NEC Express5800-A1160 Notification

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NEC Express5800/A1160 Enterprise Server End of Life Notification

Effective Friday, April 18, 2011, the NEC Express5800/A1160 Enterprise Server has reached its manufacturing production End of Life (EOL) cycle. No further orders for new A1160 Servers will be accepted. NEC will continue to provide technical support for customers currently have in force an active maintenance contract or standard warranty period for their A1160 Servers.

NEC will also not be offering new support maintenance contracts for A1160’s as of April 18, 2011 that would have the effect of extending support for any unit beyond the A1160’s maximum End of Service Life (EOSL) period, which is July 2015. Maximum support for any unit is five (5) years from the date of initial sale.

Customers wishing to upgrade their current storage arrays or who may have further questions about the EOL process and effects should contact their NEC Sales Managers or NEC Partners.

Support materials for NEC’s A1160 Server can be found on the NEC Corporation of America website at:

www.necam.com/support.

For technical support questions, please call: 1-877-632-0064 or email: support@necam.com

(Information is subject to change without notification.)

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