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Cisco Nexus 9500 Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

The Cisco Nexus 9500 Series is a data center switch in Cisco's Nexus 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 Nexus 9500 Series end of life?

Past end of service
26/100
Little or no runway
Support Runway Score

Every tracked Cisco Nexus 9500 Series SKU group is past Cisco end of service life (last group Nov 2025). 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: N9K-X9736Q-FX / N9K-X9788TC-FX / N9K-X97160YC-EX.

Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 9 months ago
  • Vendor-published date, source-linked
  • Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
  • 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 →

Action priority
Critical
Every tracked part number is past end of service life — unsupported by the vendor.
End of service life
Nov 2025
Vendor-listed replacement
N9K-X9736Q-FX / N9K-X9788TC-FX / N9K-X97160YC-EX
per the linked EOL bulletin — click to see its EOSL
Part numbers
5
Confidence
Vendor-published date
Last verified
Jun 2026
Source
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Switch hardware

EOSL — PAST
9 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
End of saleNov 2020
End of serviceNov 2025Cisco bulletin ↗
Last security firmwareSW maintenance ended 2021-11

1 SKU in this group

Switch hardware

EOSL — PAST
9 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
End of saleNov 2020
End of serviceNov 2025Cisco bulletin ↗
Vendor-listed replacementN9K-X9736Q-FXmigration options ↗ · migration guide →
Last security firmwareSW maintenance ended 2021-11

1 SKU in this group

Switch hardware

EOSL — PAST
9 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
End of saleNov 2020
End of serviceNov 2025Cisco bulletin ↗
Vendor-listed replacementN9K-X9788TC-FXmigration options ↗ · migration guide →
Last security firmwareSW maintenance ended 2021-11

1 SKU in this group

Switch hardware

EOSL — PAST
9 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
End of saleNov 2020
End of serviceNov 2025Cisco bulletin ↗
Vendor-listed replacementN9K-X97160YC-EXmigration options ↗ · migration guide →
Last security firmwareSW maintenance ended 2021-11

1 SKU in this group

Switch hardware

EOSL — PAST
9 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
End of saleNov 2020
End of serviceNov 2025Cisco bulletin ↗
Last security firmwareSW maintenance ended 2021-11

1 SKU in this group

Options from here

Unsupported now

The Cisco Nexus 9500 Series is past Cisco end of service life. These are the paths teams take from here:

Third-party maintenance

Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.

Pre-stock spares

Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.

Plan replacement

It is unsupported today — set a migration timeline and budget.

Run to failure

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 9500 Series — questions

Is the Cisco Nexus 9500 Series end of life?

Yes — every tracked 9500 Series SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the 9500 Series?

Nov 2025 — per the Cisco EOL bulletin.

Where do these 9500 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 9500 Series?

Cisco's end-of-life bulletins list N9K-X9736Q-FX and N9K-X9788TC-FX and N9K-X97160YC-EX as the recommended migration path for the 9500 Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletins.

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