Hardware lifecycle changes — Jul 2026
What moved in the source-backed lifecycle data in Jul 2026: dataset changes recorded by the weekly vendor re-check, plus the 27 tracked SKU groups whose vendor support ended this month. Part of the Lifecycle Change Ledger.
Recorded changes
IBM FlashSystem 7000 High Density LFF Expansion Enclosure is now tracked: 1 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
IBM FlashSystem 7000 LFF Expansion Enclosure is now tracked: 1 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
IBM FlashSystem 7000 SFF Expansion Enclosure is now tracked: 1 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
IBM FlashSystem 7200 NVMe Control Enclosure is now tracked: 2 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
IBM FlashSystem 7200 Utility Model NVMe Control Enclosure is now tracked: 1 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
IBM FlashSystem 7200 Utility NVMe Control Enclosure is now tracked: 1 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
IBM FlashSystem 9200 SFF NVMe Control Enclosure is now tracked: 1 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
IBM Storage Scale System 3000 is now tracked: 1 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
Juniper QFX Series QFX5110 is now tracked: 13 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
Fortinet FortiGate 1000F is now tracked: 4 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
Fortinet FortiGate 1001F is now tracked: 2 part number(s), each date linked to the vendor bulletin. source ↗
Restored 124 IBM families (282 part numbers) that the 2026-07-13 automated refresh had dropped after IBM's lifecycle search API returned a truncated result set — every restored product's IBM lifecycle page was verified still live before restoration. A fuller re-harvest also added 5 new IBM families. IBM coverage now 285 families / 753 part numbers. The refresh pipeline now merges instead of replacing, and a no-shrink CI gate blocks any refresh that would silently reduce vendor coverage. source ↗
Weekly automated sweep re-verified Cisco, HPE, Juniper, Fortinet and IBM against their vendor sources. This refresh also temporarily dropped 124 IBM families due to a truncated IBM API response; see the 2026-07-14 entry for the restoration and the pipeline fixes.
Reached end of support in Jul 2026
Vendor-published last date of support falls in Jul 2026 for these tracked SKU groups — after this month the vendor no longer ships fixes, patches or replacements for them.
- Cisco Meraki MR33-HW — MR33-HW (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Cisco Meraki MR42-HW — MR42-HW (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Cisco Meraki MR42E-HW — MR42E-HW (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Cisco Meraki MR45-HW — MR45-HW (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Cisco Meraki MR52-HW — MR52-HW (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Cisco Meraki MR53-HW — MR53-HW (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Cisco Meraki MR53E-HW — MR53E-HW (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Cisco Meraki MR74-HW — MR74-HW (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Cisco Meraki MR84-HW — MR84-HW (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Dell Unity — Unity — support ends 2026-07 (4 part numbers) · bulletin ↗
- Dell Unity — Unity — support ends 2026-07 (8 part numbers) · bulletin ↗
- Dell Unity — Unity — support ends 2026-07 (4 part numbers) · bulletin ↗
- Extreme Networks SLX 9030 — SLX 9030 — 6 parts (6 part numbers) · bulletin ↗
- Extreme Networks Summit X670 Switches — Summit X670 Switches — 1 part (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 200F — FortiAnalyzer-200F (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 300F — FortiAnalyzer-300F (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 400E — FortiAnalyzer-400E (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiGate 101E — FortiGate-101E (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiGate 140E — FortiGate-140E-POE (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiGate 300E — FortiGate-300E (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiGate 301E — FortiGate-301E (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiGate 500E — FortiGate-500E (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiGate 501E — FortiGate-501E (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiGate 61E — FortiGate-61E (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiManager 200F — FortiManager-200F (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Fortinet FortiManager 3000F — FortiManager-3000F (1 part number) · bulletin ↗
- Zyxel NR2301 — NR2301 (1 part number) · bulletin ↗