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Cisco Firewall Services Module Release 4.0

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This product bulletin introduces the Cisco

Firewall Services Module (FWSM) Release

4.0 and includes the following sections:

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Introduction

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Migration Strategy

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Highlights

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Additional Information

Introduction

Release 4.0 is designed to be mainly focusing on Cisco Catalyst

6500 switch integration. The

main features of this release use the benefits of integrated aspects of a service module. This

release follows the last major Release 3.2 on FWSM (April 2007).

The features of Release 4.0 can be divided into the following categories: improved performance,

increased scalability, enhanced inspection, expanded routing protocol, and integration with

network services such as the Virtual Switching System (VSS). Not all features of this release may

be supported on both 6500 and 7600 platforms. Some features have a specific requirement about

which Cisco IOS

Software release needs to be running on the supervisor. More detailed

information regarding this can be found in the release notes and configuration guide for FWSM

Release 4.0 at

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2706/ps4452/tsd_products_support_model_h

ome.html

Migration Strategy

FWSM Release 4.0 is the latest maintenance release train for the FWSM product. As with the

previous release trains (3.1 and 3.2), Cisco will be offering periodic maintenance releases on 4.0

numbered as 4.0(x). Customers currently operating on Release 3.1(x) or 3.2(x) would be able to

upgrade/migrate transparently to the latest 4.0 release.

Release 4.0(4) has been Safe Harbor certified. For more information, visit

http://www-

europe.cisco.com/en/US/docs/safe_harbor/enterprise/fwsm/4_0_4__12_2_33_SXI/FWSM_4.0.4.pdf

Highlights

The following sections include FWSM Release 4.0 feature highlights. As mentioned earlier, this

release spans multiple categories. Table 1 shows the features divided based on Cisco IOS

Software release dependency.