Cisco Active Advisor

Cisco Active Advisor is a cloud-based service that provides essential lifecycle information about your network inventory. Available by itself, or as a component of other Cisco network management applications, it helps you reduce your network's overall risk by keeping you up-to-date on the status of your products.

Cisco Active Advisor shows the following information:

• Warranty and service contract status
• Product advisories, including Product Security Incident Response Teams (PSIRTs) and field notices
• End-of-life notifications for hardware and software

Cisco Active Advisor is free, and you can access it anytime.

Features and Capabilities

Reduce Overall Network Risk

• Stay updated with essential Cisco product information.
• Set up notifications about lifecycle milestones that may compromise network security or integrity.

Lifecycle Information Available in Minutes

• Quickly and efficiently see product status.
• Data available shortly after scanning a network using Cisco Scanner, or through an upload from another Cisco management tool.

Intuitive User Interface

• Highlights important warnings requiring network administrator attention.
• Includes expiration dates of warranty, service contracts, end-of-life milestones, and advisories.

Always Available

• Can be used 24 hours a day.
• Supported by Cisco staff to help ensure top quality and efficiency.

Comes with Cisco Scanner

• Gathers details about your Cisco devices.
• Scans the network based on your input.
• Lets you create a complete network inventory within minutes, with only a few clicks.