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Cisco UCS B420 M3 Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTCisco ended support in December 2021.

The Cisco UCS B420 M3 Series is a server in Cisco's UCS 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 UCS B420 M3 Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Dec 2021). 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: UCSB-B420-M4.

End of sale

Dec 2016

Last date of support

Dec 2021

Part numbers

8

Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026
Cisco names UCSB-B420-M4 as the migration pathper the linked bulletin · see its own dates
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56

months past last support

Support Runway Score14/100 · Little or no runway
Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 56 months ago
  • Vendor-published date, source-linked
  • Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
  • Category: server

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 B420 M3 Series against 7 other models in Cisco UCS. 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. 5 further models in this line publish no usable date range and are not plotted.

Part numbers in this family

All 8 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.

Part numberEnd of saleLast supportStatus
UCS-EZ8-B420M3-VDec 2016Dec 2021Past support
UCS-SR-B420M3-VDec 2016Dec 2021Past support
UCSB-B420-M3Dec 2016Dec 2021Past support
UCSB-B420-M3-CHDec 2016Dec 2021Past support
UCSB-B420-M3-CH2Dec 2016Dec 2021Past support
UCSB-B420-M3-DDec 2016Dec 2021Past support
UCSB-B420-M3-UDec 2016Dec 2021Past support
UCSB-BAFF-B420-M3Dec 2016Dec 2021Past support
Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026

Options from here

The Cisco UCS B420 M3 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.

UCS B420 M3 Series — questions

Is the Cisco UCS B420 M3 Series end of life?

Yes. Every tracked B420 M3 Series SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the B420 M3 Series?

Dec 2021, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

Where do these B420 M3 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 B420 M3 Series?

Cisco's end-of-life bulletin lists UCSB-B420-M4 as the recommended migration path for the B420 M3 Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.

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