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EOL13762
Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 Series Security Appliance and 5 YR Subscriptions. The last day to order the affected product(s) is August 2, 2021. 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 notification is applicable to Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 appliance with Cisco ASA Software, Cisco ASA w/Firepower Services and Firepower Threat Defense.
Table 1. End-of-life milestones and dates for the Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 Series Security Appliance and 5 YR Subscriptions
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. |
February 1, 2021 |
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. |
August 2, 2021 |
Last Ship Date: |
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 31, 2021 |
End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: |
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect. |
August 2, 2022 |
End of New Service Attachment Date: |
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. |
August 2, 2022 |
End of Signature Release Date: |
The date after which there will be no more signature update release for Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 Series Security Appliance and 5 YR Subscriptions products going end of life |
August 31, 2026 |
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. |
October 28, 2025 |
Last Date of Support: |
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. |
August 31, 2026 |
Table 2. Product part numbers affected by this announcement
End-of-Sale Product Part Number |
Product Description |
Replacement Product Part Number |
Replacement Product Description |
Additional Information |
ASA5508 |
ASA 5508-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, DES |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-BRACKET= |
ASA 5508-X Bracket Spare |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-CTRL-LIC |
Cisco ASA5508 Control License |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-CTRL-LIC= |
Cisco ASA5508 Control License |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-FIPS-KIT= |
ASA 5508-X FIPS KIt |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-FTD-K9 |
ASA 5508-X with Firepower Threat Defense, 8GE, AC |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5508-K8 |
ASA 5508-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, DES |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-K9 |
ASA 5508-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, 3DES/AES |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-SEC-PL |
ASA 5508-X Sec. Plus Lic. w/ HA, Sec Ctxt, more VLAN + Conns |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-SSD |
ASA 5508-X SSD |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5508-SSD++= |
ASA 5508-X SSD |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5508-SSD= |
ASA 5508-X SSD |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5516 |
ASA 5516-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, DES |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5516-BRACKET= |
ASA 5516-X Bracket Spare |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5516-CTRL-LIC |
Cisco ASA5516 Control License |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5516-CTRL-LIC= |
Cisco ASA5516 Control License |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5516-FIPS-KIT= |
ASA 5516-X FIPS KIt |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5516-FIPS-KIT |
^ASA 5516-X FIPS KIt |
There is currently no replacement product available for this product. |
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ASA5516-FPWR-K8 |
ASA 5516-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, DES |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5516-FPWR-K9 |
ASA 5516-X with FirePOWER services, 8GE, AC, 3DES/AES |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5516-FTD-K9 |
ASA 5516-X with Firepower Threat Defense, 8GE, AC |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5516-SSD |
ASA 5516-X SSD |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5516-SSD++= |
ASA 5516-X SSD |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5516-SSD= |
ASA 5516-X SSD |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5516T-BASE |
Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Base License |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5500-SC-5 |
ASA 5500 5 Security Contexts License |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5500-SC-5= |
ASA 5500 5 Security Contexts License |
There is currently no replacement product available for this product. |
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- |
ASA5500-ENCR-K7 |
ASA 5500 Strong Encryption License (3DES/AES) for NPE HW |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5500-ENCR-K8 |
ASA 5500 Base Encryption Level (DES) |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5500-ENCR-K9 |
ASA 5500 Strong Encryption License (3DES/AES) |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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L-ASA5508-AMP-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER AMP 5YR Subscription |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5508-P-5Y |
Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5508 5yr subscr |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5508-TA-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS 5YR Subscription |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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L-ASA5508-TAC-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS and URL 5YR Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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L-ASA5508-TAM-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS and AMP 5YR Subs. |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5508-TAMC-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS, AMP and URL 5YR Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5508-URL-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER URL Filtering 5YR Subscription |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5508T-AMP-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense Malware Protection 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5508T-T-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense Threat Protection 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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L-ASA5508T-TC-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense Threat and URL 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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L-ASA5508T-TM-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense Threat and Malware 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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L-ASA5508T-TMC-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense Threat, Malware and URL 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5508T-URL-5Y |
