Cisco Catalyst X4148, Catalyst 4500, WS-X4148-RJ45V Product Support Bulletin

Product Bulletin No. EOL4052—Amended

End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Catalyst
4500 Prestandard PoE line card (WS-X4148-RJ45V) and Cisco IOS
Software Release 12.2(18)EW

Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Prestandard PoE Line Card
(WS-X4148-RJ45V) and Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(18)EW. The last day to order the affected product is January 29,

2007. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center
(TAC) until January 28, 2012. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product.
Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.

Customers are encouraged to migrate from Cisco Catalyst 4500 Prestandard PoE line card (WS-X4148-RJ45V) to the Cisco Catalyst 4500 IEEE

802.3af PoE line cards (WS-X4248-RJ45V or WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V). Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(18)EW customers are encouraged to
migrate to Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(25)EWA. Table 2 provides relevant information for migrating to the replacement product.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Prestandard PoE Line Card (WS-X4148-RJ45V) and

Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(18)EW

Milestone Definition Date

End-of-Life
Announcement Date

End-of-Sale Date The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no

Last Ship Date The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers.

End of SW Maintenance
Releases Date

End of Routine Failure
Analysis Date

End of New Service
Attachment Date

End of Service Contract
Renewal Date

Last Date of Support The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services

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

longer for sale after this date.

Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or

bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the
product software.

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-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.

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. April 26, 2011

for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.

July 31, 2006

January 29, 2007

April 29, 2007

January 29, 2008

January 29, 2008

January 29, 2008

January 28, 2012

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Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product
Part Number

S4KL3-12218EW Cisco IOS BASIC L3 Cat4500 SUP 2+/4/5

S4KL3-12218EW= Cisco IOS BASIC L3 Cat4500 SUP 2+/4/5

S4KL3E-12218EW Cisco IOS ENHANCED L3 Cat4500 SUP4/5

S4KL3E-12218EW= Cisco IOS ENHANCED L3 Cat4500 SUP4/5

S4KL3EK91-12218EW Cisco IOS ENHNCD L3 C4500

S4KL3EK91-12218EW= Cisco IOS ENHNCD L3 C4500

S4KL3K91-12218EW Cisco IOS BASIC L3 Cat4500

S4KL3K91-12218EW= Cisco IOS BASIC L3 Cat4500

WS-X4148-RJ45V Catalyst 4500 prestandard PoE 10/100,

WS-X4148-RJ45V= Catalyst 4500 prestandard PoE 10/100,

Product Description Replacement Product

(RIP, St. Routes, IPX, AT)

(RIP, St. Routes, IPX, AT)

(OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS)

(OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS)

SUP4/5,3DES (OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS)

SUP4/5,3DES (OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS)

SUP2+/4/5,3DES (RIP, St. Rts, IPX, AT)

SUP2+/4/5,3DES (RIP, St. Rts, IPX, AT)

48-Ports (RJ45)

48-Ports (RJ45)

Replacement Product Description

Part Number

S4KL3-12225EWA Cisco IOS BASIC L3 Cat4500 SUP

2+/4/5 (RIP, St. Routes, IPX, AT)

S4KL3-12225EWA= Cisco IOS BASIC L3 Cat4500 SUP

2+/4/5 (RIP, St. Routes, IPX, AT)

S4KL3E-12225EWA Cisco IOS ENHANCED L3 Cat4500

SUP4/5 (OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS)

S4KL3E-12225EWA= Cisco IOS ENHANCED L3 Cat4500

SUP4/5 (OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS)

S4KL3EK9-12225EWA Cisco IOS ENHNCD L3 C4500

SUP4/5,3DES (OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS)

S4KL3EK9-12225EWA= Cisco IOS ENHNCD L3 C4500

SUP4/5,3DES (OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS)

S4KL3K9-12225EWA Cisco IOS BASIC L3 Cat4500

SUP2+/4/5,3DES (RIP, St. Rts, IPX, AT)

S4KL3K9-12225EWA= Cisco IOS BASIC L3 Cat4500

SUP2+/4/5,3DES (RIP, St. Rts, IPX, AT)

WS-X4248-RJ45V

WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V

WS-X4248-RJ45V=

WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V=

Catalyst 4500 PoE 802.3af 10/100,
48-Ports (RJ45)

Catalyst 4500 PoE 802.3af 10/100/1000,
48-Ports (RJ45)

Catalyst 4500 PoE 802.3af 10/100,
48-Ports (RJ45)

Catalyst 4500 PoE 802.3af 10/100/1000,
48-Ports (RJ45)

PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS

Customers are encouraged to migrate from Cisco Catalyst 4500 Prestandard PoE line card (WS-X4148-RJ45V) to the Cisco Catalyst 4500 IEEE

802.3af PoE line cards (WS-X4248-RJ45V or WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V).

WS-X4148-RJ45V only supports Cisco Prestandard devices, up to 6.3 Watts per port. The replacement line cards come in 2 favors, WS-X4248­RJ45V (10/100 speed), and WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V (10/100/1000 speed). In addition to support for granular IEEE power classification and Cisco
Intelligent power management, the IEEE compliant cards (X4248-RJ45V and WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V) supports up to 15.4 Watts on every port
simultaneously. Moreover, the 10/100/1000 speed line card (WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V) supports TDR, which allows customers to remotely detect the
condition of an attached copper cable. Both replacement line cards (WS-X4248-RJ45V and WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V) support both the IEEE standard
and Cisco Prestandard Power over Ethernet.

Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(18)EW customers are encouraged to migrate to Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(25)EWA.

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The 12.2(18)EW is an old branch with features that have been implemented on the Catalyst 4500 platform more than 2 years ago, and hence
continuing support for maintenance of this branch is not scalable. The recommendation migration is to the 12.2(25)EWA branch, which is a very
stable branch and has regular maintenance releases. Furthermore, the 12.2(25)EWA branch has supports for enhanced security features, HA features
including SSO, the SupV-10GE supervisor, and the Catalyst 4900 fixed configuration switches. 12.2(25)EWA also has several critical bug fixes in
the area of security and optimization.

Information about this product can be found at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/index.html. Please contact your Cisco

sales representative for further information about your migration options.

Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment.
For more information about Cisco TMP, go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com
user ID.

Customers may be able to continue to purchase the end-of-sale product through Cisco’s Authorized Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished
units of the end-of-sale product are available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis. For information about
the refurbished equipment program, go to:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/ordering/or6/or17/order_refurbished_equipment_program_description.html

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Prestandard PoE Line Card and Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(18)EW, visit

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/prod_eol_notices_list.html, contact your local account representative, or send an e-mail

to

[e-mail].

For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html

To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice

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