Cisco Cisco IPS 4255 Sensor Guia De Informação
Product End-of-Life Notice
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End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco
IPS Event Viewer
IPS Event Viewer
EOL6498
Cisco
®
announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco IPS Event Viewer (IEV). The
last day to download the affected product(s) is December 31, 2008. Table 1 describes the end-of-
life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part
numbers affected by this announcement.
Customers are encouraged to migrate to Cisco IPS Manager Express (IME), which provides much
greater functionality, including integrated configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting
for up to five IPS sensors. Cisco IPS Manager Express is included with the Cisco IPS software and
can be downloaded from
http://www.cisco.com/go/ime
. This EOS announcement does not affect
IEV embedded in Cisco Security Manager (CSM). CSM customers with active and paid service
and support contracts will continue to receive support of IEV embedded in CSM.
Table 1.
End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco IPS Event Viewer
Milestone
Definition
Date
End-of-Life Announcement
Date
Date
The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life
of a product is distributed to the general public.
of a product is distributed to the general public.
August 25, 2008
End-of-Sale Date
The last date to download the product from Cisco website. The product
is no longer available for download after this date.
is no longer available for download after this date.
December 31, 2008
End of SW Maintenance
Releases Date: App. SW
Releases Date: App. SW
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.
December 31, 2008
Last Date of Support: App.
SW
SW
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.
date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the
product becomes obsolete.
December 31, 2008
OS SW = Operating System Software
App. SW = Application Software
Table 2.
Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part
Number
Number
Product Description
Replacement Product Part
Number
Number
Replacement Product
Description
Description
IEV
Cisco IPS Event Viewer
IME
Cisco IPS Manager Express
Product Migration Options
Customers using stand-alone IEV are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco IPS Manager Express
(IME). Information about this product can be found at
http://www.cisco.com/go/ime
. This EOS
announcement applies to stand-alone IEV only. CSM customers with active and paid service and
support contracts will continue to receive support of IEV embedded in CSM.