Cisco ASA5508 Threat Defense URL Filtering 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5516-AMP-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER AMP 5YR Subscription |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
L-ASA5516-P-5Y |
Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5516 5yr subscr |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
L-ASA5516-TA-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS 5YR Subscription |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5516-TAC-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS and URL 5YR Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5516-TAM-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS and AMP 5YR Subs. |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
L-ASA5516-TAMC-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS, AMP and URL 5YR Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5516-URL-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER URL Filtering 5YR Subscription |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5516T-AMP-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Malware Protection 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5516T-T-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Threat Protection 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5516T-TC-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Threat and URL 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5516T-TM-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Threat and Malware 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5516T-TMC-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense Threat, Malware and URL 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-ASA5516T-URL-5Y |
Cisco ASA5516 Threat Defense URL Filtering 5Y Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-S-ASA5508-P-5Y |
SVP Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5508 5yr subscr |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-S-ASA5508-PN-5Y |
SVP Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5508 with FPWR 5yr sub |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-S-ASA5508-TA-5Y |
SVP Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS 5YR Subscription |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-S-ASA5508-TAC-5Y |
SVP Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS and URL 5YR Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-S-ASA5508-TAM-5Y |
SVP Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS and AMP 5YR Subs. |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-S-ASA5508-TAMC5Y |
SVP Cisco ASA5508 FirePOWER IPS, AMP and URL 5YR Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
L-S-ASA5516-P-5Y |
SVP Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5516 5yr subscr |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
L-S-ASA5516-PN-5Y |
SVP Cisco Defense Orchestrator for ASA5516 with FPWR 5yr sub |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
L-S-ASA5516-TA-5Y |
SVP Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS 5YR Subscription |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
L-S-ASA5516-TAC-5Y |
SVP Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS and URL 5YR Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
L-S-ASA5516-TAM-5Y |
SVP Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS and AMP 5YR Subs. |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
- |
- |
L-S-ASA5516-TAMC5Y |
SVP Cisco ASA5516 FirePOWER IPS, AMP and URL 5YR Subs |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-FPWR-BUN |
ASA 5508-X with FirePOWER Svcs. Chassis and Subs. Bundle |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-FTD-BUN |
ASA 5508-X Firepower Threat Defense Chassis & Subs. Bundle |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5508-FTD-HA-BUN |
Cissco ASA5508X Firepower Threat Defense Chss,Subs HA Bundle |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5516-FTD-HA-BUN |
Cissco ASA5516X Firepower Threat Defense Chss,Subs HA Bundle |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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- |
ASA5516-FTD-BUN |
ASA 5516-X Firepower Threat Defense Chassis, Subs, Bundle |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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ASA5516-FPWR-BUN |
ASA 5516-X with FirePOWER Svcs. Chassis, Subs, FireSight Mgr |
See the Product Migration Options section below for detailed information on replacing this product. |
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The migration solution for the ASA5508 and ASA5516 is the Cisco Firepower 1000 Series Appliances. See the following link for more information https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/firepower-1000-series/datasheet-c78-742469.html.
Customers may be able to use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) where applicable to trade-in eligible products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, customers should work with their Cisco Partner or Cisco account team. Cisco Partners can find additional TMP information on Partner Central at https://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco ASA5508 and ASA5516 Series Security Appliance and 5 YR Subscriptions 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: https://www.cisco.com/go/eos.
Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End-of-Sale date.
The Cisco Takeback and Recycle program helps businesses properly dispose of surplus products that have reached their end of useful life. The program is open to all business users of Cisco equipment and its associated brands and subsidiaries. For more information, go to: https://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html.
For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_end-of-life_policy.html.
For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_warranties_listing.html.
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