Cisco Catalyst 2960G Series End Of Sale and End Of Life

Updated:Feb 25, 2013

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 2960G 24- and 48-Port Switches. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 31, 2012. 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 under the terms and conditions of customers' service contract.

Six months after the end-of-life announcement, the price of the Cisco 2960G switches listed in this announcement may increase 15 percent in order to accommodate the fluctuating component costs for those products. The replacement or migration switches are equivalent to, or better than, the end-of-sale products and are priced lower as well.

End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Catalyst 2960G 24- and 48-Port Switches

 

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.

August 1, 2011

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.

July 31, 2012

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.

October 29, 2012

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.

July 31, 2015

End of Routine Failure Analysis Date:
HW

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

July 31, 2013

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.

July 31, 2013

End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
HW

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

October 29, 2016

Last Date of Support:
HW

The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.

July 31, 2017

Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

 

End-of-Sale Product
Part Number

Product Description

Replacement Product Part Number

Replacement Product Description

Additional Information

WS-C2960G-24TC-L

Catalyst 2960 24 10/100/1000, 4 T/SFP LAN Base Image

WS-C2960S-24TS-L

Catalyst 2960S 24 GigE, 4 x SFP LAN Base

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WS-C2960G-48TC-L

Catalyst 2960 48 10/100/1000, 4 T/SFP LAN Base Image

WS-C2960S-48TS-L

Catalyst 2960S 48 GigE, 4 x SFP LAN Base

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