Cisco Catalyst 9800-L — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
The Cisco Catalyst 9800-L is a current wireless LAN controller. Cisco has announced no end-of-sale or end-of-service-life for it; this page is updated when they do.
Cisco Catalyst 9800-L is a current wireless controller; Cisco has not published an end-of-service-life date. Track it so you catch the announcement early.
End of sale
Not published
Last date of support
Not announced
Part numbers
2
Current
no end-of-life announced by Cisco
Why this score
- No end-of-life announced by the vendor — current, shipping product
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Category: wireless controller
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 2 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.
| Part number | Description | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C9800-L-C-K9 | Wireless controller, copper uplink | — | Not announced | No EOL announced |
| C9800-L-F-K9 | Wireless controller, fiber uplink | — | Not announced | No EOL announced |
Support outlook
No EOL announcedCisco has not announced end-of-sale or end-of-service-life for the Cisco Catalyst 9800-L, and nobody can tell you when it will. What can be shown is what Cisco has actually done on the 150 of its products where both dates are published — in line with the 60-month norm — 95% of Cisco's pairs land within 3 months of exactly 60.
This is Cisco's published history on other products — not a prediction for the Cisco Catalyst 9800-L. EOSL.ai publishes a lifecycle date for this model only when Cisco does, and this page changes the day that happens. Every pair behind these figures comes from a Cisco bulletin linked on that product's own page. How this is measured →
Options from here
The Cisco Catalyst 9800-L is still supported. Options to plan around, in rough priority:
Current product, fully supported. Nothing to plan around.
Long runway ahead; fine for new deployments.
Stay on a supported software release.
We flag this page the moment the vendor announces end-of-life.
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Catalyst 9800-L — questions
Is the Cisco Catalyst 9800-L end of life?
No. Cisco has not announced end-of-sale or end-of-service-life for the 9800-L. It is a current, shipping product. EOSL.ai updates this page when Cisco publishes an EOL notice.
Is the 9800-L still supported by Cisco?
Yes. As of Aug 2026 the 9800-L is an active Cisco product with no published end-of-life date.
Where can I confirm the 9800-L lifecycle status?
The 9800-L is listed as a current product on Cisco's site, linked on this page; Cisco issues an End-of-Life notice when a product is retired.
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