Product End-of-Life Notice
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End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco
Catalyst 3750G-24TS 1.5 Rack-Unit Stackable Switch
EOL6501
Cisco®announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3750G-24TS 1.5
Rack-Unit Stackable Switch. The last day to order the affected product(s) is March 16, 2009.
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.
This end-of-sale announcement applies only to the Cisco Catalyst 3750G-24TS-S and 3750G-
24TS-E 1.5 rack-unit switches and does not affect other switches in the Catalyst 3750 Series.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3750G-24TS 1.5 Rack-Unit Stackable
Switch
Milestone Definition Date
End-of-Life Announcement
Date The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life
of a product is distributed to the general public. September 15, 2008
End-of-Sale Date The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale
mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date. March 16, 2009
Last Ship Date: HW The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its
contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time. June 14, 2009
End of SW Maintenance
Releases Date: HW The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software
maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering
will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.
March 16, 2010
End of Routine Failure
Analysis Date: HW The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to
determine the cause of product failure or defect. March 16, 2010
End of New Service
Attachment Date: HW For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-
support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-
support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing
service-and-support contract.
March 16, 2010
End of Service Contract
Renewal Date: HW The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. June 11, 2013
Last Date of Support: HW The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this
date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the
product becomes obsolete.
March 15, 2014
HW = Hardware
OS SW = Operating System Software
App. SW = Application Software
Customers of the Cisco Catalyst 3750G-24TS-S and 3750G-24TS-E 1.5 rack-unit switches are
encouraged to migrate to the newer Catalyst 3750G-24TS-S1U and 3750G-24TS-E1U 1 rack-unit
switch models, respectively. The migration products offer several key advantages. They consume
significantly less power, thereby reducing energy costs. Their 1-RU design results in a 33 percent
savings in wiring closet space when compared to the older 1.5-RU products. They have twice the
flash memory (32 MB vs. 16 MB), which will make future software upgrades easier. Detailed
