End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 Series Security Appliance and 5 YR Subscriptions

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Overview

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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 Series Security Appliance and 5 YR Subscriptions. The last day to order the affected product(s) is August 2, 2021. 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 under the terms and conditions of customers' service contract.

This notification is applicable to Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 appliance with Cisco ASA Software, Cisco  ASA  w/Firepower Services and Firepower Threat Defense.

End-of-life milestones

Table 1.        End-of-life milestones and dates for the Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 Series Security Appliance and 5 YR Subscriptions

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.

February 1, 2021

End-of-Sale Date:
HW,License

The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.

August 2, 2021

Last Ship Date:
HW,License

The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.

October 31, 2021

End of Routine Failure Analysis Date:
HW

The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect.

August 2, 2022

End of New Service Attachment Date:
HW

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.

August 2, 2022

End of Signature Release Date:
APP SW

The date after which there will be no more signature update release for Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 Series Security Appliance and 5 YR Subscriptions products going end of life

August 31, 2026

End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
HW

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.

October 28, 2025

Last Date of Support:
HW

The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.

August 31, 2026

HW = Hardware          OS SW = Operating System Software      App. SW = Application Software

Product part numbers

Table 2.        Product part numbers affected by this announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

Product Description

Replacement Product Part Number

Replacement Product Description

Additional Information

ASA5508

ASA 5508-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, DES

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5508-BRACKET=

ASA 5508-X Bracket Spare

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5508-CTRL-LIC

Cisco ASA5508 Control License

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5508-CTRL-LIC=

Cisco ASA5508 Control License

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5508-FIPS-KIT=

ASA 5508-X FIPS KIt

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5508-FTD-K9

ASA 5508-X with Firepower Threat Defense, 8GE, AC

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

ASA5508-K8

ASA 5508-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, DES

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5508-K9

ASA 5508-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, 3DES/AES

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5508-SEC-PL

ASA 5508-X Sec. Plus Lic. w/ HA, Sec Ctxt, more VLAN + Conns

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5508-SSD

ASA 5508-X SSD

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5508-SSD++=

ASA 5508-X SSD

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5508-SSD=

ASA 5508-X SSD

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5516

ASA 5516-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, DES

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5516-BRACKET=

ASA 5516-X Bracket Spare

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5516-CTRL-LIC

Cisco ASA5516 Control License

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5516-CTRL-LIC=

Cisco ASA5516 Control License

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5516-FIPS-KIT=

ASA 5516-X FIPS KIt

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5516-FIPS-KIT

^ASA 5516-X FIPS KIt

There is currently no replacement product available for this product.

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ASA5516-FPWR-K8

ASA 5516-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, DES

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

ASA5516-FPWR-K9

ASA 5516-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, 3DES/AES

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

ASA5516-FTD-K9

ASA 5516-X with Firepower Threat Defense, 8GE, AC

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

ASA5516-SSD

ASA 5516-X SSD

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5516-SSD++=

ASA 5516-X SSD

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5516-SSD=

ASA 5516-X SSD

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5516T-BASE

Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Base License

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5500-SC-5

ASA 5500 5 Security Contexts License

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5500-SC-5=

ASA 5500 5 Security Contexts License

There is currently no replacement product available for this product.

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ASA5500-ENCR-K7

ASA 5500 Strong Encryption License (3DES/AES) for NPE HW

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5500-ENCR-K8

ASA 5500 Base Encryption Level (DES)

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5500-ENCR-K9

ASA 5500 Strong Encryption License (3DES/AES)

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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L-ASA5508-AMP-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER AMP 5YR Subscription

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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L-ASA5508-P-5Y

Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5508 5yr subscr

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5508-TA-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS 5YR Subscription

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5508-TAC-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS and URL 5YR Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5508-TAM-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS and AMP 5YR Subs.

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5508-TAMC-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS, AMP and URL 5YR Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5508-URL-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER URL Filtering 5YR Subscription

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5508T-AMP-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense Malware Protection 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5508T-T-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense Threat Protection 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5508T-TC-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense Threat and URL 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5508T-TM-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense Threat and Malware 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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L-ASA5508T-TMC-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense Threat, Malware and URL 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5508T-URL-5Y

Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense URL Filtering 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5516-AMP-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER AMP 5YR Subscription

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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L-ASA5516-P-5Y

Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5516 5yr subscr

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

L-ASA5516-TA-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS 5YR Subscription

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5516-TAC-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS and URL 5YR Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5516-TAM-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS and AMP 5YR Subs.

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

L-ASA5516-TAMC-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS, AMP and URL 5YR Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5516-URL-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER URL Filtering 5YR Subscription

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5516T-AMP-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Malware Protection 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5516T-T-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Threat Protection 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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L-ASA5516T-TC-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Threat and URL 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-ASA5516T-TM-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Threat and Malware 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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L-ASA5516T-TMC-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Threat, Malware and URL 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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L-ASA5516T-URL-5Y

Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense URL Filtering 5Y Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-S-ASA5508-P-5Y

SVP Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5508 5yr subscr

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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L-S-ASA5508-PN-5Y

SVP Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5508 with FPWR 5yr sub

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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L-S-ASA5508-TA-5Y

SVP Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS 5YR Subscription

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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L-S-ASA5508-TAC-5Y

SVP Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS and URL 5YR Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-S-ASA5508-TAM-5Y

SVP Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS and AMP 5YR Subs.

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

L-S-ASA5508-TAMC5Y

SVP Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS, AMP and URL 5YR Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

L-S-ASA5516-P-5Y

SVP Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5516 5yr subscr

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

L-S-ASA5516-PN-5Y

SVP Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5516 with FPWR 5yr sub

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

L-S-ASA5516-TA-5Y

SVP Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS 5YR Subscription

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

L-S-ASA5516-TAC-5Y

SVP Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS and URL 5YR Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

L-S-ASA5516-TAM-5Y

SVP Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS and AMP 5YR Subs.

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

-

-

L-S-ASA5516-TAMC5Y

SVP Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS, AMP and URL 5YR Subs

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

ASA5508-FPWR-BUN

ASA 5508-X with FirePOWER Svcs. Chassis and Subs. Bundle

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

ASA5508-FTD-BUN

ASA 5508-X Firepower Threat Defense Chassis & Subs. Bundle

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

ASA5508-FTD-HA-BUN

Cissco ASA5508X Firepower Threat Defense Chss,Subs HA Bundle

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

ASA5516-FTD-HA-BUN

Cissco ASA5516X Firepower Threat Defense Chss,Subs HA Bundle

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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ASA5516-FTD-BUN

ASA 5516-X Firepower Threat Defense Chassis, Subs, Bundle

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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-

ASA5516-FPWR-BUN

ASA 5516-X with FirePOWER Svcs. Chassis, Subs, FireSight Mgr

See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product.

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Product migration options

The migration solution for the ASA5508 and ASA5516 is the Cisco Firepower 1000 Series Appliances. See the following link for more information https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/firepower-1000-series/datasheet-c78-742469.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 Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 Series Security Appliance and 5 YR Subscriptions 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: https://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 properly dispose 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: https://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html.

For more information

For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.html.

For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_warranties_listing.html.

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