EOL and EOS Announcement for Cisco 2960 Series Switches

According to cisco.com, some of the most popular Cisco 2960 series switches are coming to their EOS and EOL, the table 1 and table 2 will tell you the details:

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 under the terms and conditions of customers' service contract.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches

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.	October 31, 2013
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.	October 31, 2014
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.	January 29, 2015
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.	October 31, 2015
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.	October 30, 2017
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.	October 31, 2015
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.	October 31, 2015
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	January 29, 2019
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.	October 31, 2019

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

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number	Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number	Replacement Product Description	Additional Information
WS-C2960-24-S	Catalyst 2960 24 10/100 LAN Lite Image	WS-C2960+24TC-S	Catalyst 2960 Plus 24 10/100 + 2 T/SFP LAN Lite	-
WS-C2960-24LC-S	Catalyst 2960 24 10/100 (8 PoE) + 2 T/SFP LAN Lite Image	WS-C2960+24LC-S	Catalyst 2960 Plus 24 10/100 (8 PoE) + 2 T/SFP LAN Lite	-
WS-C2960-24LT-L	Catalyst 2960 24 10/100 (8 PoE)+ 2 1000BT LAN Base Image	WS-C2960+24LC-L	Catalyst 2960 Plus 24 10/100 (8 PoE) + 2 T/SFP LAN Base	-
WS-C2960-24PC-L	Catalyst 2960 24 10/100 PoE + 2 T/SFP LAN Base Image	WS-C2960+24PC-L	Catalyst 2960 Plus 24 10/100 PoE + 2 T/SFP LAN Base	-
WS-C2960-24PC-S	Catalyst 2960 24 10/100 PoE + 2 T/SFP LAN Lite Image	WS-C2960+24PC-S	Catalyst 2960 Plus 24 10/100 PoE + 2 T/SFP LAN Lite	-
WS-C2960-24TC-L	Catalyst 2960 24 10/100 + 2T/SFP LAN Base Image	WS-C2960+24TC-L	Catalyst 2960 Plus 24 10/100 + 2T/SFP LAN Base	-
WS-C2960-24TC-S	Catalyst 2960 24 10/100 + 2 T/SFP LAN Lite Image	WS-C2960+24TC-S	Catalyst 2960 Plus 24 10/100 + 2 T/SFP LAN Lite	-
WS-C2960-24TT-L	Catalyst 2960 24 10/100 + 2 1000BT LAN Base Image	WS-C2960+24TC-L	Catalyst 2960 Plus 24 10/100 + 2T/SFP LAN Base	-
WS-C2960-48PST-L	Catalyst 2960 48 10/100 PoE + 2 1000BT +2 SFP LAN Base Image	WS-C2960+48PST-L	Catalyst 2960 Plus 48 10/100 PoE + 2 1000BT +2 SFP LAN Base	-
WS-C2960-48PST-S	Catalyst 2960 48 10/100 PoE + 2 1000BT +2 SFP LAN Lite Image	WS-C2960+48PST-S	Catalyst 2960 Plus 48 10/100 PoE + 2 1000BT +2 SFP LAN Lite	-
WS-C2960-48TC-L	Catalyst 2960 48 10/100 + 2 T/SFP LAN Base Image	WS-C2960+48TC-L	Catalyst 2960 Plus 48 10/100 + 2 T/SFP LAN Base	-
WS-C2960-48TC-S	Catalyst 2960 48 10/100 + 2 T/SFP LAN Lite Image	WS-C2960+48TC-S	Catalyst 2960 Plus 48 10/100 + 2 T/SFP LAN Lite	-
WS-C2960-48TT-L	Catalyst 2960 48 10/100 + 2 1000BT LAN Base Image	WS-C2960+48TC-L	Catalyst 2960 Plus 48 10/100 + 2 T/SFP LAN Base	-
WS-C2960-48TT-S	Catalyst 2960 48 10/100 + 2 1000BT LAN Lite Image	WS-C2960+48TC-S	Catalyst 2960 Plus 48 10/100 + 2 T/SFP LAN Lite	-

It is referred from: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-6500-series-switches/eos-eol-notice-c51-730121.html

Why the Cisco 2960S Randomly Reboots

Having a strange problem, my catalyst Catalyst 2960 switches keep randomly restarting. They are stacked and are running IOS version 12.2(58) SE2. I also can't find a crash log file in the flash directory after they randomly reboot.

                 

Ive checked the show version with no avail, but it does indicate a possible power issue:

System returned to ROM by power-on

System restarted at 09:11:13 PAC Tue Nov 15 2011

System image file is "flash:/c2960s-universalk9-mz.122-58.SE2/c2960s-universalk9-mz.122-58.SE2.bin"

Im not too sure, but the switch WS-C2960-48TT-L is connected to a ups, that a few other switches are also connected to and they did not go offline during the time the switch did.

I am not sure whats going on, as I have nothing to base it on.

The solution:

Try changing the power lead or connecting it to a different source.

The line "System returned to ROM by power-on" usually means that the switch thinks it reset due to power loss.  So you may have a power issue, or possibly the power supply in the switch is bad.  Can you swap the stack master roles so the other switch is master?  It's unlikely that both switches have bad power supplies, so with the other switch running the stack, you should be able to look at the logs and see if the first switch looses power alone, or if both switches go down and come back up at the same time.

You may also try moving the switch to a different port of the UPS.