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

End-of-sale and end-of-service-life (EOSL) dates for 9 Cisco MDS product families, compared side by side and linked to each official Cisco end-of-life bulletin. 6 are already past end of service life. Find your series, then drill into the exact part number.

9product families
281part numbers tracked
6already past EOSL
1ending within a year

MDS lifecycle at a glance

SeriesCategoryEnd of saleEOSL / last supportStatus
9134 SeriesSAN switchFeb 2011Feb 2016Past EOSL
9124 SeriesSAN switchJan 2014Jan 2019Past EOSL
9509 SeriesSAN switchApr 2014Apr 2019Past EOSL
9148 SeriesSAN switchOct 2015Oct 2020Past EOSL
9506 SeriesSAN switchOct 2016Apr 2022Past EOSL
9513 SeriesSAN switchOct 2016Apr 2022Past EOSL
9700 SeriesSAN switchSep 2021Sep 2026Ending soon
9396S SeriesSAN switchJun 2022Jun 2027Supported
9148S SeriesSAN switchAug 2023Aug 2028Supported

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

Cisco MDS — questions

Is the Cisco MDS series end of life?

Partly — 6 of 9 Cisco MDS families are past end of service life; the rest are still supported. The table above shows each series' status.

Which Cisco MDS models lose support soonest?

9700 Series, 9396S Series — see the dates above; each links to the Cisco bulletin.

Where do these Cisco MDS 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.

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