Cisco ASA 5520 Adaptive Security Appliance End-of-Sale and End-of-Life

Updated:Dec 22, 2013

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco ASA 5520 Adaptive Security Appliance. The last day to order the affected product(s) is September 16, 2013. 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 under the terms and conditions of customers' service contract.

This end-of-sale notice is part of a broader end-of-sale announcement for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series appliances that covers ASA 5510, ASA 5520, ASA 5540, and ASA 5550, including hardware accessories. Please refer to the respective end-of-sale notices for more detail. Software licenses on the Cisco ASA 5520 have not reached their end-of-sale date. The Cisco ASA 9.1 is the last software release that will be supported on ASA 5540 and other ASA 5500 appliances that have reached their end-of-sale date. Customers are encouraged to migrate to the newer ASA 5500-X Series of next-generation firewalls (NGFW), which includes the ASA 5512-X, ASA 5515-X, ASA 5525-X, ASA 5545-X, and ASA 5555-X.

End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco ASA 5520 Adaptive Security Appliance

 

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.

March 18, 2013

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.

September 16, 2013

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.

December 15, 2013

End of Routine Failure Analysis Date:
HW

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

September 16, 2014

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.

September 16, 2014

End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
HW

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

December 12, 2017

Last Date of Support:
HW

The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.

September 30, 2018

HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software

Note that the ASA 5500 appliances (including the ASA 5520) do NOT support NGFW services (AVC and WSE), whereas all ASA 5500-X appliances (including the ASA 5545-X) have been designed ground-up to run multiple services, including the NGFW services, without sacrificing performance.

Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

 

End-of-Sale Product
Part Number

Product Description

Replacement Product Part Number

Replacement Product Description

Additional Information

ASA5520-AIP-NFR-K9

ASA 5520 NFR Appl w/ AIP-10, SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, 3DES

ASA5525-IPS-K9

ASA 5525-X with IPS, SW, 8GE Data, 1GE Mgmt, AC, 3DES/AES

-

ASA5520-AIP10-K8

ASA 5520 Appliance w/ AIP-SSM-10, SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, DES

ASA5525-IPS-K8

ASA 5525-X with IPS, SW, 8GE Data, 1GE Mgmt, AC, DES

-

ASA5520-AIP10-K9

ASA 5520 Appliance w/ AIP-SSM-10, SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, 3DES/AES

ASA5525-IPS-K9

ASA 5525-X with IPS, SW, 8GE Data, 1GE Mgmt, AC, 3DES/AES

-

ASA5520-AIP20-K8

ASA 5520 Appliance w/ AIP-SSM-20, SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, DES

ASA5525-IPS-K8

ASA 5525-X with IPS, SW, 8GE Data, 1GE Mgmt, AC, DES

-

ASA5520-AIP20-K9

ASA 5520 Appliance w/ AIP-SSM-20, SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, 3DES/AES

ASA5525-IPS-K9

ASA 5525-X with IPS, SW, 8GE Data, 1GE Mgmt, AC, 3DES/AES

-

ASA5520-AIP40-K8

ASA 5520 Appliance w/ AIP-SSM-40, SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, DES

ASA5525-IPS-K8

ASA 5525-X with IPS, SW, 8GE Data, 1GE Mgmt, AC, DES

-

ASA5520-AIP40-K9

ASA 5520 Appliance w/ AIP-SSM-40, SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, 3DES/AES

ASA5525-IPS-K9

ASA 5525-X with IPS, SW, 8GE Data, 1GE Mgmt, AC, 3DES/AES

-

ASA5520-BUN-K9

ASA 5520 Appliance with SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, 3DES/AES

ASA5525-SSD120-K9

NGFW ASA 5525-X w/ SW,8GE Data,1GE Mgmt,AC,3DES/AES,SSD 120G

-

ASA5520-CSC-NFR-K9

ASA 5520 NFR Appl w/ CSC20,SW,500 Usr AV/Spy, 1 YR Subscript

See Product Migration Options section for details.

