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N3KUK9-602A1

Nexus 3500 Series —

EOSL — PAST
56 mo
past end of service life

Lifecycle position

now
availableend of saleservice
Available
End of saleOct 2016
End of serviceOct 2021Cisco bulletin ↗
Last security firmwareSW maintenance ended 2017-10

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.

N3KUK9-602A1 — questions

Is the Cisco N3KUK9-602A1 still supported?

No. Cisco's last date of support for N3KUK9-602A1 was Oct 2021 (per the Cisco EOL bulletin) — it is past end of service life.

When did the N3KUK9-602A1 reach end of sale?

N3KUK9-602A1 reached end of sale Oct 2016, per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

What is the last date of support (EOSL) for the N3KUK9-602A1?

Oct 2021 — per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

Can the N3KUK9-602A1 be maintained after Cisco support ends?

After the last date of support, N3KUK9-602A1 units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Cisco no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.