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Cisco UCS C250 M2 Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTCisco ended support in November 2017.

The Cisco UCS C250 M2 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 C250 M2 Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Nov 2017). 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: UCSC-C240-M3S2.

End of sale

Nov 2012

Last date of support

Nov 2017

Part numbers

10

Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026
Cisco names UCSC-C240-M3S2 as the migration pathper the linked bulletin · see its own dates
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105

months past last support

Support Runway Score10/100 · Little or no runway
Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 105 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 C250 M2 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 10 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.

Part numberEnd of saleLast supportStatus
N20-BHTS7Nov 2012Nov 2017Past support
R200-1032RAILNov 2012Nov 2017Past support
R250-2480805WNov 2012Nov 2017Past support
R250-CBLARMNov 2012Nov 2017Past support
R250-PSU2-850WNov 2012Nov 2017Past support
UCS-EZ-C250-192GBNov 2012Nov 2017Past support
UCS-SP-C250PNov 2012Nov 2017Past support
UCSC-CMA-C250Nov 2012Nov 2017Past support
UCSC-RAIL-C250Nov 2012Nov 2017Past support
UCSC-RAIL-KT-C250Nov 2012Nov 2017Past support
Cisco EOL bulletin ↗verified Jun 2026

Options from here

The Cisco UCS C250 M2 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 C250 M2 Series — questions

Is the Cisco UCS C250 M2 Series end of life?

Yes. Every tracked C250 M2 Series SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the C250 M2 Series?

Nov 2017, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

Where do these C250 M2 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 C250 M2 Series?

Cisco's end-of-life bulletin lists UCSC-C240-M3S2 as the recommended migration path for the C250 M2 Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.

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