1. Large Equipment and Project Planning Marla Meehl and Teresa Shibao July 22, 2008 Marla Meehl and Teresa Shibao July 22, 2008

2. Why was this Spreadsheet created?  A way to keep track of equipment replacement  A way to budget  Equipment purchases  Project spending  Other recurring or cyclical costs  A way to support strategic plan recommendations  A way to justify budget requests  A way to keep track of equipment replacement  A way to budget  Equipment purchases  Project spending  Other recurring or cyclical costs  A way to support strategic plan recommendations  A way to justify budget requests

3. Keeping Track of Equipment  Cisco has a clear policy and notices  Other vendors not so clear  UPSs - batteries and units  Wireless WAN  Desktops and laptops  Fiber equipment (Adva)  Other routers (Juniper)  Cisco has a clear policy and notices  Other vendors not so clear  UPSs - batteries and units  Wireless WAN  Desktops and laptops  Fiber equipment (Adva)  Other routers (Juniper)

4. Cisco End-Of-Life Policy  Notice provided 6 months before product End of Sale  Support provided  5 years for Hardware RMAs for hardware  5 years for Cisco OS software Bug fixes and maintenance releases  3 years for Application software  Maintenance Contract cannot extend beyond End of Life  Notice provided 6 months before product End of Sale  Support provided  5 years for Hardware RMAs for hardware  5 years for Cisco OS software Bug fixes and maintenance releases  3 years for Application software  Maintenance Contract cannot extend beyond End of Life

5. Cisco Definitions  Cisco OS software  IOS  CatOS  Application software  Cisco software that requires the presence of some non-Cisco operating system software  Cisco OS software  IOS  CatOS  Application software  Cisco software that requires the presence of some non-Cisco operating system software

6. The Spreadsheet  The data  The purpose of the various tabs  How it helps with “The Big Picture”  Still fine tuning  The data  The purpose of the various tabs  How it helps with “The Big Picture”  Still fine tuning

7. Questions