Cisco MDS 9120, DS-C9120-K9 Notice

Product End-of-Life Notice

End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement
for the Cisco MDS 9120 20-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch

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Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco MDS 9120
20-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch. The last day to order the Cisco MDS 9120 20-Port
Multilayer Fabric Switch is September 27, 2007. 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 MDS 9120 20-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch. Table 2
lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco MDS 9124 1/2/4-Gbps 24-Port Multilayer
Fabric Switch. With its flexibility to expand from 8 to 24 ports in 8-port increments, the Cisco MDS
9124 offers the densities required for both departmental storage area network (SAN) switches and
edge switches in enterprise SANs.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco MDS 9120 20-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch

Milestone Definition Date

End-of-Life
Announcement Date

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

Last Ship Date: HW The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or

End of Routine Failure
Analysis Date: HW

End of New Service
Attachment Date: HW

End of Service Contract
Renewal Date: HW

Last Date of Support:
HW

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HW = Hardware

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OS SW = Operating System Software

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App. SW = Application Software

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.

its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead
time.

The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be
performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.

For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and­support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and­support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an
existing service-and-support contract.

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the
product.

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.

March 29, 2007

September 27, 2007

December 26, 2007

September 26, 2008

September 26, 2008

December 23, 2011

September 25, 2012

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product
Part Number

DS-C9120-K9 MDS 9120 20-Port Fibre

Product Description Replacement Product

Part Number

DS-C9124-K9 MDS 9124 24-port 4Gbps FC

Channel Fabric Switch

Replacement Product
Description

switch (8-port base config)

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Product End-of-Life Notice

Product Migration Options

The recommended replacement for the Cisco MDS 9120 20-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch is the
Cisco MDS 9124 1/2/4-Gbps 24-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch. The Cisco MDS 9124 is compatible
with Cisco MDS 9500 Series multilayer directors and Cisco MDS 9200 Series multilayer fabric
switches, providing transparent, end-to-end service delivery in core-edge deployments. Further
information can be found at

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps4159/ps6409/ps5987/ps7079/product_data_sheet09
00aecd8057451f.html.

Table 3. Product Comparisons

Feature Cisco MDS 9120 1/2-Gbps 20-Port

Max Interface Speed 2-Gbps 4-Gbps
Autosensing FC Interfaces 20 1/2-Gbps FC Ports 24 1/2/4-Gbps FC Ports
On-Demand Port Activation No Yes
Intelligent Network Services—

Integrated Support for VSAN,
ACLs, QOS

QuickConfig Wizard No Yes
Comprehensive Security Services Yes Yes

Multilayer Fabric Switch

Yes Yes

Cisco MDS 9124 1/2/4-Gbps 24­Port Multilayer Fabric Switch

Customers may purchase the Cisco MDS 9124 1/2/4-Gbps 24-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch from
EMC Corporation, IBM Corporation, Hitachi Data Systems, Hewlett Packard, Xiotech, Sun,
Network Appliance, Dell, NEC, Fujitsu all of whom are designated Original Storage Manufacturer
(OSM) or Solutions Technology Integrator (STI) partners, or from any of these companies'
resellers. Cisco does not offer trade-in credits or a trade-in program.

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco MDS 9124 24-Port Multilayer Fabric Switch, visit

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7079/index.html, 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/prod_end_of_life.html.

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