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DS-9710-KIT-IBM

MDS 9509 Series —

EOSL — PAST
86 mo
past end of service life

Lifecycle position

now
availableend of saleservice
Available
End of saleApr 2014
End of serviceApr 2019Cisco bulletin ↗
Last security firmware

Options from here

Third-party maintenance

Covered past the OEM cutoff, typically well below renewal pricing.

Pre-stock spares

Modules and units still circulate on the secondary market.

Schedule migration

Carrying production traffic? Set the replacement window now, not mid-outage.

Run to failure

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

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