Cisco Catalyst 9500-16X end of service life: April 30, 2031.
Cisco Catalyst 9500-16X reaches end of service life on April 30, 2031. After that Cisco stops selling support contracts. Third-party maintenance covers it for 3 to 5+ years past that date.
- 2031-04-30
- Cisco EOSL date
- 5 years 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 9500-16X keeps working. Cisco just stops answering.
End of service life is the date Cisco stops selling support contracts for the Catalyst 9500-16X. 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 9500-16X spares in stock and support the platform for 3 to 5+ years past April 30, 2031 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 2026-04-30; EOL15621
Source: Cisco's own lifecycle record. View source Dates can change. Confirm for your serial numbers before you plan around it.
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