Product Bulletin No. EOL1020
Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco® MDS 9000 Family 4-port IP Storage Services Module. The last day to order the affected product is June 15, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until June 14, 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 MDS 9000 Family 8-port IP Storage Services Module or the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 14/2-port Multiprotocol Services Module, which offer IP storage services in form factors more optimized either for iSCSI or FCIP solutions, introducing with the Cisco Multiprotocol Services Module new advanced functionalities such as hardware-based compression and encryption. Information about the replacement products can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5991/prod_models_home.html. Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating to the replacement product.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4-Port IP Storage Services Module
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS
The recommended replacement for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4-port IP Storage Services Module when used in iSCSI environments is the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-port IP Storage Services Module, offering exactly the same capabilities in an 8-port form factor for additional scalability. For SAN Extension FCIP-based applications, the recommended replacement is the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 14/2-port Multiprotocol Services Module, which offers two IP Storage Services ports enhanced with hardware-based compression and encryption in addition to fourteen 2-Gbps Fibre Channel interfaces for high-performance SAN and mainframe connectivity.
Table 3. Product Comparisons
Customers may purchase the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-port IP Storage Services Module and the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 14/2-port Multiprotocol Services Module from EMC Corporation, IBM Corporation, Hitachi Data Systems, Hewlett Packard, Xiotech, Sun, and Network Appliance, all of whom are designated Original Storage Manufacturer (OSM) or Solutions Technology Integrator (STI) partners, or from any of these companies' resellers. Cisco does not offer trade-in credits or a trade-in program.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4-port IP Storage Services Module, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5991/prod_module_series_home.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
