IBM System x3850 X5 (7145/7143) end of service life: December 31, 2021.
IBM System x3850 X5 (7145/7143) 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 x3850 X5 (7145/7143) keeps working. IBM just stops answering.
End of service life is the date IBM stops selling support contracts for the System x3850 X5 (7145/7143). 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 x3850 X5 (7145/7143) 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Park Place, Evernex and ReluTech all 2021-12-31; withdrawn from marketing 2015-06-30 (Lenovo Press); IBM sold System x to Lenovo Oct 2014, hardware service moved to Lenovo; IBM lifecycle list has no System x entries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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