Cisco DES/3DES VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK ENCRYPTION AIM FOR 2600-BASE PERFORMANCE Specification Guide
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Product Bulletin EOL1084
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco
®
VPN
Encryption Modules for the Cisco 2600/3600/3700 Routers
(AIM-VPN and NM-VPN)
(AIM-VPN and NM-VPN)
Cisco Systems
®
announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco
®
VPN Encryption Modules for the
Cisco 2600/3600/3700 Routers (AIM-VPN and NM-VPN). The last day to order the affected products is September 7, 2006.
Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC)
until September 6, 2011.
Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product. Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this
announcement.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco VPN Encryption Module Plus (AIM-VPN-II-PLUS) for the Cisco 2600/3600/3700 Routers, which
provides the same features as AIM-VPN and has Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128, 192 and 256 key performances. Information about the
replacement product can be found at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5853/products_data_sheet0900aecd804ff58a.html
.
Table 3 provides relevant information for migrating to the replacement product.
Table 1.
End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco AIM-VPN and NM-VPN Modules
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.
March 9, 2006
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.
September 7, 2006
Last Shipment Date
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers.
Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
December 6, 2006
End of Routine Failure
Analysis Date
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of
product failure or defect.
September 7, 2007
End of New Service
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 and/or software to an
existing service-and-support contract.
September 7, 2007
End of Service Contract
Renewal Date
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
December 3, 2010
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.
September 6, 2011