Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco SFS 7008P Single Data Rate InfiniBand Server Switch. The last day to order the affected product(s) is November 24, 2008. 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 SFS 7008P Single Data Rate InfiniBand Server Switch
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.
May 26, 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.
November 24, 2008
Last Ship Date: HW
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
February 22, 2009
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: HW
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.
November 24, 2009
End of New Service Attachment Date: HW
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.
November 24, 2009
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
February 19, 2013
Last Date of Support: HW
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.
November 23, 2013
HW = Hardware, OS SW = Operating System Software, App. SW = Application Software
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number
Product Description
FAN-SFS7008P
Cisco SFS 7008P Fan Tray
FAN-SFS7008P=
Cisco SFS 7008P Fan Tray
PWR-SFS7008P
Cisco SFS 7008P Power Supply
PWR-SFS7008P=
Cisco SFS 7008P Power Supply
SFS-7008P-BZEL
Cisco SFS 7008P Bezel
SFS-7008P-BZEL=
Cisco SFS 7008P Bezel
SFS-7008P-CHID
Cisco SFS 7008P Chassis ID Card
SFS-7008P-CHID=
Cisco SFS 7008P Chassis ID Card
SFS-7008P-FBLNK
Cisco SFS 7008P Fan Module Blanking Panels
SFS-7008P-FBLNK=
Cisco SFS 7008P Fan Module Blanking Panels
SFS-7008P-LBLNK
Cisco SFS 7008P LIM Blanking Panels
SFS-7008P-LBLNK=
Cisco SFS 7008P LIM Blanking Panels
SFS-7008P-MBLNK
Cisco SFS 7008P Management I/O Blanking Panels
SFS-7008P-MBLNK=
Cisco SFS 7008P Management I/O Blanking Panels
SFS-7008P-PBLNK
Cisco SFS 7008P Power Supply Blanking Panels
SFS-7008P-PBLNK=
Cisco SFS 7008P Power Supply Blanking Panels
SFS-7008P-RKIT
Cisco SFS 7008P Rail Kit
SFS-7008P-RKIT=
Cisco SFS 7008P Rail Kit
SFS-7008P-SBLNK
Cisco SFS 7008P SFM Blanking Panels
SFS-7008P-SBLNK=
Cisco SFS 7008P SFM Blanking Panels
SFS-X7008P-04X12
Cisco SFS 7008P InfiniBand 4XIB 12-Powered-Port Line Card
SFS-X7008P-04X12=
Cisco SFS 7008P InfiniBand 4XIB 12-Powered-Port Line Card
SFS7008P
Cisco SFS 7008P Server Switch, 48 InfiniBand port base unit
SFS7008P-48-HK9
Cisco SFS 7008P Server Switch, 48 InfiniBand ports, HA
SFS7008P-72-HK9
Cisco SFS 7008P Server Switch, 72 InfiniBand ports, HA
SFS7008P-96-HK9
Cisco SFS 7008P Server Switch, 96 InfiniBand ports, HA
SFS7008P-HA
Cisco SFS 7008P High Availability Kit
SFS7008P-HA=
Cisco SFS 7008P High Availability Kit
SFS7008P-MFM-K9
Cisco SFS 7008P Management Inferface Module
SFS7008P-MFM-K9=
Cisco SFS 7008P Management Inferface Module
SFS7008P-SFM-K9
Cisco SFS 7008P Switch Fabric Module
SFS7008P-SFM-K9=
Cisco SFS 7008P Switch Fabric Module
SFS7008P=
Cisco SFS 7008P Switch Chassis
Product Migration Options
Customers have the several alternatives for the Cisco SFS 7008P Single Data Rate InfiniBand Server Switch. The Cisco SFS 7012D Double Data Rate InfiniBand Server Switch is a 144 port DDR switch that may be used as an alternative to the SFS 7008P. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6987/index.html.
If customers prefer to migrate to 10GbE based products, the Cisco Nexus product line offers high density, high scalability platforms that offer enterprise class high-availability, security and network virtualization. More information can be found at http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus.
