The State of Enterprise Hardware End-of-Life, 2026
EOSL.ai tracks the vendor end-of-sale and end-of-service-life dates for 3171 hardware products — 15,730 part numbers across 18 vendors, every date linked to the manufacturer's own bulletin. Here is what that source-backed dataset shows about how much enterprise datacenter and network gear has passed vendor support.
End-of-service-life by year
Count of tracked SKU groups reaching end-of-service-life in each calendar year. Bars from 2026 forward (teal/light) are still upcoming. Browse EOL by year →
End-of-life coverage by vendor
| Vendor | Products tracked | Past EOSL | % past |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet | 642 | 446 | 69% |
| IBM | 294 | 261 | 89% |
| Zyxel | 284 | 212 | 75% |
| Extreme Networks | 184 | 161 | 88% |
| Cisco | 130 | 86 | 66% |
| Cisco Meraki | 126 | 57 | 45% |
| HPE | 107 | 98 | 92% |
| Juniper | 102 | 52 | 51% |
| Cambium Networks | 96 | 29 | 30% |
| SonicWall | 88 | 69 | 78% |
| Dell | 86 | 53 | 62% |
| A10 Networks | 65 | 40 | 62% |
| Netgate | 32 | 29 | 91% |
| Avaya | 30 | 28 | 93% |
| Palo Alto Networks | 29 | 13 | 45% |
| Calix | 26 | 24 | 92% |
| Arista | 20 | 3 | 15% |
| Brocade | 15 | 11 | 73% |
How long vendors support hardware after end-of-sale
Median months between a product's end-of-sale date and its last date of support, computed from vendor-published date pairs in this database (policy-derived dates excluded so vendor policy length doesn't skew the median). This is the practical planning number: once a model leaves the price list, this is roughly how long the vendor keeps supporting it. See it per vendor →
| Vendor | Median support tail (EOS → EOSL) | Date pairs sampled |
|---|---|---|
| Avaya | 72 months (~6.0 yr) | 28 |
| IBM | 68 months (~5.7 yr) | 478 |
| Calix | 63 months (~5.3 yr) | 24 |
| Brocade | 62 months (~5.2 yr) | 15 |
| HPE | 61 months (~5.1 yr) | 26 |
| Cisco | 60 months (~5.0 yr) | 249 |
| Arista | 60 months (~5.0 yr) | 20 |
| Cisco Meraki | 60 months (~5.0 yr) | 129 |
| Dell | 60 months (~5.0 yr) | 432 |
| Juniper | 60 months (~5.0 yr) | 216 |
| Fortinet | 60 months (~5.0 yr) | 837 |
| Palo Alto Networks | 60 months (~5.0 yr) | 29 |
| Extreme Networks | 60 months (~5.0 yr) | 192 |
| SonicWall | 52 months (~4.3 yr) | 95 |
| Cambium Networks | 51 months (~4.3 yr) | 164 |
| Netgate | 26 months (~2.2 yr) | 32 |
| Zyxel | 24 months (~2.0 yr) | 258 |
Reaching end-of-service-life soon
Tracked products with a SKU group crossing end-of-service-life within 18 months, soonest first. See everything ending soon →
- Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series — Oct 2026 – May 2028
- Cisco ASR 1000 Series — Apr 2025 – Jul 2031
- Cisco Meraki MX84-HW — Oct 2026
- Juniper QFX Series QFX5200 — Oct 2026
- Juniper QFX Series QFX52004 — Oct 2026
- Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 2000E — Jul 2023 – Oct 2026
- Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 2000E — Oct 2026
- Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 3000E — Oct 2026
- Fortinet FortiDDoS 1200B — Oct 2026
- Fortinet FortiDDoS 400B — Oct 2026
- Fortinet FortiCarrier 3600E — Oct 2026
- Fortinet FortiCarrier 3800E — Oct 2026
- Fortinet FortiDeceptor 1000F — Oct 2026 – Jan 2029
- Fortinet FortiCam-MB40 — Oct 2026
- Extreme Networks X620-8t-2x, X620-16t and X620-16p Ethernet Switches — Oct 2026
End-of-life data — questions
What percentage of enterprise hardware models are past end-of-service-life?
Of the 3171 enterprise hardware products EOSL.ai tracks, 53% (1672) are past their vendor end-of-service-life date — every tracked SKU group is unsupported. This database focuses on gear with a published or computed end-of-life date, so it over-represents retired hardware; it is not a measure of the global installed base.
Which vendor has the most end-of-life hardware in the EOSL.ai database?
By tracked-product count, Fortinet has the most (642 products, 446 past EOSL). 18 vendors are tracked in total. See the per-vendor table above.
How many hardware models reach end-of-service-life in the next 12 months?
211 tracked products have at least one SKU group reaching end-of-service-life within 12 months. Each links to the vendor's own end-of-life bulletin.
How long do vendors support hardware after end of sale?
Median support tail (end-of-sale to last date of support) from vendor-published date pairs in this database: Avaya 72 months (~6.0 years, n=28); IBM 68 months (~5.7 years, n=478); Calix 63 months (~5.3 years, n=24); Brocade 62 months (~5.2 years, n=15); HPE 61 months (~5.1 years, n=26); Cisco 60 months (~5.0 years, n=249); Arista 60 months (~5.0 years, n=20); Cisco Meraki 60 months (~5.0 years, n=129); Dell 60 months (~5.0 years, n=432); Juniper 60 months (~5.0 years, n=216); Fortinet 60 months (~5.0 years, n=837); Palo Alto Networks 60 months (~5.0 years, n=29); Extreme Networks 60 months (~5.0 years, n=192); SonicWall 52 months (~4.3 years, n=95); Cambium Networks 51 months (~4.3 years, n=164); Netgate 26 months (~2.2 years, n=32); Zyxel 24 months (~2.0 years, n=258). Policy-derived dates are excluded from these medians.
Where does this end-of-life data come from?
Every date is taken from the vendor's official end-of-life bulletin and linked for verification; where a vendor publishes no per-model EOSL date, it is computed from their published support-life policy and labelled "computed". EOSL.ai tracks 15,730 part numbers across 3171 products and 18 vendors.
More from the same data: the 60-month rule (how long vendors support hardware after end of sale, across two decades of bulletins), support tail by vendor, and hardware with no end of life announced.
Cite this report: “EOSL.ai Enterprise Hardware End-of-Life Data Report, Oct 2026” — https://eosl.ai/eol-report/. Figures recompute each time the database is refreshed.