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End of Service Life Announcement for

Enterasys B2G and C2G 10/100/1000 Switches


Announcement Date: November 1, 2012
End of Service Life Date for Enterasys B2G and C2G 10/100/1000 Switches:
June 30, 2013
All Models Are No Longer Supported
Key End of Sales Dates:
Event
Announcement Date

Description
The first day on which product End of Service Life is
announced

Date
November 1, 2012

End of Service Life


(EoSL)

The day Service Obligations will end for all B2G and C2G
10/100/1000 switches

June 30, 2013

Enterasys B2G and C2G 10/100/1000 Stackable Switches End of Service Life
The Enterasys B2G and C2G 10/100/1000 switches have provided customers with proven performance
and versatility since 2004. With the availability of higher reliability and features such as high-power PoE
with our latest generation B5 and C5 stackable switches, Enterasys is announcing the End of Service Life
of the products listed below, along with the recommended replacement product (please note that B5
switches do NOT stack with B2s and that C5s do NOT stack with C2s):

Enterasys B2G Recommended Replacement Products


B5 Transition Options

End of Sale SKUs


B2G Models

Replacement*

B2G124-24

B5G124-24

B2G124-48

B5G124-48

B2G124-48P

B5G124-48P2

Description
(24) 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, (4) combo SFP ports, (2) dedicated highspeed stacking ports and external RPS connector. Total active ports per
switch: (24) Gigabit ports
(48) 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, (4) combo SFP ports, (2) dedicated highspeed stacking ports and external RPS connector. Total active ports per
switch: (48) Gigabit ports
(48) 10/100/1000 PoE (.at + .af) RJ45 ports, (4) combo SFP ports, (2)
dedicated high-speed stacking ports and external RPS connector. Total
active ports per switch: (48) Gigabit ports

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Enterasys C2G Recommended Replacement Products


C5 Transition Options

End of Sale SKUs


C2G Models

Replacement*

C2G124-24

C5G124-24

C2G124-48

C5G124-48

C2G124-48P

C5G124-48P2

Description
(24) 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, (4) combo SFP ports, (2) dedicated highspeed stacking ports and external RPS connector. Total active ports per
switch: (24) Gigabit ports
(48) 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, (4) combo SFP ports, (2) dedicated highspeed stacking ports and external RPS connector. Total active ports per
switch: (48) Gigabit ports
(48) 10/100/1000 PoE (.at + .af) RJ45 ports, (4) combo SFP ports, (2)
dedicated high-speed stacking ports and external RPS connector. Total
active ports per switch: (48) Gigabit ports

Note: The B2H/C2H 10/100 switches and the C2G170-24 SFP switches are not going End of Service Life
at the same time as the B2G/C2G 10/100/1000 switches. The End of Service Life for the B2H/C2H
switches is June 30, 2016. The End of Service Life for the C2G170 switches is Sept 30, 2014.
While Enterasys will continue to provide patch releases for the B2H/C2H/C2G170 products beyond the
June 30th 2013 date, Enterasys will NOT be testing those new releases on the B2G/C2G 10/100/1000
platforms. Customers may choose to upgrade the B2G/C2G 10/100/1000 switches with the new
firmware for the B2H/C2H/C2G170 switches but do so at their own risk. Enterasys makes no guarantee
that the new B2H/C2H/C2G170 firmware images will work correctly on the B2G/C2G 10/100/1000
switches.

Enterasys B5 and C5 Benefits over B2G and C2G 10/100/1000 switches


With 802.3at high-power PoE, faster stacking (12Gb vs. 10Gb), the addition of a cost-effective 10GE
option, a faster processor with ECC memory and greatly improved policy capabilities, the B5 switches
provide customers with compelling reasons to upgrade! The C5 switches deliver much faster stacking
(32Gb vs.10Gb), high power 802.3at PoE, a faster processor, ECC memory, more policy users per port,
more than double the PoE power, load-balancing power supplies and double the policy rules and routing
tables of a C2. In addition, quality improvement efforts have resulted in Mean Time Between Failure
[MTBF] ratings 3-times better than the B2G/C2G 10/100/1000 products. The B5/C5 switches also come
with our industry-leading lifetime warranty, providing customers with significant operational savings
over the life of their network.

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The B5 and C5 stackable Ethernet switching products provide enhanced flexibility and comprehensive
features such as:
High Performance flexible 10GE options
o 48 port 10/100/1000 solutions with 10GE uplinks
Only 24 ports with 10Gb on the C2
o 10GE uplinks on both the B-Series as well as the C-Series
No 10Gb availability with the B2
IEEE802.3at compliant high power PoE up to 30 watts
Only IEEE802.3af (15.4 watts) available in B2G/C2G
o 15.4 watts of redundant PoE power simultaneously on all 48 ports of the C5
Only 15.4 watts of PoE power could be delivered to 24 ports on the C2
o 30 watts of non-redundant PoE power simultaneously on all 48 ports of the C5
Improved policy capabilities
o 250 rules in a profile versus 100 in the B2/C2
o Up to 8 policy users per port on the C5 versus 2 (PC + Phone) on the C2
o Up to 4 policy users per port on the B5 versus 2 (PC + Phone) on the B3
Bigger routing tables
o The C5 supports routing tables that are double what was supported in the C2
ECC memory
o Both the B5 and C5 support ECC memory that can detect and correct single bit errors on
the fly
Better MTBF
o The B5/C5 switches have an MTBF that is about 2.5 times better than the B2G/C2G

For more details on these and other B-Series and C-Series products, please go to the B-Series and
C-Series web pages or contact your local sales representative.

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