IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server 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 The end-of-sale date shown is the IBM end-of-marketing date, published as "no longer available for order, withdrawn from market".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 BladeCenter JS Series Server SKU group is past IBM end of service life (last group Mar 2019). 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
Nov 2003
End of sale
Jan 2005 – Jul 2011
Last date of support
Jan 2005 – Mar 2019
Part numbers
9
259
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 259 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 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8842-21X | IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server (enterprise server) | Jan 2005 | Jan 2005 | Past support |
| 8842-41X | IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server (enterprise server) | Aug 2005 | Aug 2005 | Past support |
| 8842-4TU | IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server (enterprise server) | Jun 2006 | Jun 2006 | Past support |
| 8842-42U | IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server (enterprise server) | Jun 2006 | Jun 2006 | Past support |
| 8844-PAR | IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server (enterprise server) | Apr 2006 | Apr 2006 | Past support |
| 7988-J21 | IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server (enterprise server) | Sep 2008 | Jan 2018 | Past support |
| 7998-61X | IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server (enterprise server) | Sep 2010 | Mar 2019 | Past support |
| 7998-60X | IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server (enterprise server) | Jul 2011 | Mar 2019 | Past support |
| 7778-23X | IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server (enterprise server) | Jan 2011 | Mar 2019 | Past support |
Options from here
The IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server 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 BladeCenter JS Series Server — questions
Is the IBM BladeCenter JS Series Server end of life?
Yes. Every tracked BladeCenter JS Series Server SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the BladeCenter JS Series Server?
Last dates of support across BladeCenter JS Series Server SKU groups range from Jan 2005 to Mar 2019.
Where do these BladeCenter JS Series Server 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.
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