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EOL6235, Amended
Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco IDS 4215 Sensor. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 29, 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.
Customers with the Cisco IDS 4215 Sensor are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco ASA 5510 Adaptive Security Appliance Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) solution with Advanced Inspection and Prevention Security Services Module AIP-SSM-10. The Cisco ASA 5510 IPS solution with AIP-SSM-10 provides a higher IPS throughput of up to 150 Mbps plus industry-leading firewall protection. Customers requiring promiscuous mode (non-inline) deployments are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco IPS 4240 Sensor, which supports up to 250 Mbps of IPS throughput. Customers needing higher-performance, inline solutions can consider the IPS 4240 or the ASA 5510 IPS solution with AIP-SSM-20, which provides performance matched firewall and IPS throughput of up to 300 Mbps in a single integrated appliance.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco IDS 4215 Sensor
HW = Hardware
OS SW = Operating System Software
App. SW = Application Software
Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
Product Migration Options
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco ASA 5510 Adaptive Security Appliance Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) with Advanced Inspection and Prevention Security Services Module AIP-SSM-10. This solution provides a higher IPS throughput of up to 150 Mbps, plus industry-leading firewall protection. The AIP-SSM-10 supports inline, promiscuous, and hybrid deployment modes, but the host ASA firewall must be deployed inline. Customers requiring higher-performance deployments can purchase the Cisco IPS 4240 Sensor, which supports up to 250 Mbps of IPS throughput. The IPS 4240 supports inline, promiscuous, and hybrid deployment modes. Customers needing higher-performance inline solutions are encouraged to migrate to the ASA 5510 IPS solution with AIP-SSM-20, which provides performance-matched firewall and IPS throughput of up to 300 Mbps in a single integrated appliance. Information about the Cisco ASA 5500 Series IPS solution can be found at http://www.cisco.com/go/asaips. Information about the Cisco IPS 4240 Sensor can be found at http://www.cisco.com/go/4200.
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 IDS 4215 Sensor 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
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End of Sale date.
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco ASA 5510 Adaptive Security Appliance with AIP-SSM-10 module, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6825/index.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.