Cisco Catalyst — End-of-Life (EOL) & EOSL Dates
End-of-sale and end-of-service-life (EOSL) dates for 29 Cisco Catalyst product families, compared side by side and linked to each official Cisco end-of-life bulletin. 15 are already past end of service life. Find your series, then drill into the exact part number.
Catalyst lifecycle at a glance
| Series | Category | End of sale | EOSL / last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3750G- Series | Switch | Mar 2009 | Mar 2014 | Past EOSL |
| 6500 Series | Switch | May 2009 – Sep 2023 | May 2014 – Sep 2025 | Past EOSL |
| 4500 Series | Switch | Jul 2010 – Oct 2018 | Jul 2015 – Oct 2023 | Past EOSL |
| 6513 Series | Switch | Aug 2012 | Aug 2017 | Past EOSL |
| 4948 Series | Switch | Aug 2013 | Jul 2018 | Past EOSL |
| 2960 Series | Access switch | Oct 2014 | Oct 2019 | Past EOSL |
| 3560V Series | Switch | May 2016 | May 2021 | Past EOSL |
| 3750-X Series | Stackable access switch | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past EOSL |
| 3560-X Series | Standalone access switch | Oct 2016 | Oct 2021 | Past EOSL |
| 6816 Series | Switch | Apr 2017 | Apr 2022 | Past EOSL |
| 6500/6500-E Series | Switch | Oct 2017 | Oct 2022 | Past EOSL |
| 4500-E Series | Modular distribution switch | Oct 2020 | Oct 2025 | Past EOSL |
| 6500-E Series | Modular core switch | Oct 2020 | Oct 2025 | Past EOSL |
| C4500E Series | Switch | Oct 2020 | Oct 2025 | Past EOSL |
| 3850 Series | Stackable access switch | Oct 2020 – Apr 2022 | Oct 2025 – Apr 2027 | Mixed by SKU |
| 3650 Series | Switch | Oct 2021 – May 2023 | Oct 2026 – May 2028 | Ending soon |
| 2960-X Series | Access switch | Oct 2022 | Oct 2027 | Supported |
| 9300 Series | Stackable access switch | — | Not announced | Active |
| 9200 Series | Stackable access switch | — | Not announced | Active |
| 9500 Series | Fixed core / aggregation switch | — | Not announced | Active |
| CW9800L | Wireless controller | — | Not announced | Active |
| CW9800H | Wireless controller | — | Not announced | Active |
| CW9800M | Wireless controller | — | Not announced | Active |
| 9800-L | Wireless controller | — | Not announced | Active |
| CW9176 | Wireless access point | — | Not announced | Active |
| CW9178 | Wireless access point | — | Not announced | Active |
| 9400 Series | Modular access switch | — | Not announced | Active |
| 9600 Series | Core and aggregation switch | — | Not announced | Active |
| 8300 Series Edge Platform | Edge router | — | Not announced | Active |
Sorted by urgency — past end of service first. Each series links to its full part-number breakdown.
Cisco Catalyst — questions
Is the Cisco Catalyst series end of life?
Partly — 15 of 29 Cisco Catalyst families are past end of service life; the rest are still supported. The table above shows each series' status.
Which Cisco Catalyst models are still current?
9300 Series, 9200 Series, 9500 Series, CW9800L, CW9800H, CW9800M, 9800-L, CW9176, and 4 more — current products with no Cisco end-of-life announced.
Which Cisco Catalyst models lose support soonest?
3850 Series, 3650 Series, 2960-X Series — see the dates above; each links to the Cisco bulletin.
Where do these Cisco Catalyst EOL dates come from?
Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date links to the official Cisco end-of-life bulletin it was taken from, so you can verify it at the source.