cisco maintenance cost analysis

Cisco Maintenance

Cost Analysis

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our edge is your edge

Contents Our Edge is Your Edge ............................................................................................................................................................ 3

Summary Network and Support Information: ...................................................................................................................... 4

Support Recommendations: .................................................................................................................................................. 5

End of Sale Analysis ................................................................................................................................................................ 6

EoS / Replacement Hardware Performance Comparison: .................................................................................................... 7

Software Availability: ........................................................................................................................................................... 11

Mean Time Between Failure Analysis ................................................................................................................................. 13

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Our Edge is Your Edge With nearly 20 years of industry experience, we’ve been simultaneously exploring, mapping, and creating the complex environment of solutions outside of the OEM’s singular model. Let us help you leverage a product lifecycle defined by your business’s needs and technical requirements, rather than End of Sale (EoS) notifications. The OEMs want to continue selling new hardware while maintaining costly maintenance contracts in an effort to keep their business profitable, but does the 3-5 year life cycle for network infrastructure which was largely based on its datacenter counterparts of compute and storage still make the most sense for your business? Compute and storage capacity are continuously increasing as the market demands more, but network technology has outpaced the services its supporting by 5-10 years. Network hardware is also largely solid-state technology and does not have the “always on” parts that make servers and storage life expectancy significantly different. So why has most of the market continued to upgrade hardware beyond its need? The reason is they had to. Just 10 years ago there were no alternatives for Cisco support. The availability of software updates, hardware replacements, and technical support were defined by the OEM. Edge-IP and changes in Cisco’s software update policy have paved way for an additional purchasing and support strategy. Edge-IP offers superior technical support by utilizing only CCIEs for every incident. Hardware replacements are supported by our vast inventory and stocking locations. And software updates are available through 2 channels provided by Cisco if software updates are even needed or currently in development. Let us help you leverage a new product life cycle by developing a support plan based on the solutions you have in place. A strategy leveraging previous generation hardware will save your business money as well as lower your exposure to unexpected downtime. The OEM’s desire to improve these platforms has been forcibly comingled with a business’s need for the improved platforms. Imagine if we were forced to purchase new cars every 3-5 years because new models were released. Thank you for the opportunity to complete this analysis. We hope you find the information helpful.

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Summary Network and Support Information:

The below information is a quick snapshot of the hardware included in this analysis. If you would like to see

any additional information regarding this estate, please ask.

2,766 assets analyzed with an estimated annual spend of $2,594,132 not including any customer specific

discount. This number excludes items

that do not have an OEM maintenance

option as well as lines tied to

specialized licensing.

All items are currently covered under

Next Business Day (NBD) replacement

or Software only.

-87% of the network is Campus

Switching or Branch Routing.

-73% of assets either do not

require SMARTnet for software

update entitlement or software

development has stopped

altogether.

Branch Routing, 95

Campus, 2302

Core Routing, 8

Data Center, 119 Security, 242

IOS Available Without SMARTnet, 1476

IOS Updates Require SMARTnet, 755

Software No Longer in

Development, 535

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Series1 $2,594,132 $5,188,264 $7,782,396 $10,376,528 $12,970,660

$0

$2,000,000

$4,000,000

$6,000,000

$8,000,000

$10,000,000

$12,000,000

$14,000,000

Cumulitive Spend Over 5 Years

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Support Recommendations:

Annual SMARTnet Cost - NBD

Eliminated SMARTnet

Maintain SMARTnet

Annual EIP Cost - NBD

New Annual Maintenance Cost

$2,594,131.73 $2,044,803.23 $549,328.50 $552,096.87 $1,101,425.37

• ASAs and Security Related Assets

• Ruggedized or Outdoor Hardware

• Nexus 9k and 7K Hardware SMARTnet

• Campus / Access Switching

• Branch RoutingEDGE-IP

• ACE-Mods

• Core Routing

• Data Center N5k and N2KReview

$0.00

$1,000,000.00

$2,000,000.00

$3,000,000.00

$4,000,000.00

$5,000,000.00

$6,000,000.00

$7,000,000.00

$8,000,000.00

$9,000,000.00

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Edge-IP

Total Savings

SMARTnet List

$4,478,119 savings

over 3 years.

**SNT is SMARTnet’s 8x5xNext Business Day Replacement (NBD) **SNTP is SMARTnet’s 24x7x4-Hour Replacement (4H) **All of EDGE-IP is 24x7 support, with either NBD or 4H replacement

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End of Sale Analysis

The items below have been identified by Cisco as End of Sale / End of Life. The original End of Sale

announcement, the End of Software maintenance releases, and the End of Life dates are listed below, as well

as the list price of the hardware identified as current gen hardware to replace.

