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EOS/EOL Announcement for the Cisco IDS 4250-TX Appliance Sensor

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Cisco® announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco IDS 4250-TX Appliance Sensor. The last day to order the affected product(s) is May 31, 2005. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. 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. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco IDS 4250-TX Appliance Sensor

Milestone

Definition

Date

End-of-Life 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.

December 1, 2004

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.

May 31, 2005

Last Ship Date: HW

The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.

August 31, 2005

End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: HW

The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of product failure or defect.

May 31, 2006

End of New Service Attachment Date: HW

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.

May 31, 2006

End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.

February 28, 2009

End of Signature Update and Support

The last date to receive new signature updates and signature support for the product. After this date, new signature updates are unavailable.

May 31, 2009

Last Date of Support: HW

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.

May 31, 2010

HW = Hardware

OS SW = Operating System Software

App. SW = Application Software

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

Product Description

Replacement Product Part Number

Replacement Product Description

IDS-4250-TX-K9

4250 Sensor (chassis, s/w, SSH, 10/100/1000BaseT w/ RJ-45)

See Product Migration Options section for details.

Cisco IPS 4255 sensor

Product Migration Options

Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco IPS 4255 Appliance Sensor. Information about this product can be found at http://www.cisco.com/go/4200.
Customers can use the Cisco Technology Migration Plan (TMP) to trade in products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/tradein/. The Cisco TMP application requires all users to have a Cisco.com user ID.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco IDS 4250-TX Appliance Sensor through the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached. For information about the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/eos
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End of Sale date.

For More Information

For more information about the Cisco IPS 4255 Appliance Sensor, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/4200, or contact your local account representative.
To request information about the Cisco IPS 4255 Appliance Sensor, send an e-mail to ask-ips-pm@cisco.com.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html.
To subscribe to receive end-of-life/end-of-sale information, go to http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice