22 products reach end of support in 2012
50 part numbers across 6 vendors lose manufacturer support during 2012, and 1 of these products already carry a vulnerability CISA lists as actively exploited. Every date below is the vendor's own, linked to the bulletin it was read from. The biggest sets: Fortinet with 12, SonicWall with 4, Dell with 2.
The largest retirements of 2012
Ranked by tracked part numbers reaching their last date of support this year.
Avaya · IP / digital telephone · support ends Nov 2012 · 18 part numbers
details →Dell · Data protection · support ends Jul + Aug 2012 · 12 part numbers
details →Fortinet · Logging & analytics appliance · support ends Mar 2012 · 1 part number
details →Fortinet · Logging & analytics appliance · support ends Mar 2012 · 1 part number
details →Fortinet · Email security appliance · support ends Mar 2012 · 1 part number
details →SonicWall · Wireless access point · support ends Mar 2012 · 1 part number
details →Everything reaching end of support in 2012, by quarter
Grouped the way budgets are built. A product appears at its earliest 2012 milestone; families where different part numbers carry different dates show every 2012 month.
Q1 · January to March
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 100A | Fortinet | Logging & analytics appliance | Mar 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 4000 | Fortinet | Logging & analytics appliance | Mar 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiMail 4000 KEV | Fortinet | Email security appliance | Mar 2012 | 1 | none published |
| SonicWall SonicPoint A/B/G | SonicWall | Wireless access point | Mar 2012 | 1 | none published |
| SonicWall SonicPoint G | SonicWall | Wireless access point | Mar 2012 | 1 | none published |
Q2 · April to June
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell File Management Appliance | Dell | Storage array | Apr 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Juniper J Series J4300 | Juniper | Router | Apr 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Juniper J Series J6300 | Juniper | Router | Apr 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 50A | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Apr 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 60M | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Apr 2012 | 1 | none published |
| SonicWall EX-1600 | SonicWall | Secure remote access appliance | Apr 2012 | 1 | none published |
Q3 · July to September
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Mainframe Disk Library (MDL) | Dell | Data protection | Jul + Aug 2012 | 12 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 400 | Fortinet | Logging & analytics appliance | Jul 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 3000 | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Sep 2012 | 1 | none published |
Q4 · October to December
| Product | Vendor | Category | Support ends | Parts | Vendor-named replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 800 | Fortinet | Logging & analytics appliance | Oct 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiBridge 1000F | Fortinet | Bypass appliance | Oct 2012 | 1 | none published |
| SonicWall EX-2500 | SonicWall | Secure remote access appliance | Oct 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Avaya 4600 Series IP Deskphone | Avaya | IP / digital telephone | Nov 2012 | 18 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 60ADSL | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Nov 2012 | 1 | none published |
| IBM Model 510 System Unit | IBM | Enterprise hardware | Dec 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 300 | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Dec 2012 | 1 | none published |
| Fortinet FortiGate 5002FB | Fortinet | Next-generation firewall | Dec 2012 | 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: 1 product on this list carries a CISA known-exploited vulnerability.
Work this list against your own inventory
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2012 end-of-life questions
What hardware goes end of life in 2012?
EOSL.ai tracks 22 product families with 50 part numbers reaching their manufacturer's last date of support in 2012, across 6 vendors. The largest sets are Fortinet (12 products), SonicWall (4 products), Dell (2 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 2012 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.