Cisco Catalyst X6324, Catalyst 6000, WS-X6248-RJ-45, WS-X6248-TEL, WS-X6224-100FX-MT Product Bulletin

PRODUCT BULLETIN -CONFIDENTIAL,NO. 1206

End of Sales Announcement for Selected Catalyst 6000
Family Modules:
WS-X6248-RJ-45, WS-X6248-TEL,
WS-X6224-100FX-MT, WS-X6408-GBIC

With the recent introduction of some new Ethernet modules for the Catalyst 6000 Family, Cisco is announcing End
of Sales for some older versions of the Ethernet interface modules. These End of Sale modules all have newer,
replacement modules with equivalent and/or additional functionality at the same price.

Table 1 End of Sales Products

Product Number Product Description

WS-X6248-RJ-45 Catalyst 6000 Family 48-port 10/100 RJ-45 module

WS-X6248-RJ-45= Catalyst 6000 Family 48-port 10/100 RJ-45 module, spare

WS-X6248-TEL Catalyst 6000 Family 48-port 10/100 Telco (RJ-21) module

WS-X6248-TEL= Catalyst 6000 Family 48-port 10/100 Telco (RJ-21) module, spare

WS-X6224-100FX-MT Catalyst 6000 Family 24-port 100FX MT-RJ module

WS-X6224-100FX-MT= Catalyst 6000 Family 24-port 100FX MT-RJ module, spare

WS-X6408-GBIC Catalyst 6000 Family 8-port Gigabit Ethernet module (requires GBICs)

WS-X6408-GBIC= Catalyst 6000 Family 8-port Gigabit Ethernet module (requires GBICs), spare

End of Sales Date: March 1, 2001
Last Shipment: March 31, 2001
End of Support: March 31, 2006

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Ordering Information:

After March 1, 2001, all orders for the End of Sales products should be replaced with their corresponding replacements, as listed in
Table 2.

Table 2 Replacement Products

EOS
Product Number

Replacement
Product Number Catalyst Software for Replacement Product

Supervisor IOS Software for Replacement
Product

Minimum Recommended Minimum Recommended

WS-X6248-RJ-45 WS-X6348-RJ-45 5.4 (2) 5.4 (4) 12.1 (2)E 12.1 (2)E

WS-X6248-RJ-45= WS-X6348-RJ-45= 5.4 (2) 5.4 (4) 12.1 (2)E 12.1 (2)E

WS-X6248-TEL

WS-X6248-TEL= WS-X6248A-TEL= 5.3 (2) 5.4 (4) 12.1 (2)E 12.1 (2)E

WS-X6224-100FX-MT WS-X6324-100FX-MM 5.4 (2) 5.4 (4) 12.1 (2)E 12.1 (2)E

WS-X6224-100FX-MT= WS-X6324-100FX-MM= 5.4 (2) 5.4 (4) 12.1(2)E 12.1 (2)E

WS-X6408-GBIC WS-X6408A-GBIC 5.3 (1a) 5.4 (4) 12.0 (7)XE 12.1 (1)E

WS-X6408-GBIC= WS-X6408A-GBIC= 5.3 (1a) 5.4 (4) 12.0 (7)XE 12.1 (1)E

WS-X6248A-TEL

5.3 (2) 5.4 (4) 12.1 (2)E 12.1 (2)E

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The replacement products offer customers additional features at the same price. Table 3 outlines the feature differences between the
EOS modules and their replacements:

Table 3 Product Features

Packet Buffers

Product Number

EOS Product WS-X6248-RJ-45(=) 64K 2 transmit, 1 receive None

Replacement Product WS-X6348-RJ-45(=) 128K 3 transmit, 2 receive Upgradable to provide inline power via

per 10/100 Port

Number of Queues
per Pinnacle Port

Voice Capability

the WS-F6K-VPWR voice daughter card

Packet Buffers per 10/

Product Number

EOS Product WS-X6248-TEL(=) 64K 2 transmit, 1 receive

Replacement Product WS-X6248A-TEL(=) 128K 3 transmit, 2 receive

100 Port

Number of Queues per Pinnacle Port

Packet Buffers per 10/

Product Number

100 Port

Number of Queues per Pinnacle Port

EOS Product WS-X6224-100FX-MT(=) 64K 2 transmit, 1 receive

Replacement Product WS-X6324-100FX-MM(=) 128K 3 transmit, 2 receive

Product Number Number of Queues per Gigabit Port

EOS Product WS-X6408-GBIC(=) 2 transmit, 1 receive

Replacement Product WS-X6408A-GBIC(=) 3 transmit, 2 receive

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