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100BASE-X

Catalyst 6500 Series —

EOSL — PAST
89 mo
past end of service life

Lifecycle position

now
availableend of saleservice
Available—
End of saleJan 2014
End of serviceJan 2019Cisco bulletin ↗
Last security firmwareSW maintenance ended 2015-01

Options from here

Third-party maintenance

Covered past the OEM cutoff by an independent maintainer.

Pre-stock spares

Modules and units still circulate on the secondary market.

Schedule migration

Carrying production traffic? Set the replacement window now, not mid-outage.

Run to failure

Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.

Other SKUs in 6500 Series

WS-X6148-FE-SFP›WS-X6848-SFP-2T›720-10G-3C›WS-X6724-SFP›WS-X6824-SFP-2T›WS-X6716-10T-3CXL›10GBASE-T›WS-X6816-10T-2TXL›

100BASE-X — questions

Is the Cisco 100BASE-X still supported?

No. Cisco's last date of support for 100BASE-X was Jan 2019 (per the Cisco EOL bulletin) — it is past end of service life.

When did the 100BASE-X reach end of sale?

100BASE-X reached end of sale Jan 2014, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

What is the last date of support (EOSL) for the 100BASE-X?

Jan 2019 — per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

Can the 100BASE-X be maintained after Cisco support ends?

After the last date of support, 100BASE-X units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Cisco no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.