9032-005

IBM Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director — IBM Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director (enterprise hardware)

EOSL — PAST

139 mo

past end of service life

Lifecycle position

now

availableend of saleservice

AvailableSep 1994

End of saleNot published

End of serviceDec 2014IBM bulletin ↗

Options 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.

Other SKUs in Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director

9032-003IBM Enterprise System Connection ESCON Director (enterprise hardware)›

9032-005 — questions

Is the IBM 9032-005 still supported?

No. IBM's last date of support for 9032-005 was Dec 2014 (per the IBM end-of-sale bulletin) — it is past end of service life.

What is the last date of support (EOSL) for the 9032-005?

Dec 2014 — per the IBM end-of-sale bulletin.

Can the 9032-005 be maintained after IBM support ends?

After the last date of support, 9032-005 units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. IBM no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.