Part ID Quantity EoS EoSW EoL

ACE30-MOD-04-K9 4 1/24/14 1/24/15 1/31/19

AIR-AP1572EAC-B-K9 81 3/30/16 1/0/00 3/31/21

AIR-CAP1532E-A-K9 2 4/30/19 1/0/00 4/30/24

AIR-CT2504-25-K9 132 4/18/18 4/18/19 4/30/23

AIR-CT5508-100-K9 64 5/4/18 8/1/19 7/31/23

ASA5512-K9 13 8/25/17 8/31/21 8/31/22

ASA5515-K9 109 8/25/17 8/31/21 8/31/22

CISCO1941/K9 21 9/29/18 9/29/19 9/30/23

CISCO2921/K9 36 12/9/17 12/9/20 12/31/22

CISCO3945/K9 8 12/9/17 12/9/20 12/31/22

N2K-C2248TP-1GE 68 11/2/16 11/2/17 11/30/21

N5K-C5020P-BF 8 11/27/12 1/0/00 11/30/17

N5K-C5548UP-FA 17 5/5/19 5/4/20 5/31/24

WS-C2950G-24-EI 2 12/31/06 12/31/07 12/30/11

WS-C2950G-48-EI 2 12/31/06 12/31/07 12/30/11

WS-C2960-8TC-L 43 7/29/13 7/29/14 7/31/18

WS-C2960S-48FPD-L 18 11/6/15 11/5/16 11/30/20

WS-C2960S-48LPS-L 1 11/6/15 11/5/16 11/30/20

WS-C3560-12PC-S 6 7/29/13 7/29/14 7/31/18

WS-C3560-8PC-S 29 7/29/13 7/29/14 7/31/18

WS-C3560X-24T-S 4 10/30/16 10/30/17 10/31/21

WS-C3560X-48PF-S 1 10/30/16 10/30/17 10/31/21

WS-C3750V2-24PS-S 6 5/14/16 5/14/17 5/31/21

WS-C3750X-12S-E 32 10/30/16 10/30/17 10/31/21

WS-C3750X-24P-E 124 10/30/16 10/30/17 10/31/21

WS-C3750X-24P-S 100 10/30/16 10/30/17 10/31/21

WS-C3750X-24S-E 30 10/30/16 10/30/17 10/31/21

WS-C3750X-48P-S 4 10/30/16 10/30/17 10/31/21

WS-C3750X-48PF-S 51 10/30/16 10/30/17 10/31/21

WS-C3750X-48T-L 3 10/30/16 10/30/17 10/31/21

WS-C3750X-48T-S 7 10/30/16 10/30/17 10/31/21

Grand Total 1026 5/5/19 8/31/21 5/31/24

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EoS / Replacement Hardware Performance Comparison:

EoS Hardware Performance & Features Replacement Part Replacement Performance & Features2

ACE30-MOD-04-K9 Discontinued Product Line Discontinued Product Line

CISCO1941/K9 153 Max Throughput C1111-8P 350 Mbps Max Throughput

CISCO2921/K9 245 Mbps Max Throughput ISR4331/K9 100 Mbps, Upgradable to 300 Mbps Max Throughput

CISCO3945/K9 502 Mbps Max Throughput ISR4431/K9 500 Mbps, Upgradable to 1Gbps Max Throughput

N2K-C2248TP-1GE

48 GigE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 131 mpps, switching capacity of 176 Gbps , and uplink options of 1, 10GE

N2K-C2248TP-E

48 GigE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 131 mpps, switching capacity of 176 Gbps, and uplink options of 1, 10GE

N5K-C5020P-BF

40 Fixed 1/10 GB (SFP+) Ethernet/FCoE Ports and Two Expansion Module Slots ports with a switching capacity of 500 Gbps

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

N5K-C5548UP-FA

32 Unified 1/10 GB (SFP+) Ethernet/FCoE Ports and One Expansion Module Slots ports with a forwarding rate of 714.24 mpps, switching capacity of 960 Gbps

N5K-C5672UP-16G

48 Fixed 1/10 GB Ethernet/FCoE Ports, 24 of which are capable of 1/10G Ethernet and 24 Unified ports, and 6 40 Gbps (QSFP) Ethernet/FCoE ports with a forwarding rate of Not Listed, switching capacity of 1.44 Tbps

