Quintum A Series A200 Manual

End of Life Announcement
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Eatontown,
New Jersey 07724 U.S.A.
End of Sale/End of Life for Tenor A200 MultiPath Voice/Data Router
The Tenor A200 MultiPath Voice/Data Router product is being discontinued.
The last day to order Tenor A200 products will be March 1, 2004.
Introduction
The Tenor A200 MultiPath Voice/Data Router was first introduced in January 2002.
These products have been successfully deployed and providing voice over IP services in
small office and home office (SOHO) applications throughout the world.
End of Sale and End of Life
This document outlines the End of Sale (EoS) and End of Life (EoL) plan for the Tenor
A200 product line.
The reason for this EoL notice is the upcoming introduction of the new Tenor AS Series
of products which replaces the A200 product.
The TenorAS Series offers a wider range of configurations plus enhanced capabilities to
better meet the needs of our customers.
Recommended Product Migration
The recommended alternatives for Tenor A200 product are shown in the table below -
AS Series Product FXS Ports FXO Ports VoIP Ports
Tenor ASM200 2 2 2
Tenor ASG200 2 0 2
** Please note that the new Tenor AS Series products are not direct replacements for
the Tenor A200. The Tenor A200 included an IP router, firewall, and a four port Ethernet
hub. The Tenor AS Series products do not include a router, firewall, or hub and are
designed to be connected into the users LAN which will already have a router and
firewall of the users choice.

End of Life Announcement
Quintum Technologies Inc. Page 2
71 James Way,
Eatontown,
New Jersey 07724 U.S.A.
End of Sale and Product Support Timelines
Milestone Description Date
End of Life Announcement Date when a Technical
Bulletin is issued to notify
Quintum partners and
customers of the EoL Plan for
a specified product
February 1, 2004
End of Sale Date when the EoL products
are no longer orderable or
listed in Quintum Price lists.
Service contracts can be
renewed until the end of
contract renewal date.
Products are supported until
the end of support date listed
below.
March 1, 2004
End of Production Date when Quintum ceases
manufacture of the product
and no longer maintains
inventory for new sales.
Stocks will be maintained to
support RMA activities until
the end of hardware
maintenance date.
November 31, 2003
Last Software Release Date and release number of
the last release of software for
this product.
Only maintenance releases
and patches will be supplied
after this date.
August 9, 2002
Release P4.18
End of Hardware Maintenance Date when Quintum will no
longer support hardware fixes
or repairs.
March 1, 2005
End of Software Maintenance Date when Quintum will no
longer maintain, provide bug
fixes, or test the software for
the product.
November 31, 2003
End of Contract Renewal Date when service contracts
are no longer renewable for
the product.
December 31, 2004
End of Support Date when Quintum Technical
Assistance Center (TAC) will
no longer offer support for the
product.
The product becomes
obsolete.
December 31, 2004