On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 20:23, harbor235 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > What is your replacement strategy for Cisco gear reaching EOL milestones? > > I prefer not to replace at the end of SW maintenance releases but prefer > the end of vulnerability/Security support. My assumption is by then all the > major bugs and fixes should be remedied/ fixed by then and the software > should be stable. > > Last days for hardware replacement continue through the end of the service > contract. I would like to get as much investment protection as possible, > not to mention the potential of disruption of infrastructure services > > > thoughts? strategies?
Hi Mike, What you have said sounds reasonable. I can refute on two accounts off the top of my head (it's always good to play devil's advocate with yourself): 1. Do you have any accreditations, regulations, or compliance based requirements that are linked to EoL dates? 2. What have you sold to your customers? I have worked on networks which have stated in the signed contracts with the customers that a certain level of vendor support will be maintianed. Cheers, James. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
