Cisco Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Intrusion Detection System (IDSM-1) Module Informationshandbuch
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Product Bulletin
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Catalyst
6000 Series Intrusion Detection System
6000 Series Intrusion Detection System
(IDSM-1)
Services Module
Cisco Systems
®
announces the end of life of the Cisco
®
Catalyst
®
6500 Series
Intrusion Detection System (IDSM-1) Services Module for the Cisco Catalyst 6000
and 6500 series switches. The last day to order the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
IDSM-1 is April 20, 2003. Customers will continue to receive support from the Cisco
Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until April 20, 2008 with signature support being
provided until April 20, 2004. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones,
definitions, and dates for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series IDSM-1.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the second generation Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
IDSM-2 Services Module. This module provides five times the performance and a vastly
improved feature set. Information about the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series IDSM-2 Services
Module is available at:
http://www.cisco.com/go/ids
Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating from the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
IDSM-1 to the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series IDSM-2.
Table 1
End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series IDSM-1
Milestone
Definition
Date
End-of-life
announcement date
announcement date
The date the end-of-sale and end-of-life
announcement is distributed to the general
public.
announcement is distributed to the general
public.
March 20, 2003
End of sale date
The last date to order the product through
Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is
no longer for sale.
Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is
no longer for sale.
April 20, 2003
Last shipment date
The last possible date that Cisco or its contract
manufacturers will ship the affected product.
manufacturers will ship the affected product.
April 30, 2003
End of software
maintenance
releases date
maintenance
releases date
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.
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.
April 20, 2004
End of routine
failure analysis date
failure analysis date
The last possible date a routine failure analysis
may be performed to determine the cause of
product failure or defect.
may be performed to determine the cause of
product failure or defect.
April 20, 2004
End of new service
attachment date
attachment date
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 or software to an
existing service-and-support contract.
by a service-and-support contract, this is the
last date to order a new service-and-support
contract or add the equipment or software to an
existing service-and-support contract.
October 20, 2003