Cisco Catalyst 6500/6500-E Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
The Cisco Catalyst 6500/6500-E 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 6500/6500-E Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Oct 2022). 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: C6800-48P-SFP.
End of sale
Oct 2017
Last date of support
Oct 2022
Part numbers
11
46
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 46 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
Part numbers in this family
All 11 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.
| Part number | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2D-X6848-SFP-2T | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
| 2D-X6848-TX-2T | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
| 2D-X6848-TX-2TXL | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
| WS-6513-RACK-MNT | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
| WS-C6513-RACK | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
| WS-X6824-SFP-2T | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
| WS-X6824-SFP-2TXL | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
| WS-X6848-SFP-2T | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
| WS-X6848-SFP-2TXL | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
| WS-X6848-TX-2T | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
| WS-X6848-TX-2TXL | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past support |
Options from here
The Cisco Catalyst 6500/6500-E 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 6500/6500-E Series — questions
Is the Cisco Catalyst 6500/6500-E Series end of life?
Yes. Every tracked 6500/6500-E Series SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the 6500/6500-E Series?
Oct 2022, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.
Where do these 6500/6500-E 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 6500/6500-E Series?
Cisco's end-of-life bulletin lists C6800-48P-SFP as the recommended migration path for the 6500/6500-E Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.
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