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Cisco Catalyst C4500E Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTCisco ended support in October 2025.

The Cisco Catalyst C4500E 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 C4500E 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: C9404R-48U-BNDL-E.

End of sale

Oct 2020

Last date of support

Oct 2025

Part numbers

27

Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026
Cisco names C9404R-48U-BNDL-E as the migration pathper the linked bulletin · see its own dates
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10

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: 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.
Figure 2. The C4500E 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 27 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.

Part numberEnd of saleLast supportStatus
WS-C4K-PS-CVROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-C4KE-PS-CVROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4503-FILTEROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4503E-19CNTROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4503E-23CNTROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4503E-ACC-KITOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4506-FILTEROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4506E-19CNTROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4506E-23CNTROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4506E-ACC-KITOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4507-FILTEROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4507E-19CNTROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4507E-23CNTROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4507E-ACC-KITOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4510-FILTEROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4510E-19CNTROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4510E-23CNTROct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4510E-ACC-KITOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4582Oct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4593-EOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4596-EOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
WS-X4597Oct 2020Oct 2025Past support
C1-C4503-EOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
C1-C4503EOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
C1-C4503E-S7LOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
C1-C4506-EOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
C1-C4506EOct 2020Oct 2025Past support
Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026

Options from here

The Cisco Catalyst C4500E 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.

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 C4500E Series — questions

Is the Cisco Catalyst C4500E Series end of life?

Yes. Every tracked C4500E Series SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the C4500E Series?

Oct 2025, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

Where do these C4500E 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 C4500E Series?

Cisco's end-of-life bulletin lists C9404R-48U-BNDL-E as the recommended migration path for the C4500E Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.

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