Product Bulletin No. 1917
End of Sales, Engineering, and Life for Cisco 6920 RateMUX Advanced MPEG-2 Multiplexer
Cisco Systems, Inc. officially announces the end of sales, end of engineering, and end of life for the Cisco 6920 RateMUX® Advanced MPEG-2 Multiplexer.
This product bulletin serves as formal notification of Cisco 6920 RateMUX® Advanced MPEG-2 Multiplexer end-of-sales, end-of-engineering, and end-of-life (EOL) milestones. Milestone dates are listed in Table 1.
Table 1 Cisco 6920 RateMUX Advanced MPEG-2 Multiplexer Milestone Dates
| Milestone | Effective Date | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| End-of-Sales Internal Announcement |
August 30, 2002 |
Sales, Field, and Distributors are notified of EOL intention. |
| End-of-Sales External Announcement |
September 20, 2002 |
Customers, Partners, and Channels are notified of EOL intention; product bulletin is published externally. |
| End of Sales |
December 6, 2002
January 20, 2003 |
Cisco 6920 RateMUX chassis and all boards, except for the DSP6 and DVB I/O2 cards, are no longer orderable or visible on the Cisco price list. Cisco DSP6 and DVB I/O2 cards are no longer orderable or visible on the Cisco price list. |
| End of Production |
December 6, 2002 |
Manufacturing no longer builds packages for the EOL product. |
| End of Engineering Software Support |
December 6, 2004 |
Development Engineering no longer updates the EOL product. Development Engineering provides P1/P2 and S1/S2 bug fixes until this date. |
| End of Support for Contract Renewal |
December 6, 2006 |
Service contracts are no longer renewed. |
| End of Life |
December 6, 2007 |
Cisco no longer supports the product. |
Hardware Products Affected
Affected hardware is identified in Table 2 below.
Table 2 Affected Cisco 6920 RateMUX Hardware
| Model No. | Description |
|---|---|
|
6920RATEMUX |
Cisco 6920 RateMUX Chassis, Frontplane, and Power Supply |
|
C6920-CHAS |
Cisco 6920 Chassis Spare |
|
C6920-DHE/DVB-I/O |
DHEI Input/DVB Output Card |
|
C6920-DHE/DVB-I/O= |
DHEI Input/DVB Output Card Spare |
|
C6920-DHEI-I/O-C |
DHEI I/O-C Card with 256 QAM (3 in/1 out) |
|
C6920-DHEI-I/O-C= |
DHEI I/O-C Card with 256 QAM (3 in/1 out) Spare |
|
C6920-DHEI-I/O |
DHEI I/O Card (3 in/1 out) |
|
C6920-DHEI-I/O= |
DHEI I/O Card (3 in/1 out) Spare |
|
C6920-DHEI-INPUT |
DHEI Input Card (4 in) |
|
C6920-DHEI-INPUT= |
DHEI Input Card (4 in) Spare |
|
C6920-DSP3 |
DSP Card with 3 DSPs |
|
C6920-DSP3= |
DSP Card with 3 DSPs Spare |
|
C6920-DSP6 |
High-density DSP Card |
|
C6920-DSP6= |
High-density DSP Card Spare |
|
C6920-DVB-I/O |
DVB I/O Card (3 in/2 cloned out) |
|
C6920-DVB-I/O= |
DVB I/O Card (3 in/2 cloned out) Spare |
|
C6920-DVB-I/O2 |
DVB I/O Card with 2 out |
|
C6920-DVB-I/O2= |
DVB I/O Card with 2 out Spare |
|
C6920-DVB-INPUT |
DVB Input Card (4 in) |
|
C6920-DVB-INPUT= |
DVB Input Card (4 in) Spare |
|
C6920-POWER |
Power Supply Assembly Spare |
|
C6920-PWRPC= |
Power PC Card Spare |
|
CAB-6920-DHEI-IN |
DHEI Input Cables |
|
CAB-6920-DHEI-IN= |
DHEI Input Cable Spares |
|
CAB-6920-DHEI-OUT |
DHEI Output Cables |
|
CAB-6920-DHEI-OUT= |
DHEI Output Cable Spares |
|
C6920-2T-BUND |
Two DHEI Output Chassis Bundle |
|
C6920-3T-BUND |
Three DHEI Output Chassis Bundle |
|
C6920-4T-BUND |
Four DHEI Output Chassis Bundle |
Assistance
While the Cisco 6920 RateMUX is going through the EOL process, Cisco remains committed to providing solutions for the cable video space. If you have any questions, please e-mail John Horrobin, Video Product Line Manager, at jhorrobi@cisco.com. For support issues, please contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) at 1 (800) 553-2447 or e-mail tac@cisco.com.