End of Life Announcement forE100T and E1000-2 cards for CiscoONS 15454
This product bulletin serves as formal notification that the circuit packs, listed in table 1 below, for the ONS 15454 metro optical transport platform, will reach their End of Life stages according to the dates outlined in table 2 below.
Table 1 ONS 15454 Circuit Packs Included in Announcement
Product Name
Description
15454-E100T
10/100BaseT card, 12 circuit
15454-E1000-2
Gigabit Ethernet card, 2 circuit, GBIC
Table 2 EoL Schedule
Milestone
Effective Date
Description
End of Sales (EoS)
February 28, 2002
Orders will no longer be accepted for the part.
End of Life (EoL)
March 28, 2002
Manufacture Discontinued. This product is no longer in production. Replacements for return and repair will still be available
End of Support (EoSu)
March 28, 2007
Cisco Technical Assistance Centers will no longer support this product. Replacements for return and repair will no longer be available
The ONS 15454 circuit packs listed above in table 1 will be replaced by the following circuits packs, listed in table 3.
Table 3 Replacement Product Names for EoL Products
EoL Product Name
Replacement Product Name
Description of Replacement Circuit Pack
15454-E100T
15454-E100T-G
10/100BaseT card, 12 circuit,
15454-E1000-2
15454-E1000-2-G
Gigabit Ethernet card, 2 circuit, GBIC
Backward Compatibility
•Equipment Functionality—The listed replacement product names (circuit packs) are functionally equivalent to the EoL products. The replacement circuit packs are qualified to operate with the following cross-connect cards, 15454-XC, 15454-XC-VT and 15454-XC-10G, whereas the EoL products were designed to operate with the following cross-connect cards, 15454-XC and 15454-XC-VT. The replacement circuit packs can operate in systems and networks with the EoL circuit packs.
•Software Support—Replacement product names will operate with existing system software. No new software will be required to support the replacement products.
Table 4 Compatibility Matrix
Product Name
Cross-Connect
Software*
15454-E100T
XC or XC-VT
R2.2.x or Higher
15454-E1000-2
XC or XC-VT
R2.2.x or Higher
15454-E100T-G
XC, XC-VT or XC-10G
R2.2.x or Higher
15454-E1000-2-G
XC, XC-VT or XC-10G
R2.2.x or Higher
* As required by system hardware or software feature requirements
More Information
For more information on the ONS 15454, please contact your Cisco Account Representative.
Equipment Functionality—The listed replacement product names (circuit packs) are functionally equivalent to the EoL products. The replacement circuit packs are qualified to operate with the following cross-connect cards, 15454-XC, 15454-XC-VT and 15454-XC-10G, whereas the EoL products were designed to operate with the following cross-connect cards, 15454-XC and 15454-XC-VT. The replacement circuit packs can operate in systems and networks with the EoL circuit packs.