IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit enterprise server. End-of-support (last date of support / EOSL) date from IBM's Product Lifecycle, linked to the IBM lifecycle page for verification. The end-of-sale date shown is the IBM end-of-marketing date, published as "no longer available for order, withdrawn from market".
Every tracked IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit SKU group is past IBM end of service life (last group Dec 2012). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure.
Available
Apr 1994
End of sale
Nov 1997 – Jul 1998
Last date of support
Dec 2011 – Dec 2012
Part numbers
7
176
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 176 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Category: enterprise 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
Part numbers in this family
Dates vary across 4 groups in this family, so every row carries its own. Find your exact part before you plan.
| Part number | Description | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9402-200 | IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit (enterprise server) | Nov 1997 | Dec 2011 | Past support |
| 9406-310 | IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit (enterprise server) | Nov 1997 | Dec 2011 | Past support |
| 9406-300 | IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit (enterprise server) | Nov 1997 | Dec 2011 | Past support |
| 9406-320 | IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit (enterprise server) | Nov 1997 | Dec 2011 | Past support |
| 9404-200 | IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit (enterprise server) | Dec 1997 | Dec 2011 | Past support |
| 9402-400 | IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit (enterprise server) | Jul 1998 | Dec 2011 | Past support |
| 9404-400 | IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit (enterprise server) | Jul 1998 | Dec 2012 | Past support |
Options from here
The IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit is past IBM end of service life. These are the paths teams take from here:
Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.
Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.
It is unsupported today. Set a migration timeline and budget.
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.
IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit — questions
Is the IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit end of life?
Yes. Every tracked AS/400 Advanced System Unit SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the AS/400 Advanced System Unit?
Last dates of support across AS/400 Advanced System Unit SKU groups range from Dec 2011 to Dec 2012.
Where do these AS/400 Advanced System Unit dates come from?
Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official IBM end-of-sale bulletin it was taken from.