UCS C885 M8 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 C885A-M8-H2SX-SLD is Jul 2030, per the Cisco end-of-life bulletin.
C885A-M8-H2SX-SLD reached end of sale Jul 2025, per the Cisco end-of-life bulletin.
Jul 2030, according to the Cisco end-of-life bulletin.
After the last date of support, C885A-M8-H2SX-SLD 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.