13 products reach end of support in 2011
22 part numbers across 4 vendors lose manufacturer support during 2011. Every date below is the vendor's own, linked to the bulletin it was read from. The biggest sets: Fortinet with 8, IBM with 3, SonicWall with 1.
The largest retirements of 2011
Ranked by tracked part numbers reaching their last date of support this year.
IBM · Enterprise server · support ends Dec 2011 · 6 part numbers
details →Fortinet · Next-generation firewall · support ends Dec 2011 · 2 part numbers
details →SonicWall · Secure remote access appliance · support ends Jan 2011 · 1 part number
details →Fortinet · Next-generation firewall · support ends Feb 2011 · 1 part number
details →Fortinet · Next-generation firewall · support ends Feb 2011 · 1 part number
details →Everything reaching end of support in 2011, by quarter
Grouped the way budgets are built. A product appears at its earliest 2011 milestone; families where different part numbers carry different dates show every 2011 month.
Q1 · January to March
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SonicWall EX-1500 | SonicWall | Secure remote access appliance | Jan 2011 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 4000P | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Feb 2011 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 4000S | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Feb 2011 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 4010B | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Feb 2011 | 1 | none published |
Q2 · April to June
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell CLARiiON AX1 | Dell | Storage array | Apr 2011 | 4 | none published |
Q3 · July to September
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet FortiGate 1000 | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Aug 2011 | 1 | none published |
Q4 · October to December
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM AS/400 Advanced System Unit | IBM | Enterprise server | Dec 2011 | 6 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 200 | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Dec 2011 | 2 | none published |
| IBM Power System Series Rack Enclosure | IBM | Enterprise server | Dec 2011 | 1 | none published |
| IBM AS/400 Series System | IBM | Enterprise server | Dec 2011 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 100 | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Dec 2011 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 400 | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Dec 2011 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 500 | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Dec 2011 | 1 | none published |
If your hardware is on this list
An end-of-service-life date is a planning fact, not an outage. The equipment keeps working past the date; what stops is vendor support: security patches, software maintenance, replacement hardware and TAC. The realistic paths, in the order most teams weigh them:
Replace on your schedule
Budget the refresh into the right quarter above. Where the vendor has named a successor it is listed in the table and linked, with its own lifecycle page, from each product page.
Third-party maintenance
Independent providers keep hardware running past the vendor date with break/fix, spare parts and on-site SLAs, usually below the last OEM renewal quote. It does not restore firmware or security patches; only the manufacturer ships those. What TPM covers, and what it does not.
Pre-stock spares
Buy spares while units still circulate and self-maintain. Pairs well with TPM for gear where a same-day part matters more than a contract.
Run to failure, documented
A deliberate choice for non-critical, easily replaced, well-segmented gear: record the risk, harden monitoring and backups, retire on your terms.
For internet-facing or compliance-scoped equipment, weigh the unpatched-vulnerability exposure first; after the date, new CVEs in the platform stay unpatched.
Work this list against your own inventory
Paste part numbers or drop a CSV into the bulk checker; it runs in your browser and returns each part's dates and source. Subscribe to the EOSL calendars to get these dates as events, or follow the change ledger for new announcements the week they appear.
2011 end-of-life questions
What hardware goes end of life in 2011?
EOSL.ai tracks 13 product families with 22 part numbers reaching their manufacturer's last date of support in 2011, across 4 vendors. The largest sets are Fortinet (8 products), IBM (3 products), SonicWall (1 products). Every date on this page links to the vendor's own end-of-life bulletin.
Does hardware stop working at end of service life?
No. The equipment keeps running. What ends is manufacturer support: security patches, software maintenance, hardware replacement and TAC cases. The risk grows over time rather than arriving on the date, which is why the realistic responses are planning moves rather than emergencies.
What are the options when hardware reaches EOSL?
Replace it on your schedule, keep it running under third-party maintenance (hardware support only; security patches still end), pre-stock spares and self-maintain, or run non-critical gear to failure with the risk documented. The support options guide covers each path and how to choose per box.
Where do these 2011 dates come from?
Every date is read from the manufacturer's own published end-of-life bulletin, and each product row links to that bulletin so you can verify it at the source. Records show when they were last re-checked.