From: Jeff Duchin (jduchin@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jun 04 2002 - 17:18:53 GMT-3
This would probably mean pulling this out of the lab I would think?!
Product Bulletin 1644
Catalyst 3900 and 3920 Token Ring Switch End of Sale Announcement
Introduction
Cisco Systems announces the End of Sale and End of Life for the Catalyst.
3900 and 3920 Token Ring switches.
Overview
In 1997, Cisco introduced the second-generation family of Token Ring
switchesfthe Catalyst 3900 stackable Token Ring switch, followed a few
months later by the Catalyst 3920 stackable Token Ring switch. These
products quickly gained a high level of customer acceptance and have
subsequently been installed in thousands of mission-critical Token Ring
networks worldwide. However, since that time the number of customers
continuing to use Token Ring has decreased dramatically, with most customers
converting to networks based on Ethernet. The demand for Token Ring products
is now at a very low level. Vendors that produce chips used for the
production of these products are discontinuing those chips, making the
continuing production impossible without expensive redesign. Considering the
low level of demand, it is not practical for Cisco to undertake this
redesign. Cisco is, therefore, announcing the End of Sale of the products
listed in Table 1, effective February 12, 2003. There are no replacement
products. Cisco is making this announcement a full year prior to actual End
of Sale to give customers who have not yet completed migration to Ethernet
an opportunity to adjust their plans as necessary. Table 2 describes the
dates associated with this announcement.
Table 2: Milestones for the Catalyst 3900 Series Products Milestone
Effective Date
End of Sale Announcement
February 12, 2002
End of Sale
February 12, 2003
Discontinue Contract Renewal
March 1, 2006
End of Support/End of Life
March 1, 2007
Jeff
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