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Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTCisco ended support in October 2025.

Catalyst 6500-E modular chassis (6506-E, 6509-E, 6513-E) with Supervisor 2T. Hardware support runs to Oct 2025.

Every tracked Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Oct 2025). 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: C9610-SUP-3XL.

End of sale

Oct 2020

Last date of support

Oct 2025

Part numbers

Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026

Cisco names C9610-SUP-3XL as the migration pathper the linked bulletin · see its own dates

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months past last support

Support Runway Score26/100 · Little or no runway

Why this score

Past end of service life — 10 months ago
Vendor-published date, source-linked
Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
Category: modular core 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

Figure 1. Cisco issues no software maintenance and no security fixes for this product. Third-party maintenance, spares or replacement are the paths from here. EOSL.ai sells none of them and takes no placement fee.

6500-E Series

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Figure 2. The 6500-E Series against 7 other models in Cisco Catalyst. Each bar runs from the earliest milestone Cisco publishes for that model, which is first availability where it gives one and end of sale otherwise, to its last date of support. The vertical rule is today; bars entirely to its left are past support. 12 further models in this line publish no usable date range and are not plotted.

Part numbers in this family

All 32 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.

Part number	End of sale	Last support	Status
VS-S2T-10G	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-S2T-10G-XL	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
MEM-C6K-CPTFL1GB	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
MEM-C6K-CPTFL2GB	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
MEM-C6K-INTFL1GB	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
MEM-SUP2T-4GB	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-C6509-V-E-CM	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-X6K-SLOT-CVR-E	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
C1-C6807XL-S2T-BUN	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
C6807-XL-S2T-BUN	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-C6506E-SUP2T	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-C6509E-S2T-6908	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-C6509E-SUP2T	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-C6509VE-SUP2T	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-C6513E-SUP2T	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-F6K-PFC4	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-F6K-PFC4XL	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-S2T-10GXL	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-SUP2T-10G	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
VS-SUP2T-10G-A	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-C6506-E	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-C6506-E-FAN	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-C6509-E	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-C6509-E-FAN	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-C6509-E-RACK	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-C6509-V-E	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-C6509-V-E-FAN	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-C6513-E	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-C6513-E-FAN	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-CAC-3000W	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-CAC-4000W-INT	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support
WS-CAC-4000W-US	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past support

Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026

Options from here

The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series is past Cisco end of service life. These are the paths teams take from here:

Third-party maintenance

Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.

Pre-stock spares

Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.

Plan replacement

It is unsupported today. Set a migration timeline and budget.

Run to failure

Low-criticality role: document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.

Check your exact part numbers Weigh your support options

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-E Series — questions

Is the Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series end of life?

Yes. Every tracked 6500-E Series SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the 6500-E Series?

Oct 2025, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

Where do these 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-E Series?

Cisco's end-of-life bulletin lists C9610-SUP-3XL as the recommended migration path for the 6500-E Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.

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