Citrix Systems, Inc. announces a Notice of Status Change for the Citrix ADC (NetScaler) MPX 5550, MPX 5650, MPX 8005, MPX 8005c, MPX 8010, MPX 8200, MPX 8400, MPX 8600, MPX 8800, SDX 8015, SDX 8400, and SDX 8600.

The tables below explain the Citrix ADC life cycle management milestones as well as important information regarding dates and options during this period. The dates and milestones provided are in accordance with stated End of Life/End of Support policies for Citrix Systems, Inc.

Table 1. Milestones and Dates for these models

Milestone	Definition	Date
Notice of Change (NSC)	The NSC date is the date on which Citrix announces the intent to initiate the lifecycle management process for a hardware platform.	July 1, 2018
End of Sale (EOS)	The date on which Citrix will no longer offer the product.	January 1, 2019
End of Upgrades	The date on which platform, edition and Pooled Capacity upgrade SKUs will no longer be available.	January 1, 2023
End of Life date (EOL)	The EOL milestone signals the point at which no support or maintenance is provided. Product information will be limited to the historical material available on MyCitrix.com or other online resources and is subject to removal beyond this date.	January 1, 2024

Products Affected

The product numbers affected by this announcement and their replacements are listed in Table 2 (below). The products listed in the Product Replacement / Alternatives column represent the migration path for this discontinued platform.

Table 2. Product part numbers affected by this announcement

Product Description	Software Versions affected	Product Replacement / Alternatives
NetScaler MPX 5550/5650/8005/8005c/8200/8400/8600	N/A	Citrix ADC MPX 5901/5905/8905
NetScaler MPX 8010/8800	N/A	Citrix ADC MPX 8910
NetScaler MPX/SDX 8015/SDX 8400/8600	N/A	Citrix ADC MPX/SDX 8920/8930

(Note: 5xxx/8xxx upgrade SKUs and 8000Z upgrade SKUs for these models will be available until the year before EOL).

Customer Actions

The notice-of-change also applies to all function modules when deployed on the aforementioned hardware platforms, including Application Delivery Controller, Web AppFirewall, and Citrix Gateway (NetScaler Gateway).  Citrix recommends that existing customers take steps to upgrade to the latest Citrix ADC platform so that they can take advantage of the upgraded features and performance. This will ensure the best transition of the product.

For More Information

For more information about the Citrix ADC series of application delivery systems, visit http://www.citrix.com/netscaler or contact your local Citrix sales representative or authorized Citrix business partner.

Citrix Systems, Inc. announces the future End-of-Sale (EOS) for the Citrix ADC (NetScaler) MPX 5550, MPX 5650, MPX 8005, MPX 8005c, MPX 8010, MPX 8200, MPX 8400, MPX 8600, MPX 8800, SDX 8015, SDX 8400, and SDX 8600.