SF-ASA-8.2-K8 Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance Software Release 8.0. The last day tSF-ASA-8.2-K8 o order the affected product(s) is February 21, 2012. 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,SF-ASA-8.2-K8 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.

Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance Software Release 8.0

Milestone SF-ASA-8.2-K8
Definition
Date SF-ASA-8.2-K8
End-of-Llfe 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.
August 23, 2011 SF-ASA-8.2-K8
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.
February 21, 2012
Last Ship Date:
OS SW SF-ASA-8.2-K8
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.
May 21, 2012
End of SW Maintenance Releases Date:
OS SW  SF-ASA-8.2-K8
The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.
February 20, 2013
End of New Service Attachment Date:
OS SW
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.
February 20, 2013
End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
OS SW
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.
May 18, 2016
Last Date of Support:
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.
February 28, 2017  SF-ASA-8.2-K8
HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software