Cisco Catalyst 6500/6500-E Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
The Cisco Catalyst 6500/6500-E Series is a switch in Cisco's Catalyst product line. End-of-sale and end-of-service-life dates are listed by part number below, each linked to the Cisco EOL bulletin.
Is the Cisco Catalyst 6500/6500-E Series end of life?
Past end of serviceEvery tracked Cisco Catalyst 6500/6500-E Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Oct 2022). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure. Cisco’s named migration path: C6800-48P-SFP.
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 46 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
- Category: switch
The score reflects support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only — higher means more support runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it’s calculated →
Switch hardware
EOSL — PAST11 SKUs in this group
Options from here
Unsupported nowThe Cisco Catalyst 6500/6500-E Series is past Cisco 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 or maintenance and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the asset's role.
Catalyst 6500/6500-E Series — questions
Is the Cisco Catalyst 6500/6500-E Series end of life?
Yes — every tracked 6500/6500-E Series SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the 6500/6500-E Series?
Oct 2022 — per the Cisco EOL bulletin.
Where do these 6500/6500-E Series dates come from?
Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official Cisco EOL bulletin it was taken from.
What is the replacement for the 6500/6500-E Series?
Cisco's end-of-life bulletin lists C6800-48P-SFP as the recommended migration path for the 6500/6500-E Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.
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