Product Bulletin EOL1084
Cisco Systems® announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco® VPN Encryption Modules for the Cisco 2600/3600/3700 Routers (AIM-VPN and NM-VPN). The last day to order the affected products is September 7, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until September 6, 2011.
Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco VPN Encryption Module Plus (AIM-VPN-II-PLUS) for the Cisco 2600/3600/3700 Routers, which provides the same features as AIM-VPN and has Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128, 192 and 256 key performances. Information about the replacement product can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5853/products_data_sheet0900aecd804ff58a.html.
Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating to the replacement product.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco AIM-VPN and NM-VPN Modules
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
The recommended replacement for the Cisco AIM-VPN and NM-VPN modules is the AIM-VPN-II-PLUS module (Table 3), which provides all the security features and benefits of the Cisco AIM-VPN module at the similar list price, but with added performance for AES 128, 192 and 256 keys.
Table 3. Product Comparisons
Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com user ID.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the end-of-sale product through Cisco's Authorized Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units of the end-of-sale product are available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis. For information about the refurbished equipment program, go to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/ordering/or6/or17/order_refurbished_equipment_program_description.html.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the Cisco AIM-VPN-II modules, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5853/products_data_sheet0900aecd804ff58a.html or contact your local account representative.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html
To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice
