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Cisco Nexus 5548P Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTCisco ended support in September 2020.

The Cisco Nexus 5548P Series is a data center switch in Cisco's Nexus 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 Nexus 5548P Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Sep 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: N5K-C5672UP.

End of sale

Sep 2015

Last date of support

Sep 2020

Part numbers

18

Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026
Cisco names N5K-C5672UP as the migration pathper the linked bulletin · see its own dates
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71

months past last support

Support Runway Score10/100 · Little or no runway
Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 71 months ago
  • Vendor-published date, source-linked
  • Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
  • Category: data center 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 5548P Series against 7 other models in Cisco Nexus. 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. 2 further models in this line publish no usable date range and are not plotted.

Part numbers in this family

All 18 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.

Part numberEnd of saleLast supportStatus
N55-M16PSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N55-M16P-BSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N55-M8P8FPSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N55-M8P8FP-BSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5548P-4N2248TFSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5548P-4N2248TPSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5548PM-4N2232PFSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5548PM-6N2248TFSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5548PM-6N2248TPSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5548PM-6N2248TRSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5K-BUN-NFASSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5K-C5548PSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5K-C5548P-B-S16Sep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5K-C5548P-B-S48Sep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5K-C5548P-BUNSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5K-C5548P-DEMOBDLSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5K-C5548P-FASep 2015Sep 2020Past support
N5K-C5548P-OSMSep 2015Sep 2020Past support
Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026

Options from here

The Cisco Nexus 5548P 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.

Nexus 5548P Series — questions

Is the Cisco Nexus 5548P Series end of life?

Yes. Every tracked 5548P Series SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the 5548P Series?

Sep 2020, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

Where do these 5548P 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 5548P Series?

Cisco's end-of-life bulletin lists N5K-C5672UP as the recommended migration path for the 5548P Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.

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