Sonicwall EX-750 Brochure

SonicWALL Product Lifecycle Announcement

SUPPORT SERVICES

SonicWALL is initiating the Last Time Buy (LTB) notification for the SonicWALL Aventail EX-750 SSL VPN. Last Time Buy is the first phase of the SonicWALL End of Life process outlined at the end of this document.

The SonicWALL Aventail EX-750 represents the legacy SSL VPN appliance introduced by Aventail in Q3 2004 and has since been replaced by the SonicWALL Aventail SRA EX6000 appliance. The SRA EX6000 was introduced by SonicWALL in the Q4 2008 timeframe. The EX-750 has been in release for over 5.5 years and is no longer actively marketed as a new appliance; it is now time to initiate the Last Time Buy phase. All EX-750 customers can receive support as indicated in table 1 below.

All official End of Life notifications and phase information is posted on the Support area of our Web site at

http://www.sonicwall.com/us/support/3003.html

Products Affected

Products affected by this LTB announcement are listed below:

Table 1 End of Life Information

Regions Products Product SKUs

Last Time Buy Begins Last Time Buy Ends Active Retirement Mode Begins

Last SonicWALL Aventail Appliance Firmware Upgrade

Last Support Renewal (3YR) Last Support Renewal (2YR) Last Support Renewal (1YR) End of Support (All Levels)

Table 2 Affected Product SKUs

Aventail EX-750 Description EX-750 SKU Replacement SKU Description Replacement SKU

SonicWALL SRA EX-750 Base Appliance with Administration Test License

SonicWALL Last Time Buy Announcement for the SonicWALL Aventail EX-750

Worldwide SonicWALL Aventail EX-750 01-SSC-9609

April 1, 2010 May 31, 2010 June 1, 2010

2 Firmware Upgrades or 18 months, whichever comes first. Customers can still apply maintenance releases up to the End of Support date for supported firmware versions.

June 1, 2010 June 1, 2011 June 1, 2012 June 1, 2013

01-SSC-9609

SonicWALL SRA EX6000 Base Appliance with Administration Test License

01-SSC-9601

General

Table 3 Affected Support SKUs

Note that the following support SKUs are for the SonicWALL Aventail EX-750. The “Last Day to Order” indicates the date when the SKU can no longer be ordered for the appliance.

Aventail EX-750 Description EX-750 SKU Last Day to Order

SonicWALL E-Class Support 24x7 for SRA EX-750 50 User 3 Years SonicWALL E-Class Support 24x7 for SRA EX-750 25 User 3 Years SonicWALL E-Class Support 24x7 for SRA EX-750 10 User 3 Years SonicWALL E-Class Support 24x7 for SRA EX-750 50 User 2 Years SonicWALL E-Class Support 24x7 for SRA EX-750 25 User 2 Years SonicWALL E-Class Support 24x7 for SRA EX-750 10 User 2 Years SonicWALL E-Class Support 24x7 for SRA EX-750 50 User 1 Year SonicWALL E-Class Support 24x7 for SRA EX-750 25 User 1 Year SonicWALL E-Class Support 24x7 for SRA EX-750 10 User 1 Year

Last Time Buy

Last Time Buy (LTB) is advanced notification to SonicWALL distributors that SonicWALL intends to start the end of life process. The duration of this phase is variable and depends on numerous factors including material availa bility, SonicWALL and channel inventory and end user demand. Last Time Buy is informational only; products in this phase are active.

Active Retirement Mode Active Retirement Mode (ARM) is a statement by the company that it is no longer actively manufacturing or selling the product. Products in ARM are removed from all price lists and marketing collateral. The duration of this phase i s typically two years.

Limited Retirement Mode Limited Retirement Mode (LRM) is a statement by the company that it will no longer develop or release driver updates or bug fixes for these products. Depending on inventory, technical capability, customer demand and gross margin, SonicWALL will continue to offer support agreements on products in LRM. LRM is a discretionary phase in the product lifecycle process.

End of Support End of Support (EOS) is a statement that the company no longer offers support for the product, and all remaining unique inventory or materials will be removed.

01-SSC-8409 June 1, 2010 01-SSC-8408 June 1, 2010 01-SSC-8407 June 1, 2010 01-SSC-8406 June 1, 2011 01-SSC-8405 June 1, 2011 01-SSC-8404 June 1, 2011 01-SSC-8403 June 1, 2012 01-SSC-8402 June 1, 2012 01-SSC-8401 June 1, 2012