EoL & EoS Announcement for the Cisco N9K-X9564PX, N9K-X9564TX Linecard On Cisco Nexus 9500

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Cisco N9K-X9564PX & N9K-X9564TX Linecards on Cisco Nexus 9500 have been announced end-of-sale and end-of-life.

The last day to order the affected product(s) is May 12, 2018.

Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table1 of the EoL bulletin.

Table1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s).
Table2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available under the terms and conditions of customers’ service contract.

Table1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco N9K-X9564PX Linecard On Cisco Nexus 9500

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.	August 11, 2017
End-of-Sale Date: HW	The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.	May 12, 2018
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.	August 10, 2018
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.	May 12, 2019
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: HW	The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect.	May 12, 2019
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.	May 12, 2019
End of Vulnerability/Security Support: HW	The last date that Cisco Engineering may release a planned maintenance release or scheduled software remedy for a security vulnerability issue.	May 12, 2021
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	August 7, 2022
Last Date of Support: HW	The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.	May 31, 2023

HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software

Table2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number	Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number	Replacement Product Description	Additional Information
N9K-X9564PX	Nexus 9500 linecard, VxLAN Routing, 48p 1/10G SFP+ & 4p QSFP	N9K-X97160YC-EX	Nexus 9500 NX-OS linecard, 48p 10G/25G with 4p 100G QSFP28	–
N9K-X9564PX=	Nexus 9500 linecard, VxLAN Routing, 48p 1/10G SFP+ & 4p QSFP	N9K-X97160YC-EX=	Nexus 9500 NX-OS linecard, 48p 10G/25G with 4p 100G QSFP28	–
N9K-X9564TX	Nexus 9500 linecard, VxLAN Routing, 48p 1/10G-T & 4p QSFP	N9K-X9464TX2	Nexus 9500 linecard, 48p 1/10G-T & 4p QSFP	–
N9K-X9564TX=	Nexus 9500 linecard, VxLAN Routing, 48p 1/10G-T & 4p QSFP	N9K-X9464TX2=	Nexus 9500 linecard, 48p 1/10G-T & 4p QSFP	–

Product Migration Options: Customers may be able to use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) where applicable to trade-in eligible products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, customers should work with their Cisco Partner or Cisco account team. Cisco Partners can find additional TMP information on Partner Central at: https://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.

Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco N9K-X9564PX and N9K-X9564TX Linecards On Cisco Nexus 9500 through the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached. For information about the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program, go to: https://www.cisco.com/go/eos.

Nexus 9500 10GE Modules: N9K-X9564PX vs. N9K-X9564TX

	N9K-X9564PX	N9K-X9564TX
Front-panel ports	48 x 10 GE + 4 x 40 GE	48 x 10 GE + 4 x 40 GE
Standalone	Yes	Yes
ACI leaf	No	No
ACI spine	No	No
Chassis support	4, 8, and 16 slot	4, 8, and 16 slot
100 M/1 GE/10 GE copper ports	NA	48
1 GE Fiber downlink fiber ports	48	0
10 GE downlink fiber ports	48	NA
25 GE downlink fiber ports	0	0
40 GE uplink ports	4	4
100 GE uplink ports	0	0
Switching performance	Nonblocking	Nonblocking
Buffer (MB)	104	104