Cisco Catalyst 2960-X end of service life: October 31, 2027.
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X reaches end of service life on October 31, 2027. After that Cisco stops selling support contracts. Third-party maintenance covers it for 3 to 5+ years past that date.
- 2027-10-31
- Cisco EOSL date
- 13 months left
- Status today
- 3 to 5+ yrs
- Post-EOSL coverage with us
- 40 to 70%
- Below the Cisco contract
Free. No credit card. No sales call unless you ask.
What changes at EOSL
The Catalyst 2960-X keeps working. Cisco just stops answering.
End of service life is the date Cisco stops selling support contracts for the Catalyst 2960-X. It is a commercial decision, not a technical one. The network still runs, its failure modes are well documented, and spares are available on the secondary market.
We keep Catalyst 2960-X spares in stock and support the platform for 3 to 5+ years past October 31, 2027 with in-house L3+ engineers 24/7/365, a 4-hour on-site SLA, and month-to-month terms. Most customers use that window to refresh on their own schedule instead of Cisco's.
EoS 2022-10-31; EOL13603
Data center hardware that loses OEM support in 2027 →
Source: Cisco's own lifecycle record. View source Dates can change. Confirm for your serial numbers before you plan around it.
Catalyst 2960-X hit EOSL? That is when we start.
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