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Joe Harris, CCIE No. 6200 (R&S, Security & SP) is a Systems Engineer with Cisco Systems® specializing in Security. In addition to authoring Cisco Network Security Little Black Book, Joe has also been a technical reviewer for several Cisco Press publications and written articles, white papers, and presentations on various security technologies. He also assists various Certification Partners by beta testing their newest CCIE certification workbooks and has been recognized by Cisco as an SE Wall of Fame award winner.

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EoL/EoS Announcement - Cisco 4215 Sensor

January 29th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco IDS 4215 Sensor. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 29, 2008. 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. 

Customers with the Cisco IDS 4215 Sensor are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco ASA 5510 Adaptive Security Appliance Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) solution with Advanced Inspection and Prevention Security Services Module AIP-SSM-10. The Cisco ASA 5510 IPS solution with AIP-SSM-10 provides a higher IPS throughput of 150 Mbps plus industry-leading firewall protection. Customers with higher performance requirements can purchase the Cisco IPS 4240 Sensor or the Cisco ASA 5520 IPS solution with AIP-SSM-20. Supporting throughput of 250 Mbps, the Cisco IPS 4240 Sensor supports inline, promiscuous, and hybrid deployment modes. The Cisco ASA 5520 IPS solution with AIP-SSM-20 provides IPS throughput of 375 Mbps in addition to industry-leading firewall protection.

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