From: Bruce Williams (bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Jun 06 2002 - 23:52:36 GMT-3
That is the first time I heard that. I dont doubt it, but did they announce
that MPLS and IPv6 are on the CCNP now or are you speculating?
Bruce
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Brian Dennis
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Subject: RE: RE: Cisco Systems announces the End of Sale a? = nd End of
Life for the Catalyst
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Better add in IPv6 and MPLS because it looks likes it's being added to
the CCNP track which means I would expect it on the CCIE lab
"relatively" soon.
Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S/ISP Dial)
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Hmmm Perhaps I should do the same?
Hm hm hm.. My lab is a bit off, no doubt they will change it before I
attempt
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steven.j.nelso
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End of Life for the Catalyst .
3900 and 3920 Token Ring switches
06/06/2002
06:03 PM
Please respond
to
steven.j.nelso
n
I think not....
Things are a changing, believe me.
I am putting mine on ebay this weekend
All the best
Steve
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From: kris.keen@aon.com.au [mailto:kris.keen@aon.com.au]
Sent: 05 June 2002 04:57
To: elping
Cc: Ccielab; Jeff Duchin; nobody@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Cisco Systems announces the End of Sale and End of Life for
the Catalyst . 3900 and 3920 Token Ring switches
I'd say we will still see it in the Lab till early next year.. I sure as
hell hope so anyway, I've got a 3920 that cost me a penny!
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elping
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.com> cc: Ccielab
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udy.com for the Catalyst. 3900 and 3920
Token Ring switches
05/06/2002
01:22 PM
Please respond
to elping
yep ...
that seems to be the case...I think they will try to get the switching
back
into
routing and switching....
expect to see more switching ....
Jeff Duchin wrote:
> 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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