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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
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.
January 29, 2008
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.
July 29, 2008
Last Ship Date: HW
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 27, 2008
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: HW
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.
July 29, 2009
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: HW
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.
July 29, 2009
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.
July 29, 2009
End of Signature Update and Support
The last date to receive new signature updates and signature support for the product. After this date, new signature updates are unavailable.
July 29, 2011
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
October 24, 2012
Last Date of Support: HW
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.
July 28, 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
IDS-4215-4FE-K9
IDS 4215 Sensor, 80 Mbps with 4FE interface option
ASA5510-AIP10-K9
ASA 5510 Appliance with AIP-SSM-10, SW, 5FE, 3DES/AES
IDS-4215-K9
Cisco IDS 4215 Sensor, 80-Mbps
ASA5510-AIP10-K9
ASA 5510 Appliance with AIP-SSM-10, SW, 5FE, 3DES/AES
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.