End of Life
End-of-Life Announcements
In order to help you plan for discontinued products, following are the time-lines for products that have been end-of-lifed and the Aruba Networks EOL policy for communication and support of such hardware and software products.
- Aruba AP-80 Series Outdoor
- Network Chemistry PortSave and DualRadio PortSaver Sensors
- AP-52 and AP-52-W
- AP-41
- Announcement for ArubaOS 3.2.0.X
- Announcement for ArubaOS 3.1.0.X
- Announcement for ArubaOS 2.5.4.X
- Announcement for ArubaOS 2.4
- Announcement for ArubaOS 2.3
- Announcement for ArubaOS Client Integrity Module
- Aruba 5000 Mobility controller
- PowerDsine 6000 Series
End of Life Summary
| Description | Software | Hardware | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOS | End of Sale | NA | -- |
| EOD | End of Development | 18 months from initial release date | NA |
| EOST | End of Support | 6 months from EOD | 5 years from EOS |
Aruba AP-80 Series Outdoor
- End-of-Sales Announcement: September 3, 2008
- End-of-Sales Date: November 30, 2008
- End-of-Support Date: November 30, 2013
- Affected products are:
| Part # | Description |
|---|---|
| AP-80M | Aruba 80 Master Outdoor Wireless Access Poin |
| AP-80MB | Aruba 80 Master Outdoor WDS Bridge |
| AP-80SB | Aruba 80 Slave Outdoor WDS Bridge |
| AP-80-MNT | Wall Mount Kit for AP-80 All Models |
| AP-CBL-2 | Aruba 80 Meter Outdoor Ethernet Cable |
| AP-80-PSU-S | Spare PoE Injector for AP-80 All Models |
Announcement for Network Chemistry PortSave and DualRadio PortSaver Sensors
- General Availability Date: N/A
- End-of-Life Announcement: Aug 18, 2007
- End-of-Sale Announcement: Aug 18, 2007
- End-of-Development Date: Aug 18, 2007
- End-of-Support Date: Oct 1, 2008*
* Existing Network Chemistry support agreements will be honored to the best of our ability. New support agreements and renewals of existing agreements are no longer available. The sensors will continue to be compatible with RFprotect Distributed.
AP-52 and AP-52-W
- EOS Announcement Date: March 17, 2005
- EOS Effective Date: June 17, 2005
- Last Order Date: June 16, 2005
- Last Shipment Date: June 30, 2005
- Next Generation Dual-radio APs:
- AP-65
- AP-70
AP-41
- End-of-Sales Announcement Date: September 15, 2008
- End-of-Sales Date: December 15, 2008
- End-of-Support Date: December 15, 2013
- Affected Products include:
- AP-41 Wireless Access Point
- AP-41-MNT Aruba 41 Wireless Access Point Wall / Ceiling Mount Kit
Announcement for ArubaOS 3.2.0.X (LD)
- General Availability Date: N/A (ArubaOS 3.2 was released as LD on October 25, 2007)
- End-of-Life Announcement: October 25, 2007
- End-of-Development Date: February 29, 2008
- End-of-Support Date: February 29, 2008
Announcement for ArubaOS 3.1.0.X
- General Availability Date: February 23, 2007
- End-of-Life Announcement: May 5, 2008
- End-of-Development Date: November 5, 2008
- End-of-Support Date: May 5, 2009
For more information, click here to download announcement details.
Announcement for ArubaOS 2.5.4.X
- General Availability Date: December 20, 2005
- End-of-Life Announcement: May 18, 2007
- End-of-Development Date: June 30, 2007 for 2.5.3 and below. August 31, 2007 for 2.5.4. December 31, 2009 for the newest 2.5 maintenance release.
- End-of-Support Date: December 31, 2007 for 2.5.4.X and below. June 30, 2010 for the newest 2.5.5.X maintenance release.
For more information, click here to download announcement details.
Announcement for ArubaOS 2.4
- General Availability Date: May 6, 2005
- End-of-Life Announcement: May 18, 2007
- End-of-Development Date: November 31, 2006
- End-of-Support Date: August 31, 2007
For more information, click here to download announcement details.
Announcement for ArubaOS 2.3
- General Availability Date: January 28, 2005
- End-of-Life Announcement: May 18, 2007
- End-of-Development Date: July 31, 2006
- End-of-Support Date: August 31, 2007
For more information, click here to download announcement details.
Announcement for ArubaOS Client Integrity Module (CIM)
- End-of-Life Announcement: May 18, 2007
- End-of-Sale Date: June 30, 2007
- End-of-Support Date: May 31, 2009
For more information, click here to download announcement details.
Aruba 5000 Mobility controller
- EOS Announcement Date: April 17, 2006
- EOS Effective Date: July 31, 2006 or early if inventory is exhausted
- EOL Date: Not announced at this time*
- Last Shipment Date: June 30, 2005
- This product is being replaced with the following:
- 6000-BASE-2PSU-200
- 6000-BASE-2PSU-400
- 6000-BASE-2PSU-200-FIPS
- 6000-BASE-2PSU-400-FIPS
*The End-of-Life date has not been determined as yet due to the Aruba 6000 being a direct replacement for the Aruba 5000. Hence, Aruba Networks will continue to support the Aruba 5000 installed base via the Aruba 6000 base systems and spares.
PowerDsine 6000 Series
- EOS Announcement Date: July 1, 2005
- EOS Effective Date: immediately
- Replacement Solution: PowerDsine 3000 series POE Midspan
- Order Information: All new orders should be placed using the part numbers and prices as follows:
| Part # | Description |
|---|---|
| PD-3001-AC | 1 Port PowerDsine POE Midspan |
| PD-3006-AC | 6 Port PowerDsine POE Midspan - 19” Rack Mount |
| PD-3012-AC | 12 Port PowerDsine POE Midspan - 19” Rack Mount |