End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 2700 Wireless Location [Cisco Wireless Location Appliance]

Product Bulletin No. EOL1086

Cisco Systems© announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco© 2700 Wireless Location Appliance. The last day to order the affected product is May 24, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until August 15, 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.

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco 2710 Wireless Location Appliance of the Cisco 2700 Series. All successor products are fully compatible with Cisco's suite of Lightweight Access Point Protocol (LWAPP) products for the Cisco Unified Wireless Network. Table 2 provides relevant information for migrating to the replacement product. More information about the replacement product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/index.html

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the 2700 Wireless Location Appliance

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.	March 3, 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.	May 24, 2006
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date	The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.	August 16, 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.	August 16, 2007
End of Service Contract Renewal Date	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	November 11, 2010
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.	August 15, 2011

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number	Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number	Replacement Product Description
AIR-LOC2700-L-K9	Cisco Location Appliance 2700 Series, Redhat Linux	AIR-LOC2710-L-K9	ROHS compliant version of New Location Appliance

PRODUCT MIGRATION OPTIONS

The recommended replacement for the Cisco 2700 Wireless Location Appliance is the Cisco 2710 Wireless Location Appliance of the Cisco 2700 Series.

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco 2710 Wireless Location Appliance. Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6386/index.html

Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (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.

Customers may be able to continue to purchase the end-of-sale product through Cisco's Authorized Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units of the end-of-sale product are available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis. For information about the refurbished equipment program, go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/ordering/ciscocapital/or6/or17/order_refurbished_equipment_high_level_listing.html

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the Cisco 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliance, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6386/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

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