WS-C2960-8TC-L

8 FE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 4.2 mpps, switching capacity of 10 Gbps, and uplink options of 1GE

WS-C2960C-8TC-L


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WS-C2960S-48FPD-L

48 GigE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 77 mpps, switching capacity of 176 Gbps, stacking bandwidth of 20 Gbps, uplink options of 1, 10GE

WS-C2960X-48FPD-L

48 GigE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 131 mpps, switching capacity of 108 Gbps, stacking bandwidth of 80 Gbps, and uplink options of 1, 10GE

WS-C2960S-48LPS-L

48 GigE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 77 mpps, switching capacity of 176 Gbps, stacking bandwidth of 20 Gbps, and uplink options of 1GE

WS-C2960X-48LPS-L


WS-C3560-12PC-S

12 FE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 7 mpps, switching capacity of 32 Gbps, and uplink options of 1, 10GE

WS-C3560C-12PC-S


WS-C3560-8PC-S


WS-C3560C-8PC-S


WS-C3560X-24T-S


WS-C3650-24TD-S


WS-C3560X-48PF-S


WS-C3650-48FD-S


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WS-C3750V2-24PS-S

24 FE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 7 mpps, switching capacity of 32 Gbps, stacking bandwidth of 32 Gbps, and uplink options of 1GE

WS-C3650-24PS-S


WS-C3750X-12S-E

12 GigE (SFP) ports with a forwarding rate of 36 mpps, switching capacity of 160 Gbps, stacking bandwidth of 64 Gbps, Stack Power, and uplink options of 1, 10GE

WS-C3850-12S-E

12 GigE (SFP) ports with a forwarding rate of 51 mpps, switching capacity of 68 Gbps, stacking bandwidth of 480 Gbps, Stack Power, and uplink options of 1, 10, and 40GE

WS-C3750X-24P-E

24 GigE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 66 mpps, switching capacity of 160 Gbps, stacking bandwidth of 64 Gbps, Stack Power, and uplink options of 1, 10GE

WS-C3850-24P-E

24 GigE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 68 mpps, switching capacity of 92 Gbps, stacking bandwidth of 480 Gbps, Stack Power, and uplink options of 1, 10, and 40GE

WS-C3750X-24P-S


WS-C3850-24P-S


WS-C3750X-24S-E


WS-C3850-24S-E

24 GigE (SFP) ports with a forwarding rate of 68 mpps, switching capacity of 92 Gbps, stacking bandwidth of 480 Gbps, Stack Power, and uplink options of 1, 10, and 40GE

WS-C3750X-48P-S

48 GigE (RJ-45) ports with a forwarding rate of 101 mpps, switching capacity of 160 Gbps, stacking bandwidth of 64 Gbps (9 Max), Stack Power, and uplink options of 1, 10GE

WS-C3850-48P-S


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WS-C3750X-48PF-S


WS-C3850-48F-S


WS-C3750X-48T-L


WS-C3850-48T-L


WS-C3750X-48T-S


WS-C3850-48T-S


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Software Availability:

The table below outlines software entitlement. Although possibly surprising, Cisco has offered access to IOS updates to

any campus hardware Catalyst 4500 and below. For a link to Cisco’s bulletin, please ask your Edgeium representative.

Additionally, many items may be outside of Cisco’s software development window.

As of this renewal, $1,035,239.56 towards SMARTnet on the below devices is only providing hardware replacement

and/or tech support when needed. We can provide these services for much less while offering additional benefits to

you such as up/down monitoring and replacing older models with more current generation models.

