End-of-Sale and End-of-Life for ESA C195

[ironportuser3696]

Hello, 

till what date is it possible to renew antispam/antivirus subscription for a C195?

The essential edition has this SKU/PN in my view: 
CSEMAIL-SEC-SUB
Cisco Secure Email XaaS Subscription
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As far as I know it is possible to convert smart to classic pak: (if ESA Appliance has Firmware below 15.5)
Classic Pak has this SK/PN: (afaik)
Product Name                  : ESA-ESS-LIC
Product Description          : ESA-ESS-LIC : Ciso Secure Email Essential Inbound+Malware Defense & ANYL

EOL Page (afaik)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/email-security-appliance/email-security-x95-hardware-appliance-eol.html

[liviu.gheorghe]

According to the announcement, it's January 26, 2028 - End of Service Contract Renewal Date.

HTH

[ccieexpert]

like others mentioned it is

End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW

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

January 26, 2028

But I would not keep it till then because s/w maintenance ends in 2026. Beyond oct 30 2026 they will not publish new software beyond critical software updates.... if you run int a serious software issue, you maybe out of luck.. So plan accordingly... I personally would not go beyond end of sw maint release date.

End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: HW

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.

October 30, 2026

[ironportuser3696]

Hello, 

thx a lot!   Do you think there is a follower / replacement product allready released?  

[ccieexpert]

Product migration options

Product Migration Options Customers have several migration options. Customers can choose to migrate to Cisco Email Secure gateway virtual appliances, Migrate to Cisco Secure Email Cloud gateway or Email Threat Défense solution. For existing customers who would like to move from an x95 to a virtual appliance we’ve created a guide which provides a 1:1 comparison as well as scaling scenarios for 1K, 10K, 50K, and 100K user counts using Cisco UCS Hardware. Please reach out to ask-email-security@cisco.com to request the guide.

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[ironportuser3696]

Hello, 

thx for the nice explanation. 

Do you know if there will be a Replacement / Follow Produkt  of the current ESA C195 Hardware Appliance?   
Maybe you say, no, because new replacement Product will be  "only"   CES(cloud), virtual-mashine or "Email Threat Défense solution".
Thx

[liviu.gheorghe]

In the EOL announcement Cisco usually tells what product replaces the EOL product. In the case of C195 there isn't a hardware product replacement announced by Cisco so I suspect the replacement is a virtual appliance.

[Ken Stieers]

Correct... no more hardware ESAs after the x95 line