HPE Network Automation - Feature Obsolescence Announcement of cisco.com Integration

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is announcing feature obsolescence impacting HPE Network Automation (NA) customers effective as of the dates set forth below. Integration between NA and cisco.com for the purpose of software image management (SWIM) is no longer provided starting with the NA 10.20 release.  While NA still supports device image upgrade functionality in general, the ability to receive upgrade recommendations and download images from cisco.com directly into NA is no longer included starting with NA 10.20.  NA 10.10 and prior versions will continue to provide integration with cisco.com, however with limited support pursuant to HPE’s Software Support Policy.

This letter is for NA support customers worldwide, to inform you of our feature obsolescence plans regarding integration with cisco.com and NA.  This includes customers of HPE suites that include NA 10.10 or older, including Automated Network Management (ANM) 9.x, Data Center Automation (DCA) 2016.01, Cloud Orchestration Suite (COS) 2016.01, and Helion Cloud Suite (HCS) 2016.07.

NA included a SWIM module from Cisco for the purpose of integration with cisco.com for Cisco image upgrade recommendations and direct image download into NA.  HPE’s agreement with Cisco to distribute this module is ending and so, HPE can no longer distribute it as part of NA.  Starting with NA 10.20, this SWIM module is no longer part of the NA media or feature set.  All older NA releases prior to NA 10.20 containing this Cisco module must be removed from HPE download portals by August 31, 2017.  This is also true for suites including NA 10.10 or older, including ANM 9.x, DCA 2016.01, COS 2016.01, and HCS 2016.07.  If you need a copy of NA media to update to newer versions of NA, please ensure that you download such media prior to August 31, 2017.  Future NA releases and suites that include NA will not contain the Cisco SWIM module.

Due to the ending of the agreement with Cisco, support from Cisco for this module is also ending.  While support for NA as a whole continues until the obsolescence of the related NA version, support for the Cisco SWIM related features in NA releases prior to NA 10.20 is now limited pursuant to HPE’s Software Support Policy.

Updates to NA 10.20 are supported directly from NA 10.0x and NA 10.1x.  If you are running a version of NA older than NA 10.00, HPE recommends that you download newer NA media prior to August 31, 2017 and update to at least version 10.00 of NA. NA 10.0x and NA 10.1x can be updated directly to NA 10.20. NA 9.2x and older must first be updated to NA 10.00 or NA 10.10 before you can update to NA 10.20.

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This End of Sale date is covered by version 5 of the HPE Supported Version Policy; see Definitions of terms.