Product End-of-Life Notice
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco
IOS Software Release 12.2(33)SRA
EOL6384
®
Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco IOS Software Release
12.2(33)SRA. The last day to order the affected product(s) is September 20, 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.
Table 1.
End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(33)SRA
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.
March 22, 2008
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.
September 20, 2008
Last Ship Date:
OS SW
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its
contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
September 20, 2008
End of SW Maintenance
Releases Date:
OS SW
The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software
maintenance releases or bug fixes through rebuilds of 12.2(33)SRA.
Engineering maintenance rebuilds and software-fix support for Release
12.2(33)SRA will be provided through rebuilds of 12.2(33)SRA.
March, 20, 2009
The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software
maintenance releases or software fixes through rebuilds of 12.2(33)SRC or
later. After March 20, 2009 and until September 20, 2009, maintenance
rebuilds and software-fix support will be provided through rebuilds of
12.2(33)SRC or later. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer
develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.
September, 20,
2009
The last date that Cisco Engineering will provide support for security
vulnerabilities, defined as network-impacting security vulnerabilities that
have been identified by the customer to Cisco TAC and subsequently
qualified via Cisco's normal evaluation process. Critical security and
vulnerability fixes will be provided according to the following terms and
conditions:
September, 20,
2009
End of
Vulnerability/Security
Support
• Cisco TAC will first use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the
customer to determine the locality of impact and to find a workaround for
the problem.
• If an alternative workaround is not possible during the extended period of
support, then Cisco will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide a
"bug fix" solution in Release 12.2(33)SRC software release to remedy the
problem.
• If despite commercially reasonable efforts Cisco is unable to provide a
software-based solution, it may be necessary for the customer to remove or
upgrade the affected software-based systems to correct the problem.
Last Date of Support:
HW = Hardware
Table 2.
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.
OS SW = Operating System Software
September 19, 2013
App. SW = Application Software
Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
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End-of-Sale Product Part
Number
Product Description
Replacement Product
Part Number
Replacement Product Description
S7632AEK9-12233SRA
Cisco 7600-SUP32 IOS
ADVANCED
ENTERPRISE SERVICES
SSH
See Product Migration
Options section for
details.
12.2(33)SRC
S7632AIK9-12233SRA
Cisco 7600-SUP32 IOS
ADVANCED IP
SERVICES SSH
See Product Migration
Options section for
details.
12.2(33)SRC
S7632IS-12233SRA
Cisco 7600-SUP32 IOS IP
SERVICES
See Product Migration
Options section for
details.
12.2(33)SRC
S7632ISK9-12233SRA
Cisco 7600-SUP32 IOS IP
SERVICES SSH
See Product Migration
Options section for
details.
12.2(33)SRC
S763AEK9-12233SRA
Cisco 7600-SUP720 IOS
ADVANCED
ENTERPRISE SERVICES
SSH
See Product Migration
Options section for
details.
12.2(33)SRC
S763AIK9-12233SRA
Cisco 7600-SUP720 IOS
ADVANCED IP
SERVICES SSH
See Product Migration
Options section for
details.
12.2(33)SRC
S763IS-12233SRA
Cisco 7600-SUP720 IOS
IP SERVICES
See Product Migration
Options section for
details.
12.2(33)SRC
S763ISK9-12233SRA
Cisco 7600-SUP720 IOS
IP SERVICES SSH
See Product Migration
Options section for
details.
12.2(33)SRC
Product Migration Options
Customers currently using Release 12.2(33)SRA on the Cisco 7600 Series routers are
encouraged to migrate to Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(33)SRC or later.
Please Note: When upgrading to a more recent release, certain software images may not be
available, hardware may or may not be supported, or memory requirements may have changed.
Always consult the Cisco IOS Software Upgrade Planner and Cisco Feature Navigator to verify
critical functionality on required platforms. For more information, please visit:
Cross-Platform Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 12.2SR:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6922/prod_release_note09186a00806c096f.html.
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For More Information
Cisco IOS Software Upgrade Planner: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Software/Iosplanner/Plannertool/iosplanner.cgi.
Cisco Feature Navigator: http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/index.jsp.
Cisco Software Advisor: http://tools.cisco.com/Support/Fusion/FusionHome.do.
For more information about the Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(33)SRC, visit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1838/index.html, or contact your local account
representative.
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 end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/cgibin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice.
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