EOL/EOS for the Cisco PIX 515E Security Appliance

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco PIX 515E 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.	January 28, 2008
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.	July 28, 2008
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.	October 26, 2008
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.	July 28, 2009
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.	July 28, 2009
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	October 23, 2012
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.	July 27, 2013
HW = Hardware
OS SW = Operating System Software
App. SW = Application Software

Table 2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

Feature	Cisco PIX 515E Security Appliance	Cisco ASA 5510 Adaptive Security Appliance
Maximum Firewall Throughput	190 Mbps	300 Mbps
Maximum 3DES/AES VPN Throughput	130 Mbps	170 Mbps
Maximum Connections	48,000 (R/DMZ)/130,000 (UR/FO)	50,000 (Base)/130,000 (Security Plus)
Connections per Second	4000	9000
Packets per Second (64-byte)	48	190
Maximum IPsec VPN Sessions	2000	250
Maximum SSL VPN Sessions	Not Supported	250
Integrated Network Ports	2 Fast Ethernet (R)/3 Fast Ethernet (DMZ)/6 Fast Ethernet (UR-FE/FO-FE)	5 Fast Ethernet (Base)/2 Gigabit Ethernet + 3 Fast Ethernet (Security Plus)
Maximum Network Ports	3 Fast Ethernet (R/DMZ)/6 Fast Ethernet (UR/FO)	4 Gigabit Ethernet + 5 Fast Ethernet (Base)/6 Gigabit Ethernet + 3 Fast Ethernet (Security Plus)
VLANs	10 (R/DMZ)/25 (UR/FO)	50 (Base)/100 (Security Plus)
High Availability/Scalability	Not Supported (R/DMZ)/Active/Standby (FO)/Active/Active and Active/Standby (UR/FO-AA)	Not Supported (Base)/Active/Active, Active/Standby, and VPN Clustering/Load Balancing (Security Plus)
Expandability	1 Fast Ethernet (1FE), 4 Fast Ethernet (4FE-66), VPN Accelerator Plus (VAC PLUS)	4 Gigabit Ethernet (4GE SSM), IPS (AIP SSM), Content Security (CSC SSM)

Table 3. Product Comparisons

Feature	Cisco PIX 515E Security Appliance	Cisco ASA 5510 Adaptive Security Appliance
Maximum Firewall Throughput	190 Mbps	300 Mbps
Maximum 3DES/AES VPN Throughput	130 Mbps	170 Mbps
Maximum Connections	48,000 (R/DMZ)/130,000 (UR/FO)	50,000 (Base)/130,000 (Security Plus)
Connections per Second	4000	9000
Packets per Second (64-byte)	48	190
Maximum IPsec VPN Sessions	2000	250
Maximum SSL VPN Sessions	Not Supported	250
Integrated Network Ports	2 Fast Ethernet (R)/3 Fast Ethernet (DMZ)/6 Fast Ethernet (UR-FE/FO-FE)	5 Fast Ethernet (Base)/2 Gigabit Ethernet + 3 Fast Ethernet (Security Plus)
Maximum Network Ports	3 Fast Ethernet (R/DMZ)/6 Fast Ethernet (UR/FO)	4 Gigabit Ethernet + 5 Fast Ethernet (Base)/6 Gigabit Ethernet + 3 Fast Ethernet (Security Plus)
VLANs	10 (R/DMZ)/25 (UR/FO)	50 (Base)/100 (Security Plus)
High Availability/Scalability	Not Supported (R/DMZ)/Active/Standby (FO)/Active/Active and Active/Standby (UR/FO-AA)	Not Supported (Base)/Active/Active, Active/Standby, and VPN Clustering/Load Balancing (Security Plus)