Cisco 5900 Series Embedded Services Routers

Data Sheets and Product Information

Data Sheets

• Cisco 5921 Embedded Services Router Data Sheet 28-Jun-2019
• Cisco 5940 Series Embedded Services Router Data Sheet 17-Nov-2017
• Cisco 5915 Embedded Services Router Data Sheet 25-Jan-2016

End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices

• English

  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 5930 Embedded Services Router 31-Aug-2022
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 5921 Embedded Services Router 31-Aug-2022
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 5915 Embedded Services Router 11-Jan-2021
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 5940 Embedded Services Router - Air-Cooled Model 24-Aug-2018
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 5940 Embedded Services Router – Conduction-Cooled Model 17-Aug-2018
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 5940 Embedded Services Router – Rear Transmission Module 21-May-2018
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco IOS Enterprise Base images for the Cisco 5940 Embedded Services Router 13-Mar-2015
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 5940 Embedded Services Router Security Bundles 13-Mar-2015

Release and Compatibility

Release Notes

• Cisco IOS Release 15.9(3)M2 - Release Notes for Cisco 5900 Embedded Services Routers (ESR) platforms 06-Jan-2023
• Cisco IOS Release 15.9(3)M - Release Notes for Cisco 5900 Embedded Services Routers (ESR) platforms 15-Aug-2019
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.8(3)M1 21-Nov-2018
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.8(3)M 27-Jul-2018
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.7(3)M2 on the 5900 Embedded Services Routers 06-Jun-2018
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.7(3)M on the 5900 Embedded Services Routers 29-Jul-2017
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.6(2)T on the 5900 Series ESR Platforms 22-Mar-2016
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.6(1)M on the 5900 Series ESR Platforms 23-Nov-2015
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.5(3)M on the Cisco 5900 Embedded Services Routers (ESR) platforms. 27-Jul-2015
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.5(2)T on the 5900 Series Embedded Services Routers 09-Mar-2015
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.5(1)T 17-Nov-2014
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)GC3 17-Nov-2014
• Release Notes for Cisco 5940 ESR Alternate ROMMON 15.2(1r)GC6 04-Sep-2014
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.1(4)GC2 19-Aug-2014
• Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.4(3)M for the 5900 Series 17-Jul-2014

Reference

Licensing Information

• Open Source Used In the ESR5900 Series for release15.9(3)M 20-Aug-2019 (PDF - 931 KB)
• Open Source Used In the 5900 series for release 15.7(3)M2 04-Apr-2018 (PDF - 4 MB)

Install and Upgrade

Install and Upgrade Guides

• Cisco 5940 Embedded Services Router

  • Cisco 5940 Embedded Services Router Regulatory, Compliance, and Safety Information 26-Jan-2011

• Cisco 5921 Embedded Services Router

  • Cisco 5921 Embedded Services Router Integration Guide 25-Feb-2021 (PDF - 983 KB)

• Cisco 5915 Embedded Service Router

  • Cisco 5915 Embedded Services Router Hardware Technical Guide 18-Feb-2021
  • Zip file containing a Read Me file, as well as graphic and STP files 27-Mar-2020 (ZIP - 1 MB)
  • Cisco 5915 Embedded Services Router Regulatory, Compliance, and Safety Information 14-Aug-2011

Configuration

Configuration Guides

• Software Configuration Guide for the Cisco 5900 Embedded Services Routers 28-Aug-2014