NEWSFLASH: Discontinuance of VIAVI Hardware and Accessories (November 2023)

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Per our Advanced Lifecycle Management (ALM) process, we offer advanced notice for the discontinuance of any VIAVI product. Please refer to VIAVI Support Services ALM Guide for details.  Effective November 10, 2023, the VIAVI products listed in the attached announcement will be discontinued and available for ordering while supplies last.  As a replacement for VIAVI C50 Appliance, please consider the compact VIAVI M1 Appliance, an ideal tool for the entire test lifecycle for functional, performance, and benchmarking testing: M1 appliance KIT part numbers were created to fulfill the same configuration demands as the C50 but in a new, compact chassis with built-in flexibilityM1’s innovative platform architecture was designed to deliver higher reliability and density compared to the previous generation of compact appliancesSee original M1 Appliance announcement for details, refer to M1 datasheet for more information Impacted Part Numbers - Discontinued November 10, 2023 Part NumberDescription  Available Replacement ProductSPT-C50-S2-RXVIAVI C50-S2, HW TIMING, 10 CORE, PCIE FANM1-SSPT-C50-S2-RX-NEVIAVI C50-S2, HW TIMING, 10 CORE, PCIE FAN NO CRYPTON/AACC-6076AOPTICAL TRANSCEIVER QSFP+ 40GBASE-SR4 850NM MMFACC-6089AV-CTL-UPDVIAVI TESTCENTER VIRTUAL CONTROLLER USER PROVIDED DONGLEN/AVCTL-2000BVIAVI TESTCENTER VIRTUAL CONTROLLER C1  N/AMX2-10G-S8VIAVI MX2 10/1G ETHERNET SFP+ 8-PORTMX2-10G-S12 What does this mean to VIAVI customers? • Existing valid service agreements will be honored until obsolescence on November 10, 2026 • Existing and new (ALM) valid service hardware agreements will be honored. • No new enhancement and feature requests will be accepted after discontinuance. • Appliance kits using the impacted C50 part numbers above will be discontinued on November 10, 2023 Applicable Kits Impacted Part NumberDescriptionAvailable Replacement ProductMX2-10G-S8-DMVIAVI MX2 10/1G ETHERNET SFP+ 8-PORTMX2-10G-S12-DMC50-KIT-04-STARTC50 4-PORT 10G/1G SFP+ AND LAYER 2-3 SWM1-KIT-04-STARTC50-KIT-06-STARTC50 8-PORT 10G/1G SFP+ AND LAYER 2-3 SWM1-KIT-06-STARTC50-KIT-11-STARTC50 4-PORT 10/5/2.5/1G/100M COPPER, AND HW TIMINGN/AC50-KIT-15-STARTC50 16-PORT FX2 10/100/1000 ETHERNET SFP NIC AND HW TIMINGM1-KIT-15-STARTC50-KIT-18-STARTC50 8-PORT FX2 10/100/1000 SFP, 4-PORT FX2 10/1G SFP+ TIMINGM1-KIT-18-STARTC50-KIT-21-STARTC50 4-PORT DX3 100/50/40/25/10G QSFP28, L2-3 & 2544 STARTERM1-KIT-21-STARTC50-KIT-21-START-NEC50 4-PORT DX3 100/50/40/25/10G QSFP28 L2-3 & 2544 NO CRYPTON/AC50-KIT-22-STARTC50 8-PORT FX2 10/100/1000 ETHERNET SFP NIC AND HW TIMINGN/AC50-KIT-23-START2-PORT DX3 100/50/40/25/10 QSFP28, 4-PORT FX2 10/1G SFP+M1-KIT-23-STARTC50-KIT-23-START-NE2-PORT DX3 100/50/40/25/10 4-PORT FX2 10/1G SFP NO CRYPTON/AC50-KIT-24-START16-PORT 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M COPPER, HW TIMINGN/AC50-KIT-25-STARTC50 4-PORT 1G (SFP), 8-PORT 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M COPPERM1-KIT-25-STARTAON-C50-04C50 4-PORT 10G/1G SFP+ AND L2-7 TGENAON-M1-04AON-C50-06