Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Standalone (non-stackable) sibling of the 3750-X. The switch hardware is past Cisco support as of Oct 2021.
Every tracked Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Oct 2021). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure. Cisco’s named migration path: WS-C3650-24TD-S.
Available
Jan 2010
End of sale
Oct 2016
Last date of support
Oct 2021
Part numbers
11
58
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 58 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
- Category: standalone access switch
Support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only. Higher means more runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it is calculated
Documented real-world exploitation of out-of-support units
Public security reporting documents active exploitation affecting this product line. It is summarised here because units past their last date of support no longer receive vendor fixes. This describes the published campaigns, not the state of any specific device.
Cisco Talos and the FBI reported (August 2025) that Static Tundra, a Russian state-sponsored group linked to FSB Center 16, is compromising unpatched and end-of-life Cisco IOS devices via the Smart Install feature (CVE-2018-0171) for long-term espionage. The Catalyst 3560-X is an IOS access-switch line with the Smart Install client feature; units past end of support no longer receive IOS security fixes, so Cisco's guidance for unpatched devices is to disable Smart Install.
Sources: Cisco Talos — Static Tundra report ↗ · Cisco advisory — CVE-2018-0171 (Smart Install) ↗
Part numbers in this family
All 11 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.
| Part number | Description | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS-C3560X-24T-S | 24-port data, IP Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
| WS-C3560X-24T-L | 24-port data, LAN Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
| WS-C3560X-24P-S | 24-port PoE+, IP Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
| WS-C3560X-24P-L | 24-port PoE+, LAN Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
| WS-C3560X-48T-S | 48-port data, IP Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
| WS-C3560X-48T-L | 48-port data, LAN Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
| WS-C3560X-48P-S | 48-port PoE+, IP Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
| WS-C3560X-48P-L | 48-port PoE+, LAN Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
| WS-C3560X-48PF-S | 48-port full PoE+, IP Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
| WS-C3560X-24U-S | 24-port UPOE, IP Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
| WS-C3560X-48U-S | 48-port UPOE, IP Base | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past support |
Options from here
The Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Series is past Cisco end of service life. These are the paths teams take from here:
Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.
Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.
It is unsupported today. Set a migration timeline and budget.
Low-criticality role: document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.
Independent and informational. EOSL.ai sells no hardware and no maintenance, and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the role the asset plays.
Catalyst 3560-X Series — questions
Is the Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Series end of life?
Yes. Every tracked 3560-X Series SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the 3560-X Series?
Oct 2021, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.
Where do these 3560-X Series dates come from?
Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official Cisco EOL bulletin it was taken from.
What is the replacement for the 3560-X Series?
Cisco's end-of-life bulletin lists WS-C3650-24TD-S as the recommended migration path for the 3560-X Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.
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