Cisco Cisco ASA 5550 Adaptive Security Appliance Hoja De Datos
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Table 1.
Release Version Scheme and Cadence
Version Scheme
Cadence
Extended Maintenance Release
x.even.1
● 9.6.1
● 9.8.1
● 9.8.1
Every spring (12 months)
Standard Maintenance Release
x.odd.{1,
2,…, n}
● 9.5.2
● 9.7.1
● 9.7.1
Every summer and winter (4, 8 months after
Extended Maintenance Release respectively)
Extended Maintenance Release respectively)
In 2016, the release cadence and numbering scheme were off cycle to address special situation. They are listed
below.
Version Scheme
Release Time Frame
Extended Maintenance Release
9.6.2
FCS’ed in August 2016
Standard Maintenance Release
9.7.1
Winter 2016
The Extended Maintenance Release’s 36 months of engineering support provides ample time for customers to
enjoy a stable platform with yearly opportunities to migrate to the next Extended Maintenance Release every
spring. Those customers seeking the latest features can do so every summer and fall by migrating to the Standard
Maintenance Release, which is supported by engineering for 18 months. The natural migration path is to the next
Extended Maintenance Release the following spring as shows in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Cisco ASA Software Release Train Delivery
Customer Notifications
Cisco will issue individual EoL bulletins for each software release affected by an EoL plan. Standard Maintenance
Releases will have an EoL announcement published around the First-Customer-Ship (FCS) timeframe. Extended
Maintenance Releases will have an EoL announcement published approximately 12 months after FCS.