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Product End-of-Life Notice

End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Select Catalyst 5000 Modules

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Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Select Catalyst 5000 Modules. Comparable modules are available within the Catalyst 4000, 5000, and 6000 series. The last day to order the Cisco Select Catalyst 5000 Modules is May 15, 2002. 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 Cisco Select Catalyst 5000 Modules. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Select Catalyst 5000 Modules

Milestone Definition Date

End-of-Life Announcement Date

End-of-Sale Date The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale

End of Routine Failure Analysis Date HW

Last Date of Support: HW

The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to the general public.

mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date. The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to

determine the cause of product failure or defect.

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.

November 30, 2001

May 15, 2002

May 15, 2003

May 15, 2007

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number Product Description

WS-U5535-FEFX-SMF Dual Port 100BaseFX SMF Uplink Module for Supervisor III WS-X5012A 48 Port 10BT Desktop Ethernet Switching Module (telco) WS-X5015-MT 24-port 10FL Desktop Switching Module (MT-RJ) WS-X5101 Catalyst 5000 FDDI Switching Module (MMF, MIC) WS-X5103 Catalyst 5000 CDDI Switching Module (UTP, RJ-45) WS-X5104 Catalyst 5000 FDDI Switching Module (SMF, ST) WS-X5225R 24 Port 10/100TX Backbone Switching (FEC, 802.1Q/ISL, RJ-45) WS-X5237-FX-MT 24-port 100FX SMF MT-RJ switch mod (FEC, 802.1Q/ISL, WRED) WS-X5540 Catalyst 5500/5000 Supervisor IIG

Table 3. After May 15, 2002, convert new orders for the above listed products to the comparable products

listed in the following table:

Product End-of-Life Notice

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

WS-X5540 WS-X5530-E3A

WS-U5535-FEFX-SMF WS-U5536-GELX

WS-X5012A

WS-X5015-MT

WS-X5237-FX-MT WS-X6324-100FX-SM Catalyst 6000: 24-Port

WS-X5225R

WS-X5103

WS-X5101

WS-X5104

Comparable Products in Catalyst 4000, 5000 & 6000 Series

WS-X5239-RJ21

WS-X5236-FX-MT

WS-X5234-RJ45

WS-X5234-RJ45 WS-X4424-GB-RJ45 WS-X6516-GE-TX

WS-X5236-FX-MT WS-X5403 WS-X4418-GB WS-X6516-GBIC

WS-X5403 WS-X4418-GB WS-X6516-GBIC

Product Description Minimum Required

Catalyst 5000: Supervisor Engine III with NFFC II-A

Catalyst 5000: 1000BaseLX/LH Modular Uplink

Catalyst 5000: 36-Port 10/100BaseT, RJ-21

Catalyst 5000: 24-Port 100BaseFX, MT-RJ

100BaseFX-SMF, MT-RJ

Catalyst 5000: 24-Port, 10/100BaseT, RJ-45

Catalyst 5000: 24-Port 10/100BaseT, RJ-45

Catalyst 4000: 24-Port 10/100/1000BaseTX, RJ45

Catalyst 6500: 16-Port 10/100/1000BaseTX, RJ45

Catalyst 5000: 24-Port 100BaseFX, MT-RJ

Catalyst 5000: 3-Port 1000Base-GBIC

Catalyst 4000: 18-Port 1000Base-GBIC

Catalyst 6500: 16-Port 1000Base-GBIC

Catalyst 5000: 3-Port 1000Base-GBIC

Catalyst 4000: 18-Port 1000Base-GBIC

Catalyst 6500: 16-Port 1000Base-GBIC

Software Version

4.3(1a)

4.5(1)

5.1(2a)

4.5.1 5.5.11

5.4

4.5(1)

4.5.1

6.2.2

4.5.1

4.1.1

4.5.1

6.1.1

4.1.1

4.5.1

6.1.1

Recommended Software Version

5.5.11

6.3.3

5.5.11

6.3.3

5.5.11

6.3.3

5.5.11

6.3.3

The recommended comparable products provide customers with many benefits, including:

• High Performance Switching

• Advanced quality of service (QoS)

• Higher port densities

• Layer 3 switching capabilities

• Flexible uplink options

• Ability to migrate to integrated data, video, and audio architecture

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