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Cisco Catalyst — End-of-Life (EOL) & EOSL Dates

End-of-sale and end-of-service-life (EOSL) dates for 17 Cisco Catalyst product families, compared side by side and linked to each official Cisco end-of-life bulletin. 15 are already past end of service life. Find your series, then drill into the exact part number.

17product families

595part numbers tracked

15already past EOSL

1ending within a year

Catalyst lifecycle at a glance

Series	Category	End of sale	EOSL / last support	Status
3750G- Series	Switch	Mar 2009	Mar 2014	Past EOSL
6500 Series	Switch	May 2009 – Sep 2023	May 2014 – Sep 2025	Past EOSL
4500 Series	Switch	Jul 2010 – Oct 2018	Jul 2015 – Oct 2023	Past EOSL
6513 Series	Switch	Aug 2012	Aug 2017	Past EOSL
4948 Series	Switch	Aug 2013	Jul 2018	Past EOSL
2960 Series	Access switch	Oct 2014	Oct 2019	Past EOSL
3560V Series	Switch	May 2016	May 2021	Past EOSL
3750-X Series	Stackable access switch	Oct 2016	Oct 2021	Past EOSL
3560-X Series	Standalone access switch	Oct 2016	Oct 2021	Past EOSL
6816 Series	Switch	Apr 2017	Apr 2022	Past EOSL
6500/6500-E Series	Switch	Oct 2017	Oct 2022	Past EOSL
3850 Series	Stackable access switch	Oct 2020 – Apr 2022	Oct 2025 – Apr 2027	Past EOSL
4500-E Series	Modular distribution switch	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past EOSL
6500-E Series	Modular core switch	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past EOSL
C4500E Series	Switch	Oct 2020	Oct 2025	Past EOSL
3650 Series	Switch	Oct 2021 – May 2023	Oct 2026 – May 2028	Ending soon
2960-X Series	Access switch	Oct 2022	Oct 2027	Supported

Sorted by urgency — past end of service first. Each series links to its full part-number breakdown.

Cisco Catalyst — questions

Is the Cisco Catalyst series end of life?

Partly — 15 of 17 Cisco Catalyst families are past end of service life; the rest are still supported. The table above shows each series' status.

Which Cisco Catalyst models lose support soonest?

3650 Series, 2960-X Series — see the dates above; each links to the Cisco bulletin.

Where do these Cisco Catalyst EOL dates come from?

Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date links to the official Cisco end-of-life bulletin it was taken from, so you can verify it at the source.