Product Bulletin, No. 2225
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement
for the Cisco VIC-4FXO-M1
Cisco Systems announces the end of life of the Cisco VIC-4FXO-M1, the 4 port Voice Interface Card for Foreign Exchange Office for North America. This PSTN trunk interface card was solely used on the Cisco ICS 7750 (Integrated Communications System). The last day to order the Cisco VIC-4FXO-M1 is January 15, 2004. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until July 15, 2008.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the VIC2-4FXO, which delivers FXO for North America (M1), EMEA (M2) and Australia (M3). Information about this product can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps5365/products_data_sheet09186a0080191d41.html
Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating from the Cisco VIC-4FXO-M1 to the VIC2-4FXO card.
Table 1 End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco VIC-4FXO-M1
| 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.
|
July 15, 2003
|
| 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.
|
January 15, 2004
|
| Last shipment date |
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead-time.
|
April 15, 2004
|
| End of software maintenance releases date |
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.
|
January 15, 2005
|
| 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.
|
January 15, 2005
|
| 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.
|
January 15, 2005
|
| End of service contract renewal date |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. The extension or renewal period cannot extend beyond the last date of support.
|
January 15, 2008
|
| 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.
|
January 15, 2009
|
|
Table 2 Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
| End-of-Sale Product Part Number |
Product Description |
| VIC-4FXO-M1 |
4 port Voice Interface Card for Foreign Exchange Office for North America
|
|
Required:
Product Migration Options
The recommended replacement for the Cisco VIC-4FXO-M1 is the VIC2-4FXO (Table 3). The VIC2-4FXO delivers 4 FXO ports for North America (M1), EMEA (M2) and Australia (M3).
Table 3 Product Comparisons
| |
Cisco VIC-4FXO-M1 |
Cisco VIC2-4FXO |
| Feature |
4 port Voice Interface Card for Foreign Exchange Office for North America
|
4 port Voice Interface Card for Foreign Exchange Office for North America (M1), EMEA (M2) and Australia (M3).
|
|
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.]
Additional Information
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
To subscribe to receive EOL/EOS information please go to:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice
