Product Bulletin, No. 1401
End of Sales, Engineering, and Life for the Cisco uBR924 Cable Access Router
Original Publication Date: July 11, 2001
Cisco Systems, Inc. is announcing the end of sales (EOS), end of engineering (EOE), and end of life (EOL) of the Cisco uBR924 Cable Access Router. The EOS is effective August 1, 2001. Cisco will continue to support Cisco uBR924 software for a period of two years, ending on August 1, 2003, and Cisco uBR924 hardware for the period of five years, ending on August 1, 2006. Milestone dates are listed in Table 1.
Table 1 Cisco uBR924 Cable Access Router Milestones
| Milestone |
Effective Date |
|
End of Sales Announcement
|
July 6, 2001
|
|
End of Sales
|
August 1, 2001
|
|
End of Support on Cisco uBR924 Software
|
August 1, 2003
|
|
End of Support for Contract Renewal
|
July 31, 2005
|
|
End of Support on Cisco uBR924 Hardware
|
August 1, 2006
|
Hardware Products Affected
UBR924
UBR924-5PACK
UBR924-CVA-5PACK
UBR924-BUN
PWR-UBR904=
Software Support
The last Cisco uBR924 software release is Cisco IOS Release 12.2(1a). Only the software images listed in Table 2 for the Cisco uBR924 will be supported on an ongoing basis.
Table 2 Cisco uBR924 Cable Access Router Software Image Supported at EOS
| Ordering Number |
Feature Set |
Comment |
|
S92CV6K8-12201
|
IP routing
56-bit IPSec
Voice (H.323 only)
|
|
|
S92CV7K8-12201
|
IP routing
56-bit IPSec
Voice (XGCP)
|
XGCP support cannot be guaranteed for the two year support life
|
|
S92CV6K9-12201
|
IP routing
3DES IPSec
Voice (H.323 only)
|
|
|
S92CV7K9-12201
|
IP routing
3DES IPSec
Voice (XGCP)
|
XGCP support cannot be guaranteed for the two year support life
|
|
S92CHV6K8-12201
|
IP routing
Firewall
56-bit IPSec
Voice (H.323 only)
|
|
|
S92CHV7K8-12201
|
IP routing
Firewall
56-bit IPSec
Voice (XGCP)
|
XGCP support cannot be guaranteed for the two year support life
|
|
S92CHV6K9-12201
|
IP routing
Firewall
3DES IPSec
Voice (H.323 only)
|
|
|
S92CHV7K9-12201
|
IP routing
Firewall
3DES IPSec
Voice (XGCP)
|
XGCP support cannot be guaranteed for the two year support life
|
Substitute Products
The product substituted for the Cisco uBR924 may be different depending on the customer application.
Table 3 shows the recommended replacement products for the Cisco uBR924 in various applications.
Table 3 Cisco uBR924 Cable Access Router Replacement Products
| Customer Application |
Replacement Product |
Differences from Cisco uBR924 |
|
Data-only commercial services
|
Cisco uBR905
|
The CableLabs-certified Cisco uBR905 adds hardware acceleration for IPSec. All Cisco uBR924 data features are supported. The Cisco uBR905, however, excludes voice ports.
|
|
Voice-over-cable
|
Cisco CVA122
|
The CableLabs-certified Cisco CVA122 supports Network Address Translation (NAT). Firewall and IPSec feature sets are not available on this product. Nor is a "Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS)" failover port supported.
|
|
Voice and data commercial services
|
Cisco uBR925
|
The Cisco uBR925 will be orderable on July 2, 2001 with FCS scheduled for the end of July. The Cisco uBR925 adds hardware acceleration for IPSec and offers a USB port.
|
Availability
The Cisco uBR924 orderability will be closed on August 1, 2001. Replacement products and alternate software images listed above are available and orderable.
Assistance
For more information about Cisco products, please contact your Cisco account manager and/or Cisco Channel Partner.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html
