[c-nsp] LAC/LNS Routers - 7200 EOL

[ar]

Yep. But 2013 will be the last day for routine failure analysis for hardware and 2015 for bug fixes.

I think it will be more practical to invest to new boxes rather than  with7200 will EOS dates for software/hardware.



________________________________
 From: Peter Rathlev <peter at rathlev.dk>
To: ar <ar_djp at yahoo.com> 
Cc: cisco-nsp <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] LAC/LNS Routers - 7200 EOL
 
On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 20:32 +0800, ar wrote:
> "Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life 
> dates for the Cisco 7200 Series Routers. The last day to order the 
> affected product(s) is September 29, 2012..."
> 
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps341/end_of_life_c51-681414.html

Pedantry, but from the same document:

"End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
December 28, 2016"

You can only order new ones until September 2012, but you can buy
support extending well into 2017. That should cover an expected lifetime
of five years.

I know little about LAC/LNS routers, but what about some of the ISR G2
models like 3945 or similar? Can they not perform those duties?

-- 
Peter