EOL/EOS for the Cisco Firewall Services Module Software Release 2.2(1)

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Updated:September 24, 2007

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Cisco ® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Firewall Services Module Software Release 2.2(1). The last day to order the affected product(s) is March 31, 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.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Firewall Services Module Software Release 2.2(1)


Milestone	Definition	Date
End-of-Life Announcement Date	The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to the general public.	October 1, 2007
End-of-Sale Date	The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.	March 31, 2008
Last Ship Date: OS SW	The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.	June 29, 2008
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: OS SW	The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.	March 31, 2009
End of New Service Attachment Date: OS SW	For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract.	March 31, 2009
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: OS SW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	June 26, 2012
Last Date of Support:	The last date to receive service and support for the product. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.	March 30, 2013

HW = Hardware

OS SW = Operating System Software

App. SW = Application Software

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement


End-of-Sale Product Part Number	Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number	Replacement Product Description
SC-SVC-FWM-2.2-K9	Firewall Module Software 2.2 for 6500, 2 free VFW	See Product Migration Options section for details.	Firewall Module Software 3.2 for 6500,2 free VFW
SC-SVC-FWM-2.2-K9=	Firewall Module Software 2.2 for 6500, 2 free VFW	See Product Migration Options section for details.	Firewall Module Software 3.2 for 6500,2 free VFW

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco Firewall Services Module Software Release 3.2. Information about this product can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps2706/ps4452/product_data_sheet0900aecd803e69c3.html.

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: https://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.

Customers may be able to continue to purchase the end-of-sale product through the Cisco Certified 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://cisco.com/go/remarketing.

For More Information

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.

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