Cisco announced the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco 7200 Series Routers. The last day to order the routers was September 29, 2012. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from Cisco until the termination date of their contract. The document provides tables with milestones and dates outlining the end-of-life schedule and support for the Cisco 7200 Series Routers.

1. EOL/EOS for the Cisco 7200 Series Routers
Cisco announced 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.
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.
Note: This end-of-sale and end-of-life bulletin does not apply to the uBR 7200 Series
Universal Broadband Routers.
Table1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 7200 Series Routers
Milestone Definition Date
End-of-Life The date the document that September
Announcement announces the end of sale and 30, 2011
Date end of life of a product is
distributed to the general public.
End-of-Sale Date The last date to order the product September
through Cisco point-of-sale 29, 2012
mechanisms. The product is no
longer for sale after this date.
Last Ship Date: The last-possible ship date that December
HW can be requested of Cisco and/or 28, 2012
its contract manufacturers. Actual
ship date is dependent on lead
time.
End of SW The last date that Cisco September
Maintenance Engineering may release any final 29, 2015
Releases Date: software maintenance releases or
HW bug fixes. After this date, Cisco
Engineering will no longer
develop, repair, maintain, or test
the product software.
End of Routine The last-possible date a routine September
Failure Analysis failure analysis may be performed 29, 2013
Date: to determine the cause of
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defect.
End of New For equipment and software that September
Service is not covered by a 29, 2013
Attachment service-and-support contract, this
Date: is the last date to order a new
HW service-and-support contract or
add the equipment and/or
software to an existing
service-and-support contract.
End of Service The last date to extend or renew a December
Contract service contract for the product. 28, 2016
Renewal Date:
HW
Last Date of The last date to receive service September
Support: and support for the product. After 30, 2017
HW this date, all support services for
the product are unavailable, and
the product becomes obsolete.
HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application
Software
Table2 shows the product part numbers affected by this announcement (refer to
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps341/end_of_life_c51-68141
4.html to check the table details) It also listed the replacement series of ASR 1000
and Cisco 3945/K9, which are rare in market and cost higher than Cisco 7200 series.
Whether Cisco 7200 is right for you? You can check the main features of Cisco 7200
Series.
Cisco 7200 Series RoutersQuick Look Guide
The Cisco 7200 Series Router delivers exceptional performance / price with its
compact formfactor, modularity, scalability, and wide range of deployment options.
With processing speedsup to 400,000 packets per second (pps), port adapters
ranging from NxDS0 to OC12, and anunparalleled number of high-touch IP services,
the Cisco 7200 is an excellent choice for theWAN edge, with features that support
the following deployments:
• WAN EdgeAward-winning quality-of-service (QoS) feature performance
• Broadband AggregationUp to 8000 PPP sessions per chassis
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) PELeading choice for provider-edge
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3. deployment
• Voice, video and data integrationTime-division multiplexing (TDM)-enabled VXR
chassis and voice portadapters
• IP Security (IPsec) virtual private network (VPN)Scalable to 3000 tunnels per
chassis
• High-end Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
Cisco 7200 Features and Benefits
Cisco 7200 Target Applications
Cisco 7200 High-End Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)—Enterprise Edge
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4. Cisco 7200 Service Provider Aggregation
Cisco 7200 Enterprise WAN Aggregation
Cisco 7200: Processor, Port Adapter and Memory Support
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