[c-nsp] Catalyst 6509 EOS/EOL

[Jeff Kell]

On 9/18/2012 10:16 AM, Antonio Soares wrote:
> It's possible to extend the support for the non-E 6500s with something they
> call "Post Last Day of Support (Post-LDoS)". Basically you have a price for
> the service that is the double of a 6500-E. But you can have the non-E
> supported until 31-Dec-2015.

And before you decide to upgrade and learn the hard way, most modules transfer directly
from a legacy chassis to an -E chassis EXCEPT THE FAN TRAY.

(Been there, done that, eventually got the proper trays and finished the upgrades...)

There were also some 6500 "package specials" with their own part numbers that were
discontinued before the chassis EOS/EOL.  If you have one of these, all of your
components are still supported but the "package" technically is not...  ran into some
issues with TAC trying to open a case on one of these :(

Jeff