Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco® CNS Network Registrar® (CNR) 5.5. The last day to order the affected product is September 15, 2005. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until June 15, 2007. 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.
Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating to the replacement product.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco CNR 5.5
Milestone
Definition
Date
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.
September 15, 2005
Last Ship Date
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
September 15, 2005
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date
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.
September 15, 2006
End of New Service Attachment Date
For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract.
September 15, 2006
End of Service Contract Renewal Date
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
December 15, 2005
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.
September 15, 2007
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number
Product Description
Replacement Product Part Number
Replacement Product Description
CNR-ADD-50K
Cisco Network Registrar, Add 50,000 nodes
CNR-6.1-ADD50K
Network Registrar 6.1, add 50K IP node, license-only kit
CNR-DPR-OPTION-10K
Auto-provisioning toolkit (CNR 5.0.4 or later required)
N/A
N/A
CNR-DPR-OPTION-25K
Auto-provisioning toolkit (CNR 5.0.4 or later required)
N/A
N/A
CNR-55-CABLE-3M
Network Registrar 5.5, add 3M nodes, all platforms, Cable Package
N/A
N/A
CNR-55-CABLE-PKG
Promotional CNR V5.5 5M IP package for Cable MSO
N/A
N/A
CNR-STD-ADD100K
Network Registrar V5.5, add 100K nodes, all platforms
CNR-6.1-ADD100K
Network Registrar 6.1, add 100K IP node, license-only kit
CNR-STD-ADD10K
Network Registrar V5.5, add 10K nodes, all platforms
CNR-6.1-ADD10K
Network Registrar 6.1, add 10K IP node, license-only kit
CNR-STD-ADD250K
Network Registrar V5.5, add 250K nodes, all platforms
CNR-6.1-ADD250K
Network Registrar 6.1, add 250K IP node, license-only kit
CNR-STD-ADD25K
Network Registrar V5.5, add 25K nodes, all platforms
CNR-6.1-ADD25K
Network Registrar 6.1, add 25K IP node, license-only kit
CNR-STD-ADD500
Network Registrar 5.5, add 500 nodes, license only, all platform
CNR-6.1-ADD500
Network Registrar 6.1, add 500 IP node, license-only kit
CNR-STD-ADD5K
Network Registrar V5.5, add 5K nodes, all platforms
CNR-6.1-ADD5K
Network Registrar 6.1, add 5K IP node, license-only kit
CNR-LINUX-STD-BASE
Network Registrar V5.5, base Linux license, 2K nodes
CNR-6.1-BASE2K
Network Registrar 6.1, base license/kit, all platforms, 2K IP Nodes
CNR-LINUX-STD-UPG
Network Registrar, V5.5, add Linux spt, 2K nodes
CNR-6.1-ADD2K
Network Registrar 6.1, add 2K IP node, license-only kit
CNR-UPG-SITE
Network Registrar 6.1, site upgrade, add 1M IP, license/media kit
Network Registrar 6.1, version upgrade, 2K node, all platform, SW/doc
CNR-STD-BASE
Network Registrar V5.5, base product license, 2K nodes
CNR-6.1-BASE2K
Network Registrar 6.1, base license/kit, all platforms, 2K IP
CNR-STD-ADD1M
Network Registrar V5.5, add 1M nodes, all platforms
CNR-6.1-ADD1M
Network Registrar 6.1, add 1M IP node, license-only kit
CNR-STD-ADD3M
Network Registrar V5.5, add 3M nodes, all platforms
N/A
N/A
CNR-STD-ADD5M
Network Registrar V5.5, add 5M nodes, all platforms
N/A
N/A
Product Migration Options
Cisco CNS Network Registrar 6.1 is feature parity with version 5.5. That means, features in CNR version 5.5 are inherited in version 6.1. Furthermore, CNR 6.1 offers many new features that are not available in CNR 5.5, such as Web-based user interface, granular role, TSIG support, etc.