Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches - End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices (2024)

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      Cisco Nexus 9500 Series Switches

      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 100G Line Cards (N9K-X9732C-EX and N9K-X9736C-EX) 12/Jan/2024
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 8-slot 800Gbps Cloud Scale Fabric Module - N9K-C9508-FM-E 15/Nov/2021
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9508 Classic Fabric Module N9K-C9504-FM-S and N9K-C9508-FM-S 22/Mar/2021
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 Classic 32-port 100-Gigabit Ethernet Line Card - N9K-X9432C-S 23/Feb/2021
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the CiscoONE (C1) Legacy PIDs - C1-N9000, C1-N7000, C1-N5000, C1-N3000, C1-MDS 9000 04/Sep/2020
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 6-Core/12-Thread Supervisor - N9K-SUP-B 17/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 32p 40G QSFP aggregation line card - N9K-X9432PQ 18/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 48p 1/10G BaseT plus 4p QSFP line card - N9K-X9464TX2 19/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 48p 1/10G SFP+ plus 4p QSFP line card - N9K-X9464PX 19/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 4-Core/4-Thread Supervisor - N9K-SUP-A 17/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9508 Fabric Module - N9K-C9508-FM 18/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9516 Fabric Module 30/May/2020
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 16-slot 800Gbps cloud-scale fabric module (50G flows) 17/Mar/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9504 Fabric Module - N9K-C9504-FM 17/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NDB (3.0 to 3.5) 19/Dec/2019
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 32p 100G Line Card (N9K-X9732C-EXM) 19/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco N9K-X9736PQ Linecard On Cisco Nexus 9500 20/Dec/2022
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco N9K-X9536PQ Linecard On Cisco Nexus 9500 20/Dec/2022
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco N9K-X9564TX Linecard On Cisco Nexus 9500 20/Dec/2022
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco N9K-X9564PX Linecard On Cisco Nexus 9500 20/Dec/2022
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco N9K-X9636PQ Linecard On Cisco Nexus 9500 06/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 Line Card 22/Feb/2017
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9500 48-Port 1/10GBASE-T and 4 Port 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ Line Card (N9K X9464TX) 31/Jan/2017

      Cisco Nexus 9300 and 9200 Series Switches

      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus C9232C Fixed Switch 30/Nov/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus C93180YC-FX and C93108TC-FX Fixed Switches 14/Sep/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco N9K-C93180YC-EX and Cisco N9K-C93108TC-EX 24/Aug/2021
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9332C and 9364C Fixed Spine Switches 02/Aug/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus N9K-C92160YC-X 24/Mar/2020
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus N9K-C9272Q 18/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco N9K-C93120TX, N9K-C92300YC 18/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco N9K-C93180LC-EX 18/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 1st Generation Cisco Nexus 9300 Fans and PSUs 30/Aug/2019
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco N9K-C9236C 18/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco N9K-C92304QC 17/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus N9K-C9336PQ and N9K-C9332PQ Switches 06/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9372TX-E and 9372PX-E Switches 06/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9396PX Switch, N9K-M12PQ and N9K-M6PQ-E expansion module 06/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Server Link Interface Connector 22/Mar/2019
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9372PX and 9372TX Switches 06/Jan/2023
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9300 Series 93128TX Switch 01/May/2017
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9300 Series 9396TX Switch 20/Dec/2022
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9300 First-Generation Uplink Modules 31/Aug/2016

      Cisco NX-OS Software

      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 9.3(x) 31/Jan/2024
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 10.2(x) 03/Dec/2021
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 10.1(x) 03/Dec/2021
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 9.2(x) 16/Mar/2022
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 7.0(3)I7(x) 08/Aug/2021
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 7.0(3)F3(3-5) 21/Oct/2019
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases NX-OS-7.0(3)F1/2(x), NX-OS-7.0(3)F3(1-2) 01/Apr/2019
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 7.0(3)I4(x) 16/Mar/2022
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 7.0(3)I5(x) and 7.0(3)I6(x) 16/Mar/2022
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 7.0(3)I2(x) and 7.0(3)I3(1) 16/Mar/2022
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Software Releases 7.0(3)I1(x) and 7.0(3)IX1 30/Mar/2016
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Software Release 6.1(2)I3(x) 18/May/2016
      • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Software Releases 6.1(2)I1(x) and 6.1(2)I2(x) 30/Oct/2015

      Cisco APIC and ACI

      • End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices 12/Apr/2016

      French - Canadian: Cisco Nexus 9500 Series Switches

      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 100G Line Cards (N9K-X9732C-EX and N9K-X9736C-EX) 12/Jan/2024
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 8-slot 800Gbps Cloud Scale Fabric Module - N9K-C9508-FM-E 15/Nov/2021
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9508 Classic Fabric Module N9K-C9504-FM-S and N9K-C9508-FM-S 22/Mar/2021
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 Classic 32-port 100-Gigabit Ethernet Line Card - N9K-X9432C-S 23/Feb/2021
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco ONE (C1) Legacy PIDs - C1-N9000, C1-N7000, C1-N5000, C1-N3000, C1-MDS 9000 01/Sep/2020
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 6-Core/12-Thread Supervisor 17/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 32p 40G QSFP aggregation line card 18/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 48p 1/10G BaseT plus 4p QSFP line card 19/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 48p 1/10G SFP+ plus 4p QSFP line card 19/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 4-Core/4-Thread Supervisor 17/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9508 Fabric Module-N9K-C9508-FM 18/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9516 Fabric Module 30/May/2020
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 16-slot 800Gbps cloud-scale fabric module (50G flows) 17/Mar/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9504 Fabric Module - N9K-C9504-FM 17/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 32p 100G Line Card (N9K-X9732C-EXM) 19/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Carte de lignes Cisco N9K-X9736PQ sur Cisco Nexus 9500 28/Aug/2017
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Carte de lignes Cisco N9K-X9536PQ sur Cisco Nexus 9500 28/Aug/2017
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Carte de lignes Cisco N9K-X9564TX sur Cisco Nexus 9500 28/Aug/2017
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Carte de lignes Cisco N9K-X9564PX sur Cisco Nexus 9500 28/Aug/2017
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 48-Port 1/10GBASE-T and 4-Port 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ Line Card (N9K-X9464TX) 31/Jan/2017
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Carte de lignes Cisco N9K-X9636PQ sur Cisco Nexus 9500 06/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9500 Line Card 20/Feb/2017

