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Cisco Nexus 9396PX Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTCisco ended support in April 2023.

The Cisco Nexus 9396PX 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 9396PX Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Apr 2023). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure.

End of sale

May 2018

Last date of support

Apr 2023

Part numbers

3

Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026
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40

months past last support

Support Runway Score18/100 · Little or no runway
Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 40 months ago
  • Vendor-published date, source-linked
  • 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 9396PX 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 3 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.

Part numberEnd of saleLast supportStatus
N9K-M12PQMay 2018Apr 2023Past support
N9K-M6PQ-EMay 2018Apr 2023Past support
C1-N9K-C9396PXMay 2018Apr 2023Past support
Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026

Options from here

The Cisco Nexus 9396PX 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 9396PX Series — questions

Is the Cisco Nexus 9396PX Series end of life?

Yes. Every tracked 9396PX Series SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the 9396PX Series?

Apr 2023, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

Where do these 9396PX 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.

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