Cisco Nexus 5500 Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Nexus 5500 data center access/aggregation switch. Past Cisco support as of May 2024.
Is the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series end of life?
Past end of serviceEvery tracked Cisco Nexus 5500 Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group May 2024). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure.
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 27 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Category: data center 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 — PAST39 SKUs in this group
Options from here
Unsupported nowThe Cisco Nexus 5500 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.
Nexus 5500 Series — questions
Is the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series end of life?
Yes — every tracked 5500 Series SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the 5500 Series?
May 2024 — per the Cisco EOL bulletin.
Where do these 5500 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.
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