Cisco Cisco ASA 5545-X Adaptive Security Appliance Hoja De Datos

 

 

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Release Version Scheme and Cadence 

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●  9.6.1 
●  9.8.1 

Every spring (12 months) 

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●  9.5.2 
●  9.7.1 

Every summer and winter (4, 8 months after 
Extended Maintenance Release respectively) 

In 2016, the release cadence and numbering scheme were off cycle to address special situation. They are listed 

below. 

9.6.2 

FCS’ed in August 2016 

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.