Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series is a switch in Cisco's Catalyst product line. End-of-sale and end-of-service-life dates are listed by part number below, each linked to the Cisco EOL bulletin.
Every tracked Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Oct 2023). 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: C1-X45-SUP8L-E / WS-X45-SUP7L-E / WS-X45-SUP7-E / WS-X4624-SFP-E / WS-X4148-FX-MT / WS-X45-SUP6L-E / WS-C4503-E.
End of sale
Jul 2010 – Oct 2018
Last date of support
Jul 2015 – Oct 2023
Part numbers
60
133
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 133 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
- Category: 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
Past end of support and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
1 catalogued vulnerability is associated with this product line, 1 of them linked to known ransomware campaigns. CISA lists these as actively exploited. This product is also past its last date of support, so the vendor no longer issues fixes for it. Past support on its own is a planning matter; both together is an audit finding, and for US federal agencies BOD 22-01 sets a remediation deadline.
CISA names product lines and software rather than part numbers, so each row states how it was matched. Confirm against the vendor advisory before acting: this augments vendor data, it does not replace it.
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog · catalogue 2026.08.18 · every tracked product past support and in KEV
Part numbers in this family
Dates vary across 8 groups in this family, so every row carries its own. Find your exact part before you plan.
| Part number | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1-X45-SUP7L-E | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500E-S3-4748RJV | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500E-S3-MGIG | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500E-S3-UPOE | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500E-S6-4748RJV | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500E-S6-MGIG | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500E-S6-UPOE | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500E-S7-4748RJV | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500E-S7L-SFP | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| WS-X45-SUP7L-E | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500E-S7L-SFP-DEF | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500E-S7L | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| C4500RE-S7-MGIG | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| ME-4506E-S7L | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| ME-4507E-S7L | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| WS-X45-SUP6L-E | Feb 2015 | Feb 2020 | Past support |
| WS-X45-SUP6-E | Mar 2014 | Feb 2019 | Past support |
| WS-X4306-GB | Jul 2013 | Jul 2018 | Past support |
| WS-F4531 | Nov 2011 | Nov 2016 | Past support |
| WS-X4418-GB | Nov 2011 | Nov 2016 | Past support |
| WS-X4506-GB-T | Nov 2011 | Nov 2016 | Past support |
| WS-X4124-FX-MT | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4124-RJ45 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4148-RJ21 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4224-RJ45V | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4232-GB-RJ | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4248-RJ21V | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4302-GB | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4424-GB-RJ45 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4524-GB-RJ45V | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4013 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4515 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4516 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| C4K-SLOT-CVR | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| C4K-UPLINK-CVR | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4503 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4503-E-S2 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4503-S2 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4506 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4506-S2 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4506-S4-AP25 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4506-S4-AP50 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4506E-GE-96V | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4507R | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4507R-E-S2 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-C4510R | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4503-23CNTR | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4506-23CNTR | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4507-23CNTR | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4510-23CNTR | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4581 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4582 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4583 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4584 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4585 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4586 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4587 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4588 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4590 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| WS-X4593 | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
Options from here
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 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 4500 Series — questions
Is the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series end of life?
Yes. Every tracked 4500 Series SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the 4500 Series?
Last dates of support across 4500 Series SKU groups range from Jul 2015 to Oct 2023.
Where do these 4500 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 4500 Series?
Cisco's end-of-life bulletins list C1-X45-SUP8L-E and WS-X45-SUP7L-E and WS-X45-SUP7-E and WS-X4624-SFP-E and WS-X4148-FX-MT and WS-X45-SUP6L-E and WS-C4503-E as the recommended migration path for the 4500 Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletins.
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