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Cisco MDS 9148 Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTCisco ended support in October 2020.

The Cisco MDS 9148 Series is a san switch in Cisco's MDS 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 MDS 9148 Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Oct 2020). 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: DS-9148S-KIT-CSCO.

End of sale

Oct 2015

Last date of support

Oct 2020

Part numbers

21

Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026
Cisco names DS-9148S-KIT-CSCO as the migration pathper the linked bulletin · see its own dates
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70

months past last support

Support Runway Score11/100 · Little or no runway
Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 70 months ago
  • Vendor-published date, source-linked
  • Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
  • Category: san 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 9148 Series against 7 other models in Cisco MDS. 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. 1 further model in this line publishes no usable date range and is not plotted.

Part numbers in this family

All 21 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.

Part numberEnd of saleLast supportStatus
DS-9148-KIT-CSCOOct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-9148-KIT-EMCOct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-9148-KIT-HDSOct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-9148-KIT-HPOct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-9148-KIT-IBMOct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C48-300ACOct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C48-FANOct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148-16P-HK9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148-16P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148-32P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148-48P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148-IBM16P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148-NA16P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148D-4G16P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148D-4G32P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148D-4G48P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148D-8G16P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148D-8G32P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148D-8G48P-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
DS-C9148UCSBNDL-K9Oct 2015Oct 2020Past support
Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026

Options from here

The Cisco MDS 9148 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.

MDS 9148 Series — questions

Is the Cisco MDS 9148 Series end of life?

Yes. Every tracked 9148 Series SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the 9148 Series?

Oct 2020, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

Where do these 9148 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 9148 Series?

Cisco's end-of-life bulletin lists DS-9148S-KIT-CSCO as the recommended migration path for the 9148 Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.

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