Cisco
announced the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco ASA 5540 Adaptive
Security Appliances. The last day to order the affected product(s) is
September 16, 2013. Customers with active service contracts will continue
to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in
Table1 of the EoL bulletin. Table1 describes the end-of-life milestones,
definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table2 lists the product
part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and
paid service and support contracts, support will be available under the terms
and conditions of customers' service contract.
This end-of-sale notice is part of a
broader end-of-sale announcement for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series appliances that covers ASA 5510, ASA 5520, ASA 5540, and
ASA 5550, including hardware accessories. Please refer to the respective
end-of-sale notices for more detail. Software licenses on the Cisco ASA 5540
have not reached their end-of-sale date.
The Cisco ASA 9.1 is the last software
release that will be supported on ASA 5540 and other ASA 5500 appliances that
have reached their end-of-sale date. Customers are encouraged to migrate to the
newer ASA 5500-X Series of next-generation firewalls (NGFW), which includes the
ASA 5512-X, ASA 5515-X, ASA 5525-X, ASA 5545-X, and ASA 5555-X.
Table1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco ASA
5540 Adaptive Security Appliances
HW=Hardware
OS SW=Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software
Note that the ASA 5500 appliances
(including the ASA 5540) do NOT support NGFW services (AVC and WSE), whereas
all ASA 5500-X appliances (including the ASA 5545-X) have been designed
ground-up to run multiple services, including the NGFW services, without
sacrificing performance.
Table2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
Product
Migration Options
Customers are
encouraged to migrate to the newer Cisco ASA 5500-X Series, specifically the
Cisco ASA 5545-X Adaptive Security Appliance, which offers increased
throughput, better interface density, dual power supplies, and the ability to
run services like IPS, AVC (Application Visibility and Control),WSE (Web
Security Essentials), etc., without requiring a separate hardware module. Refer
to the table below for a detailed comparison between the ASA 5540 and ASA 5545-X.
Customers can also upgrade to the Cisco ASA 5555-X, which offers
top-of-the-line performance and better scaling numbers than the ASA 5545-X.
Table3. Product Comparisons
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Notes:
Customers may be able to use the Cisco
Technology Migration Program (TMP) where applicable to trade-in eligible
products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For
more information about Cisco TMP, customers should work with their Cisco
Partner or Cisco account team. Cisco Partners can find additional TMP
information on Partner Central at http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html
Customers may be able to continue to
purchase the Cisco ASA 5540 Adaptive Security Appliances through the Cisco
Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in
limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served
basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached. For information about
the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program, go to: www.cisco.com/go/eos
Service prices for Cisco products are
subject to change after the product End of Sale date.
The Cisco Takeback and Recycle program
helps businesses dispose properly of surplus products that have reached their
end of useful life. The program is open to all business users of Cisco
equipment and its associated brands and subsidiaries. For more information, go
to:
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html
More about EoL and EoS of Cisco ASA 5540
you can refer to
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/eol_C51-727354.html
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