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Cisco on combatting the Gray Market Fraudsters

An interesting article popped up recently on CRN about how Cisco battles the supply of Gray Market gear. Read the article here.

It serves as a reminder that in these times of limited supply, that if a company selling gear says it's 'in stock' when other genuine partners are quoting a lead time - it may be gray market equipment.  

Gray market products, gear sold legally outside the brand’s permission by unauthorized dealers as well as fake and altered Cisco products, are undercutting legitimate business for solution providers to the tune of $1.2 billion a year. 

There is also a lot of second hand, or worse stolen gear that is still tied to some other company's dashboard floating around. Cisco won't offer warranty on this gear if it fails, as the warranty sits with the original end user only. 

Cloudifi, Inc. is a fully authorized Cisco Registered Select Partner and reseller of legitimate Cisco equipment only.  We have been working with Cisco Meraki for over 7 years in the USA and have hundreds of satisfied customers here.

End of Sale Announcement - MR30H

End of Sale Announcement - MX64

Cisco Meraki is announcing the end-of-sale for the following product, in accordance with our End-of-Sale (EOS) Policy for Meraki cloud managed networking products. The MX64 and MX64W security and SD-WAN appliance has been replaced with the following product, which is functionally equivalent:

Cisco Meraki expect to be accepting final orders for this product through July 26, 2022. However, the final date will depend on the availability of stock and, at Cisco Meraki's discretion, the actual end-of-sale date may be earlier than July 26, 2022. End-of-Support date for this product will be July 26, 2027. 

Long Lead Times on many Meraki Hardware Products

To all our valued customers, unfortunately with the ongoing supply issues associated with Covid 19 shutdowns there are long lead times on many Meraki products including almost all MR Access Points, MS Switches, MX Security Appliances and MV Cameras. 

The lead time document here will be updated weekly. 

End of Sale Announcement - MA-INJ-4-US Power Injector

End of Sale Announcement - MX84

Cisco Meraki is announcing the upcoming end-of-sale for the following product:

MX84-HW  -  Meraki MX84 Router/Security Appliance

The following products, which are functionally equivalent, will replace the above product starting October 31st , 2021:

MX85-HW  - Meraki MX85 Router/Security Appliance

Meraki expects to be accepting final orders for this product through October 31st , 2021. However, the final date will depend on the availability of stock and, at Cisco Meraki's discretion, the actual end-of-sale date may be earlier than October 31st , 2021.

End-of-Sale Milestones • End-of-Sales Announcement: August 10th, 2021 • End-of-Sales Date: October 31st , 2021 • End-of-Support Date: October 31st, 2026

End of Sale Announcement - MX100

Cisco Meraki is announcing the upcoming end-of-sale for the following product:

MX100-HW - Meraki MX100 Router/Security Appliance

The following products, which are functionally equivalent, will replace the above product starting October 31st , 2021:

MX105-HW - Meraki MX105 Router/Security Appliance

We expect to be accepting final orders for this product through October 31st , 2021. However, the final date will depend on the availability of stock and, at Cisco Meraki's discretion, the actual end-of-sale date may be earlier than October 31st , 2021. 

End-of-Sales Announcement: August 10th, 2021 • End-of-Sales Date: October 31st , 2021 • End-of-Support Date: October 31st, 2026