Nexus 3420 Series —
Covered past the OEM cutoff by an independent maintainer.
Modules and units still circulate on the secondary market.
Carrying production traffic? Set the replacement window now, not mid-outage.
Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.
Yes, for now. Cisco's last date of support for N3K-C34200YC-SM is Jan 2029, per the Cisco end-of-life bulletin.
N3K-C34200YC-SM reached end of sale Jan 2024, per the Cisco end-of-life bulletin.
Jan 2029, according to the Cisco end-of-life bulletin.
After the last date of support, N3K-C34200YC-SM units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Cisco no longer issues software fixes, TAC support, or hardware replacement for it.