ASA 5525-X with Cloud Web Security (formerly known as ScanSafe)

ASA5520-CSC-PRM-K9

ASA 5520 w/CSC20, SW, 250 Usr AV/URL/Spam/Spy, 1YR Subscript

See Product Migration Options section for details.

ASA 5525-X with Cloud Web Security (formerly known as ScanSafe)

ASA5520-CSC10-K9

ASA 5520 Appl w/ CSC10, SW, 50 Usr AV/Spy, 1 YR Subscript

See Product Migration Options section for details.

ASA 5525-X with Cloud Web Security (formerly known as ScanSafe)

ASA5520-CSC20-K8

ASA 5520 Appl w/ CSC20, SW,500 Usr AV/Spy,1 YR Subscript,DES

See Product Migration Options section for details.

ASA 5525-X with Cloud Web Security (formerly known as ScanSafe)

ASA5520-CSC20-K9

ASA 5520 Appl w/ CSC20, SW, 500 Usr AV/Spy, 1 YR Subscript

See Product Migration Options section for details.

ASA 5525-X with Cloud Web Security (formerly known as ScanSafe)

ASA5520-DC-K8

ASA 5520 Appliance with DC power, SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, DES

ASA5525-DC-K8

ASA 5525-X with SW, 8GE Data, 1GE Mgmt, DC, DES

-

ASA5520-K8

ASA 5520 Appliance with SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, DES

ASA5525-SSD120-K8

NGFW ASA 5525-X with SW, 8GE Data, 1GE Mgmt, AC, DES, SSD 120G

-

ASA5520-NFR-K8

ASA 5520 NFR Appliance with SW, HA, 4GE+1FE, DES

ASA5525-SSD120-K8

NGFW ASA 5525-X with SW, 8GE Data, 1GE Mgmt, AC, DES, SSD 120G

-

ASA5520-SSL500-K9

ASA 5520 VPN Edition w/ 500 SSL User License, HA, 3DES/AES

ASA5525VPN-PM500K9

ASA 5525-X w/500 AnyConnect Premium and Mobile

-

ASA5520-UC-BUN-K8

ASA 5520 UC Bundle With 1000 UC Proxy Sessions, DES

See Product Migration Options section for details.

ASA 5525-X with ASA-UC-1000 license

ASA5520-UC-BUN-K9

ASA 5520 UC Bundle With 1000 UC Proxy Sessions, 3DES/AES

ASA5525-SSD120-K9

NGFW ASA 5525-X w/ SW,8GE Data,1GE Mgmt,AC,3DES/AES,SSD 120G

-

ASA5520-UC-BUN-K9

ASA 5520 UC Bundle With 1000 UC Proxy Sessions, 3DES/AES

See Product Migration Options section for details.

ASA 5525-X with ASA-UC-1000 license

Product Comparisons

 

Feature

Cisco ASA 5520 Adaptive Security Appliance

Cisco ASA 5525-X Adaptive Security Appliance

Next-Generation Firewall

No

Yes

Application Visibility and Control Service

No

Yes

Web Security Service

No

Yes

IPS Service

Yes (Requires separate Hardware module)

Yes (Does not require separate hardware module)

Content Security Card Module

Yes

Similar functionality available through Cloud Web Security (formerly known as ScanSafe)

Firewall Throughput (Max)

450 Mbps

2 Gbps

IPS Throughput (Max)

450 Mbps

600 Mbps

VPN Throughput (Max)

225 Mbps

300 Mbps

Connections (Max)

280,000

500,000

Connections Per Second

12,000

20,000

Integrated I/O

4 GE Copper + 1 FE

8 GE Copper

Expansion I/O

4-port GE Cu or 4-port GE SFP

6-port GE Copper or 6-port GE SFP

CPU

Single Core

Multiple Cores

Memory

2 GB

8 GB

IPS Accelerator hardware

No. All signatures run on IPS Security Module CPU.

In-built hardware accelerator for both default and custom signatures

Hardware support for 2048-bit certificates

No

Yes