Product Bulletin No. EOL 4005
Cisco Systems© announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco© 566 Content Engine and the Storage Array 7340. The last day to order the affected product is May 24, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until May 24, 2011. 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 to the Cisco WAE-611 Wide Area Application Engine as a replacement to the Cisco 566 Content Engine. There is no replacement currently planned for the Cisco Storage Array 7340. Based on the same hardware architecture as the Cisco content engines, the new Cisco WAE appliances come with enhanced hardware components, such as increased internal storage capacity and memory size, and increased performance for a similar or lower price. Information about the replacement products can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/index.html.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the 566 Content Engine and the Storage Array 7340
The Cisco WAE-611 Wide Area Application Engine uses either Cisco ACNS Software Version 5.3.3 or later, or Cisco WAFS 3.0.1 Software or later, to provide higher performance, more flexibility, enhanced scalability, and new features. Information about the Cisco ACNS or WAFS Software products can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/index.html.
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS
Customers with the Cisco 566 Content Engine are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco WAE-611 Wide Area Application Engine. Information about this product can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6474/index.html.
There is no replacement available for the Storage Array 7340 at this time. However, customers who have higher storage requirements than the Cisco WAE-611 can provide, can migrate to the Cisco WAE-7326, which provides for up to six 300GB drives.
Table 3. Product Comparisons
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 566 Content Engine and the Storage Array 7340, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps761/prod_eol_notices_list.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
To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice
