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Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Media Convergence Server (MCS) and IPICS Appliance (with 7845-H1 server). The last day to order the Cisco Media Convergence Server (MCS) and IPICS Appliance (with 7845-H1 server) is March 12, 2007. 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 Cisco Media Convergence Server (MCS) and IPICS Appliance (with 7845-H1 server). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the MCS-7845-H2-S31, which is a powerful and highly reliable high-level rack mounted server solution. Information about the replacement product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6867/index.html.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Media Convergence Server (MCS) and IPICS Appliance (with 7845-H1 server)

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.

December 12, 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.

March 12, 2007

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.

May 14, 2007

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.

February 13, 2008

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.

February 13, 2008

End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
HW

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.

May 12, 2011

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.

February 12, 2012

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

Product Description

Replacement Product Part Number

Replacement Product Description

CIS-7845-H1-K9

Cisco IPICS Server SW w/MCS 7845H1, 4 channels, 4 PMCs, 10 IP phone license

CIS-IPICS-K9 (SW only) with

MCS-7845-H2-S31 (HW only)

Cisco IPICS Server SW, 4 channels, 4 PMCs, 10 IP phone license. No MCS Hardware included.

MCS-7845-H1-S31

HW Only MCS-7845-H1 with 2GB RAM and 72GB HD. Hi Perf system with RAID - Media Server and Cisco IPICS appliance (with H1 Server)

MCS-7845-H2-S31

HW Only MCS-7845-H2 with two Intel 5140 2.33GHz processors, up to eight hot-swap SAS hard disks, RAID 1/0 controller, redundant hot swap fans and redundant hot swap power supplies.

Product Migration Options

Information about the replacement product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/voiceapp/ps378/index.html

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco MCS 7845-H2-S31, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6718/index.htmlError! Hyperlink reference not valid., or contact your local account representative.
For more information about the Cisco CIS-IPICS-K9 Cisco IPICS Server SW w/MCS 7845H1, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6712/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/pcgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice