Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Content Delivery Applications for TV Streaming Releases 1.4.x, 1.5.1.x, 1.5.3.x, and 1.6.x. The last day to order the affected product(s) is October 16, 2009. 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 Content Delivery Applications for TV Streaming Releases 1.4.x, 1.5.1.x, 1.5.3.x, and 1.6.x
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.
April 17, 2009
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.
October 16, 2009
Last Ship Date:
App. SW
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
January 14, 2010
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date:
App. SW
The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes on CDS-TV Releases 1.4.x, 1.5.1.x, 1.5.3.x, 1.6.x. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software in these releases.
October 16, 2010
End of New Service Attachment Date:
App. SW
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.
October 16, 2010
End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
App. SW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
January 12, 2012
Last Date of Support:
App. SW
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.
October 15, 2012
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
Replacement Product Part Number
Replacement Product Description
CDAOND-MGT
Content Delivery Management System Software
CDAOND2-MGT
Content Delivery Management System Software
CDATSTR-0500
TV Stream Application, 500 SD Streams
CDATSTR2-0500
TV Stream Application, 500 SD Streams
CDATSTR-1000
TV Stream Application, 1000 SD Streams
CDATSTR2-1000
TV Stream Application, 1000 SD Streams
CDATSTR-2000
TV Stream Application, 2000 SD Streams
CDATSTR2-1000
20x CDATSTR2-UP50
TV Stream Application, 1000 SD Streams;
Additional 50 SD TV Stream Licenses for Gen2 CDE
CDATSV-0300-2000
SSV Application, 300 SD TV Streams and 2000 Hours SD
CDATSV2-0300-2000
ISV Application: 300 SD TV streams, 2000 Hours SD
CDATSV-0500-3500
SSV Application: 500 SD TV streams, 3500 Hours SD
There is currently no replacement product available for this product.
CDAVLT-3000
Vault Application, 3000 Hours SD
CDAVLT2-6000
Vault Application, 6000 Hours SD
CDAVLT-6000
Vault Application, 6000 Hours SD
CDAVLT2-6000
Vault Application, 6000 Hours SD
Product Migration Options
Release 2.0 of Cisco Content Delivery System TV Application software introduces several new features and enhancements. Release 2.0 adds support for next-generation Content Delivery Engines CDE110, CDE220 and CDE420. In addition, Release 2.0 introduces several software enhancements in the areas of resiliency, supportability, management and support for new VOD ecosystems. Please refer to the Release 2.0 notes available on Cisco.com for additional information. Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Release 2.0 software version of Content Delivery Applications for TV Streaming. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7127/index.html.
Release 2.0 is supported on Generation 1 Content Delivery Engines, CDE100, CDE200, CDE300, and CDE400. However, to fully benefit from the new features and enhancements in Release 2.0, customers are encouraged to migrate to the next-generation Content Delivery Engines CDE110, CDE220, and CDE420.
Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com user ID.
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End of Sale date.
License Transferability Policy for Cisco Content Delivery Applications for TV Streaming
Optional software feature and capacity licenses purchased for use with CDS-TV Releases 1.4.x, 1.5.x or 1.6.x on Generation-1 Content Delivery Engines (CDE100, CDE200, CDE30x and CDE400) will transfer over to CDS-TV Release 2.0 (or later) running on Generation-2 Content Delivery Engines (CDE110, CDE220 and CDE420). These licenses, shown in the table below, are hardware independent and the right-to-use associated with these licenses is carried over to the Generation-2 Content Delivery System products.
Table 3. Optional software feature and capacity upgrades that are transferable to Generation-2 CDS products