IBM System x3650 M5 (5462) end of service life: December 31, 2021.
IBM System x3650 M5 (5462) reached end of service life on December 31, 2021. IBM no longer sells support contracts for it. Third-party maintenance covers it for 3 to 5+ years past that date.
- 2021-12-31
- IBM EOSL date
- Past EOSL · 58 mo ago
- Status today
- 3 to 5+ yrs
- Post-EOSL coverage with us
- 40 to 70%
- Below the IBM contract
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What changes at EOSL
The System x3650 M5 (5462) keeps working. IBM just stops answering.
End of service life is the date IBM stops selling support contracts for the System x3650 M5 (5462). It is a commercial decision, not a technical one. The server still runs, its failure modes are well documented, and spares are available on the secondary market.
We keep System x3650 M5 (5462) spares in stock and support the platform for 3 to 5+ years past December 31, 2021 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 IBM's.
Park Place and Evernex both 2021-12-31; IBM sold System x to Lenovo Oct 2014, hardware service moved to Lenovo; IBM lifecycle list has no System x entries
Source: two or more independent EOSL databases that agree; the OEM does not publish this date. View source Dates can change. Confirm for your serial numbers before you plan around it.
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