Sonus End of Product Sale Policy - Revised 9-12-13 - Sonus Networks

8.0 DEFINITIONSCustomerTermEnd of Product SaleEnd of Product SaleNotification (EOPS) DateEnd of Support Life(EOSL)Explicitly CertifiedGeneral Availability (GA)HardwareLast Order Date (LOD)Maintenance ReleaseManufacturingDiscontinuation (MD)Major ReleaseMinor ReleaseDefinitionFor purposes of this support policy, Customer may mean the directpurchaser from Sonus, or as applicable, the end user of a ChannelPartnerDate Sonus discontinues a Product which is the last date that theProduct is manufactured (See Manufacturing Discontinuation (MD)below)Date the Sonus EOPS notification bulletin is issued to announce theEnd of Product Sale for a Product. This Sonus bulletin indicates thescheduled dates for remaining EOL milestones and provides toCustomers additional information and implications of the announcedEOPS for a ProductDate that Sonus Customer Service discontinues Support Services for aProductSonus Release Notes associated with the applicable Software whichexplicitly identifies the EOPS Hardware as a valid platform to executethe applicable SoftwareDate the Hardware or Software Product is Generally Available forCustomer in production networks. A Sonus Product bulletin is issuedannouncing availabilityThe computer equipment and related accessories or partsLast date an order may be placed for a ProductAn incremental release of Software that provides maintenance fixesbug fixes and patches. Maintenance Releases are designated by Sonusas a change in the “z” digit(s) in the software version number [x.y.(z)]Last date Sonus Manufacturing will manufacture a Product. After thisdate, Sonus Manufacturing no longer builds, packages, or maintainsstocking levels of the Product.A platform release of Software that provides additional softwarefeatures and/or functions. Major Releases are designated by Sonus asa change in the “x” digit(s) of the software version number [(x).y.z]An incremental release of Software that provides additional softwarefeatures. Minor releases are designated by Sonus as a change in the “y”digit(s) of the software version number [x.(y).z]Platform Hardware Platform – can be either a standalone Hardwaresolution delivering feature functionality or a chassis solutiondelivering feature functionality or a chassis based solutionwith interchangeable modulesRelease NamingConventionSoftwareSoftware Platform – Can be either a major Software releasedelivering new feature functionality or sold as SoftwaresolutionFor the purposes of Software entitlement the typical release namingconvention for Sonus releases is x.y.z where x=Major release, y=Minorrelease and z=Maintenance releaseThe object code instructions for a Software Product10