Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco® Network Planning Solution (NPS) 1.0. The last day to order the affected product is July 10, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until July 9, 2009. 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 Cisco NPS 1.1. Information about the replacement product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6363/index.html. See Product Migration Options below for relevant information for migrating to the replacement product.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Network Planning Solution 1.0
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.
January 9, 2006
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.
July 10, 2006
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.
October 8, 2006
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.
July 10, 2007
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.
July 10, 2007
End of Service Contract Renewal Date
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
October 5, 2008
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.
July 9, 2009
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number
Product Description
Replacement Product Part Number
Replacement Product Description
CNPS-1.0-R-ADD-K9
Cisco Network Planning Solution 1.0 - one Restricted License for additional concurrent user. VND server not included.
CNPS-1.1RADD-K9
Cisco Network Planning Solution 1.1 - one Restricted License for additional concurrent user. VND server not included.
CNPS-1.0-R-K9
Cisco Network Planning Solution 1.0 - Restricted
CNPS-1.1R-K9
Cisco Network Planning Solution 1.1 - Restricted
CNPS-1.0-UP-LIC
Cisco Network Planning Solution 1.0 - upgrade from Restricted to Unrestricted
CNPS-1.1UP-LC
Cisco Network Planning Solution 1.1 - upgrade from Restricted to Unrestricted
CNPS-1.0-UR-ADD-K9
Cisco Network Planning Solution 1.0 - one Unrestricted License for additional concurrent user. VND server not included.
CNPS-1.1URADD-K9
Cisco Network Planning Solution 1.1 - one Unrestricted License for additional concurrent user. VND server not included.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to Cisco Network Planning Solution 1.1. Cisco NPS 1.1 offers new features and improvements over Cisco NPS 1.0. Product details are listed in the data sheet.
