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Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco PIX Security Appliance Software v6.3. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 28, 2008. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.
Cisco PIX Security Appliance customers are encouraged to migrate to Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances. Built on the same software foundation as Cisco PIX Security Appliances, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series offers more robust firewall and IPsec VPN capabilities, as well as many additional benefits, including:
• Significantly better performance and scalability
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN support (including clientless, portal-based remote access)
• Advanced Unified Communications (voice/video) security
• A modular design that allows you to add features such as intrusion prevention (IPS), anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-phishing, and URL filtering.
Migration to the Cisco ASA 5500 Series is straightforward. Customers can take advantage of their knowledge and investment in Cisco PIX Security Appliances, because there are essentially no changes in user interface, operations, or training.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco PIX Security Appliance Software v6.3
HW = Hardware
OS SW = Operating System Software
App. SW = Application Software
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
Product Migration Options
Cisco PIX Security Appliance customers running version 6.3 software are encouraged to migrate to Cisco ASA 5500 Adaptive Security Appliances running either version 7.0 or version 7.2 software. These software releases have introduced nearly 100 new features combined, including innovations in the areas of more granular policies via the new Modular Policy Framework, advanced application-layer firewall inspection services, high availability, network integration, and remote management. A feature comparison summary is shown below. For more information, please review the release notes for each specific software release.
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 Cisco PIX Security Appliance Software v6.3 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 http://www.cisco.com/go/eos.
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco ASA 5500 Adaptive Security Appliance Software v7.0 or v7.2, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/asa, 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/pcgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice.