IBM Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
IBM Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director enterprise hardware. 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 The end-of-sale date shown is the IBM end-of-marketing date, published as "no longer available for order, withdrawn from market".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 Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director SKU group is past IBM end of service life (last group Dec 2014). 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
Sep 1994
End of sale
Apr 1999 – Dec 2004
Last date of support
Mar 2014 – Dec 2014
Part numbers
2
149
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 149 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Category: enterprise hardware
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 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9032-003 | IBM Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director (enterprise hardware) | Apr 1999 | Mar 2014 | Past support |
| 9032-005 | IBM Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director (enterprise hardware) | Dec 2004 | Dec 2014 | Past support |
Options from here
The IBM Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director 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 Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director — questions
Is the IBM Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director end of life?
Yes. Every tracked Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director?
Last dates of support across Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director SKU groups range from Mar 2014 to Dec 2014.
Where do these Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director 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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