Software Entitlement By Part ID Quantity SMARTnet NBD

IOS Available Without SMARTnet 1476 $554,111.00

WS-C2960C-8PC-L 2 $102.00

WS-C2960CG-8TC-L 1 $51.00

WS-C2960X-24PSQ-L 4 $768.00

WS-C2960XR-24PD-I 5 $2,045.00

WS-C2960XR-24PS-I 105 $33,705.00

WS-C2960XR-48FPS-I 1 $611.00

WS-C2960XR-48LPD-I 13 $8,268.00

WS-C2960XR-48LPS-I 25 $13,050.00

WS-C3560C-12PC-S 30 $3,060.00

WS-C3560CG-8PC-S 174 $17,748.00

WS-C3560CX-12PC-S 222 $29,304.00

WS-C3650-24PD-S 65 $25,740.00

WS-C3650-24PDM-S 1 $583.00

WS-C3650-24PS-S 345 $105,570.00

WS-C3650-48FD-S 42 $29,988.00

WS-C3650-48FS-S 55 $34,320.00

WS-C3650-48FWD-S 102 $75,888.00

WS-C3650-48PD-S 58 $37,932.00

WS-C3650-48PQ-S 13 $9,282.00

WS-C3650-48PS-S 161 $90,804.00

WS-C3850-12S-S 2 $1,200.00

WS-C3850-24P-S 34 $14,892.00

WS-C3850-24S-S 16 $19,200.00

Software No Longer in Development 535 $481,128.56

ACE30-MOD-04-K9 4 $30,956.00

N2K-C2248TP-1GE 68 $26,647.84

WS-C2950G-24-EI 2 $244.00

WS-C2950G-48-EI 2 $244.00

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WS-C2960-8TC-L 43 $5,246.00

WS-C2960S-48FPD-L 18 $15,023.34

WS-C2960S-48LPS-L 1 $584.38

WS-C3560-12PC-S 6 $1,086.00

WS-C3560-8PC-S 29 $5,249.00

WS-C3560X-24T-S 4 $1,805.24

WS-C3560X-48PF-S 1 $1,200.38

WS-C3750V2-24PS-S 6 $2,730.78

WS-C3750X-12S-E 32 $52,800.00

WS-C3750X-24P-E 124 $94,457.00

WS-C3750X-24P-S 100 $76,175.00

WS-C3750X-24S-E 30 $78,375.00

WS-C3750X-48P-S 4 $5,428.52

WS-C3750X-48PF-S 51 $74,543.13

WS-C3750X-48T-L 3 $2,827.80

WS-C3750X-48T-S 7 $5,505.15

Grand Total 2011 $1,035,239.56

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Mean Time Between Failure Analysis

On most of Cisco’s campus and access hardware, a Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) number is specified which uses

technical data on the solid-state components within a piece of hardware that provides an average lifetime of that

particular piece of hardware. Any hardware that has passed this date we recommend for replacement.

Part ID MTBF in Years Hardware Began Shipping Hardware Lifetime

N5K-C5020P-BF 7 2009 2016

N5K-C5548UP-FA 11 2011 2022

WS-C2950G-24-EI 54 2004 2058

WS-C2950G-48-EI 29 2004 2033

WS-C2960-8TC-L 70 2007 2077

WS-C2960C-8PC-L 43 2007 2050

WS-C2960CG-8TC-L 62 2007 2069

WS-C2960S-48FPD-L 21 2011 2032

WS-C2960S-48LPS-L 23 2011 2034

WS-C2960X-24PSQ-L 53 2014 2067

WS-C2960XR-24PD-I 37 2014 2051

WS-C2960XR-24PS-I 37 2014 2051

WS-C2960XR-48FPS-I 26 2014 2040

WS-C2960XR-48LPD-I 31 2014 2045

WS-C2960XR-48LPS-I 31 2014 2045

WS-C3560-12PC-S 46 2010 2056

WS-C3560-8PC-S 42 2001 2043

WS-C3560C-12PC-S 41 2008 2049

WS-C3560CG-8PC-S 41 2008 2049

WS-C3560CX-12PC-S 63 2008 2071

WS-C3560X-24T-S 24 2011 2035

WS-C3560X-48PF-S 17 2011 2028

WS-C3650-24PD-S 60 2014 2074

WS-C3650-24PDM-S 35 2014 2049

WS-C3650-24PS-S 60 2014 2074

WS-C3650-48FD-S 44 2014 2058

WS-C3650-48FS-S 44 2016 2060

WS-C3650-48FWD-S 44 2016 2060

WS-C3650-48PD-S 44 2014 2058

WS-C3650-48PQ-S 44 2014 2058

WS-C3650-48PS-S 44 2014 2058

WS-C3750V2-24PS-S 31 2010 2041

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WS-C3750X-12S-E 22 2012 2034

WS-C3750X-24P-E 19 2013 2032

WS-C3750X-24P-S 19 2011 2030

WS-C3750X-24S-E 19 2012 2031

WS-C3750X-48P-S 16 2011 2027

WS-C3750X-48PF-S 16 2011 2027

WS-C3750X-48T-L 20 2011 2031

WS-C3750X-48T-S 20 2011 2031

WS-C3850-12S-S 36 2015 2051

WS-C3850-24P-E 31 2013 2044

WS-C3850-24P-S 31 2013 2044

WS-C3850-24S-S 34 2013 2047

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