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IBM Cisco MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage Switch — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

IBM Cisco MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage Switch san / network switch. End-of-support (last date of support / EOSL) date from IBM's Product Lifecycle, linked to the IBM lifecycle page for verification. IBM publishes an end-of-support date but no separate end-of-sale date in this feed.

Is the IBM Cisco MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage Switch end of life?

Past end of service
10/100
High exposure
EOSL Exposure Score

Every tracked IBM Cisco MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage Switch SKU group is past IBM end of service life (last group Jan 2019). 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 — 90 months ago
  • Vendor-published date, source-linked
  • Category: san / network switch

The score reflects support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only — it is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it’s calculated →

Action priority
Critical
Past end of service life — unsupported by the vendor.
End of service life
Jan 2019
Part numbers
2
Confidence
Vendor-published date
Last verified
Jul 2026
Source
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2053-424

EOSL — PAST
90 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
AvailableFeb 2007
End of saleNot published
End of serviceJan 2019IBM bulletin ↗

2417-C24

EOSL — PAST
90 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
AvailableFeb 2007
End of saleNot published
End of serviceJan 2019IBM bulletin ↗

Options from here

Unsupported now

The IBM Cisco MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage Switch is past IBM 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.

IBM Cisco MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage Switch — questions

Is the IBM Cisco MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage Switch end of life?

Yes — every tracked Cisco MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage Switch SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the Cisco MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage Switch?

Jan 2019 — per the IBM end-of-sale bulletin.

Where do these Cisco MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage Switch dates come from?

Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official IBM end-of-sale bulletin it was taken from.

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