Cisco Cisco VPN Acceleration Module Guía De Información
Product End-of-Life Notice
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End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco
VPN Acceleration Module (VAM) and VPN Acceleration
Module 2 (VAM2) and Associated VAM and VAM2
Integrated Security Bundles
VPN Acceleration Module (VAM) and VPN Acceleration
Module 2 (VAM2) and Associated VAM and VAM2
Integrated Security Bundles
EOL3117
Cisco Systems
®
announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life for the Cisco
®
VPN Acceleration
Module (VAM) and VPN Acceleration Module 2 (VAM2) and associated Cisco 7200 Series and
7301 integrated security bundles. The last day to order the affected products is April 28, 2006.
Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical
Assistance Center (TAC) until April 29, 2011. The last Cisco IOS
®
Software release supported with
Cisco VAM and VAM2 is 12.4(15)T up until the end of software maintenance milestone is reached.
Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected products. Table
2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco VPN Acceleration Module 2+ (VAM2+), which
supports Data Encryption Standard (DES), Triple DES (3DES), and Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES) 128-bit keys, and adds hardware-acceleration for 192- and 256-bit AES keys. Information
about the replacement product can be found at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6075/index.html
Table 3 provides information for migrating to the replacement product.
Table 1.
End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for Cisco VAM and VAM2 and Associated Cisco 7200 Series
and 7301 Bundles
Milestone
Definition
Date
End-of-Life
Announcement Date
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.
product is distributed to the general public.
November 1, 2005
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.
The product is no longer for sale after this date.
April 28, 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.
manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
July 31, 2006
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.
maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no
longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.
Nov 30, 2009
End of Routine Failure
Analysis Date
Analysis Date
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to
determine the cause of product failure or defect.
determine the cause of product failure or defect.
April 30, 2007
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 and/or software to an existing service-and-support
contract.
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.
April 30, 2007
End of Service Contract
Renewal Date
Renewal Date
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
October 30, 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.
all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes
obsolete.
April 29, 2011
Table 2.
Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement