Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco IOS Distributed Director feature. The last day to order the affected product(s) is January 30, 2009. 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 affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco IOS Distributed Director Feature
Milestone
Definition
Date
End-of-Life Announcement Date
The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to the general public.
August 1, 2008
End-of-Sale Date
The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.
January 30, 2009
Last Ship Date:
OS SW
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
January 29, 2009
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date:
OS SW
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.
January 30, 2010
Last Date of Support:
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.
January 29, 2014
HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software
Product Migration Options
There is no replacement available for the Cisco IOS Distributed Director feature at this time. Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco ACE GSS 4400 Series Global Site Selector appliances. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps4162/index.html.
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End of Sale date.
