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Selected Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapters for Cisco 7000 Series Routers

EOL6220-Amended

Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Selected Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapters for Cisco 7000 Series Routers. The last day to order the affected product(s) is April 30, 2008. 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.
This announcement affects several selected digital voice port adapters only. We encourage our customers to begin migrating to the currently shipping two-port Cisco T1/E1 High-Capacity Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapter (product number PA-VXC-2TE1+), supported on the Cisco 7200VXR Series Router.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Selected Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapters for Cisco 7000 Series Routers

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.

October 31, 2007

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.

April 30, 2008

Last Ship Date: HW

The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.

July 29, 2008

End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: HW

The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.

April 30, 2009

End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: HW

The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.

April 30, 2009

End of New Service Attachment Date: HW

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.

April 30, 2009

End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.

July 26, 2012

Last Date of Support: HW

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.

April 29, 2013

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

PA-VXA-1TE1-24+

1 Port T1/E1 Digital Voice Port Adapter with 24 Channels

PA-VXC-2TE1+

2 port TE1 hi-capacity enhanced voice PA

PA-VXA-1TE1-24+=

1 Port T1/E1 Digital Voice Port Adapter with 24 Channels

PA-VXC-2TE1+=

2 port TE1 hi-capacity enhanced voice PA

PA-VXA-1TE1-30+

1 Port T1/E1 Digital Voice Port Adapter with 30 Channels

PA-VXC-2TE1+

2 port TE1 hi-capacity enhanced voice PA

PA-VXA-1TE1-30+=

1 Port T1/E1 Digital Voice Port Adapter with 30 Channels

PA-VXC-2TE1+=

2 port TE1 hi-capacity enhanced voice PA

PA-VXB-2TE1+

2 port T1/E1 moderate capacity enhanced voice PA

PA-VXC-2TE1+

2 port TE1 hi-capacity enhanced voice PA

PA-VXB-2TE1+=

2 port T1/E1 moderate capacity enhanced voice PA

PA-VXC-2TE1+=

2 port TE1 hi-capacity enhanced voice PA

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the two-port Cisco T1/E1 High-Capacity Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapter (product number PA-VXC-2TE1+). Information about this product can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2033/products_data_sheet09186a0080091cb2.html.
Please note that the products PA-VXC-2TE1+ and PA-VXC-2TE1+= will not be software-supported after Cisco IOS Software Release 12.4(15)T.

Table 3. Product Comparisons

Feature

Selected Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapters for Cisco 7000 Series Routers

Cisco T1/E1 High-Capacity Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapter

Number of Medium Complex (MC) calls

PA-VXA-1TE1-24+ supports 28 calls, the PA-VXA-1TE1-30+ supports 32 calls and the PA-VXB-2TE1+ supports 48 calls

PA-VXC-2TE1+ supports 120 MC calls

Number of High Complex (HC) calls

PA-VXA-1TE1-24+ supports 14 calls, the PA-VXA-1TE1-30+ supports 16 calls and the PA-VXB-2TE1+ supports 24 calls

PA-VXC-2TE1+ supports 60 HC calls

Number of T1/E1 interfaces

PA-VXA-1TE1-24+ supports 1 T1/E1, the PA-VXA-1TE1-30+ supports 1 T1/E1 and the PA-VXB-2TE1+ supports 2 T1/E1

PA-VXC-2TE1+ supports 2 T1/E1 interfaces

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.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Selected Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapters for Cisco 7000 Series Routers through the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached. For information about the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program, go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/eos
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End of Sale date.

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco T1/E1 High-Capacity Enhanced Digital Voice Port Adapter, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2033/products_data_sheet09186a0080091cb2.html, or contact your local account representative.
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