Product Bulletin No. EOL4055
Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco FS 5500 and FS 5700 Integrated Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices. The last day to order the affected product is May 15, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until October 29, 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.
The Cisco FS 5500 Series Integrated NAS and Cisco FS 5700 Series Integrated NAS are OEM versions of the EMC NS500 Series Integrated NAS and EMC NS700 Series Integrated NAS. Cisco is discontinuing the resale of these products with this notice. Customers can continue to purchase the EMC NS500 and EMC NS700 directly from EMC.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco FS 5500 and FS 5700 Integrated Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices
Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices when used in conjunction with Cisco Wide Area Application Services products such as Cisco Wide Area File Services (WAFS) help customers consolidate not only data center and campus file storage resources, but also remote office and branch office file storage infrastructure. Hence customers are encouraged to continue to purchase NAS devices including the EMC NS500 and EMC NS700 from vendors like EMC as required by their solution architectures. More information about Cisco Wide Area Application Services can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5680/Products_Sub_Category_Home.html. For more information about the EMC NS500 and EMC NS700 please contact your EMC account representative.
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS
The recommended replacement for the Cisco FS 5500 and FS 5700 Integrated Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices is the EMC NS500 and EMC NS700.
Cisco is only discontinuing its resale of the EMC NS500 and EMC NS700 NAS devices. There is currently no need for customers to plan migrations related to this notice. These products continue to be sold and supported by EMC. For more information about these products, please contact your EMC account representative.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the Cisco FS 5500 and FS 5700 Integrated Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6412/index.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
