
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.
April 30, 2022
HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software