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IBM BladeCenter PS Series Server — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTIBM ended support in September 2019.

IBM BladeCenter PS 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 The end-of-sale date shown is the IBM end-of-marketing date, published as "no longer available for order, withdrawn from market".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 PS Series Server SKU group is past IBM end of service life (last group Sep 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

Jun 2010

End of sale

May 2012 – Apr 2014

Last date of support

Sep 2019

Part numbers

4

IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗8406-71Y · verified Aug 2026
IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗8406-70Y · verified Aug 2026
IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗7891-74X · verified Aug 2026
IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗7891-73X · verified Aug 2026
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83

months past last support

Support Runway Score10/100 · Little or no runway
Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 83 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

Figure 1. IBM 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.

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 numberDescriptionEnd of saleLast supportStatus
8406-71YIBM BladeCenter PS Series Server (enterprise server)Oct 2013Sep 2019Past support
8406-70YIBM BladeCenter PS Series Server (enterprise server)Apr 2014Sep 2019Past support
7891-74XIBM BladeCenter PS Series Server (enterprise server)May 2012Sep 2019Past support
7891-73XIBM BladeCenter PS Series Server (enterprise server)Oct 2013Sep 2019Past support
IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗8406-71Y · verified Aug 2026
IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗8406-70Y · verified Aug 2026
IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗7891-74X · verified Aug 2026
IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗7891-73X · verified Aug 2026

Options from here

The IBM BladeCenter PS Series Server is past IBM 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.

IBM BladeCenter PS Series Server — questions

Is the IBM BladeCenter PS Series Server end of life?

Yes. Every tracked BladeCenter PS Series Server SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the BladeCenter PS Series Server?

Sep 2019, per the IBM end-of-sale bulletin.

Where do these BladeCenter PS 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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