      French - Canadian: Cisco Nexus 9300 and 9200 Series Switches

      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 10.2(x) 30/Nov/2021
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 10.1(x) 30/Nov/2021
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco N9K-C93180YC-EX and Cisco N9K-C93108TC-EX 10/Aug/2021
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus N9K-C92160YC-X 06/Mar/2020
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus N9K-C9272Q 18/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco 1st Generation Cisco Nexus 9300 Fans and PSUs 30/Aug/2019
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco N9K-C93120TX, N9K-C92300YC 18/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco N9K-C93180LC-EX 18/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco N9K-C9236C 18/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco N9K-C92304QC 17/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus N9K-C9336PQ and N9K-C9332PQ Switches 06/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9372TX-E and 9372PX-E Switches 06/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Commutateur Cisco Nexus 9396PX, module d’extension N9K-M12PQ et N9K-M6PQ-E 06/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Commutateurs Cisco Nexus 9372PX et 9272TX 06/Jan/2023
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9300 Series 93128TX Switch 28/Apr/2017
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 9300 Series 9396TX Switch 28/Apr/2017
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Server Link Interface Connector 22/Mar/2019
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de modules de liaisons montantes de 1ère génération pour Cisco Nexus 9300 31/Aug/2016

      French - Canadian: Cisco NX-OS Software

      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 9.3(x) 31/Jan/2024
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 7.0(3)I7(x) 08/Aug/2021
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 9.2(x) 13/Oct/2020
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 7.0(3)F3(3-5) 21/Oct/2019
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 7.0(3)I4(x) 03/Jul/2019
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases NX-OS-7.0(3)F1/2(x), NX-OS-7.0(3)F3(1-2) 01/Apr/2019
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 7.0(3)I5(x) and 7.0(3)I6(x) 21/Dec/2018
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3000/9000 Releases 7.0(3)I2(x) and 7.0(3)I3(1) 31/Aug/2018
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie des versions 7.0(3)I1(x) et 7.0(3)IX1 du logiciel d’exploitation du Cisco Nexus 9000 30/Mar/2016
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie des versions 6.1(2)I1(x) et 6.1(2)I2(x) du logiciel d’exploitation de Cisco Nexus 9000 30/Oct/2015
      • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de la version 6.1(2)I3(x) du logiciel d’exploitation de Cisco Nexus 9000 18/May/2016
        • Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus C9232C Fixed Switch
    Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches - End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices (2024)

    FAQs

    What is Cisco Nexus 9000 Series? ›

    Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Explained

    Built on Cisco silicon, the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series delivers industry-leading data center performance from the inside out.

    What is Cisco's end of life? ›

    The end-of-life process consists of a series of technical and business milestones and activities that, once completed, make a product obsolete. Once obsolete, the product is not sold, manufactured, improved, repaired, maintained, or supported.

    What is the difference between Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switches? ›

    The Catalyst series was developed for large enterprise networking. It's common for campus connections with high numbers of users, long-range signals and a lot of demand. Catalyst switches are more than up to these demands. Meanwhile, Nexus switches are found more commonly in data centers.

    What are 2 modes of operation in which Nexus 9000 series switches can be configured in? ›

    The Nexus 9000 can be used in NXOS mode for traditional 3-tier architectures, Spine-Leaf (CLOS) architectures, or Generation 1 SDN solutions such as OpenFlow. In ACI mode the Nexus 9000 offers the industry's leading architecture for the next generation of data center networking.

    When did the Cisco 9000 series come out? ›

    Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
    OverviewProduct Overview
    Product TypeData Center Switches
    StatusAvailable Order
    Series Release Date05-NOV-2013
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    What is the difference between Cisco 7K and 9k? ›

    The Nexus 9K offers better performance and lower latency, making it suitable for high-performance computing and low-latency applications, while the Nexus 7K is geared towards large-scale data center deployments with higher port density and overall throughput requirements.

    What is the end-of-life date? ›

    End-of-Life (EOL) is a term the OEM uses to indicate a piece of equipment has reached the end of its “useful life” and will no longer market, sell or update equipment after a specified date.

    What is the lifespan of a Cisco switch? ›

    I'd say most hardware should be refreshed or replaced every 3-5 years, due to product updates, new vulnerabilities, security, industry standards, and a plethora of other variables. By 5 years you should have it replaced just as any other equipment.

    What is the difference between EOL and EoS? ›

    EoL, or End-of-Life, indicates that a product is at the end of its useful life and will no longer be supported in any way by the manufacturer. EoS, or End-of-Support, means the manufacturer will stop providing technical support and updates but the product may still function.

    Are Nexus switches good? ›

    Great overall experience with Nexus 3k and 9k. Nexus Switches are decent options to build scalable infrastructure at performance data center.

    Is Cisco Nexus a Layer 3 switch? ›

    Cisco NX-OS supports a hierarchy of virtualization that can divide the physical system resources into multi- ple virtual device contexts (VDCs). Each VDC acts as a standalone device with both Layer 2 and Layer 3 services available.

    What is the advantage of Nexus Switch? ›

    Flexibility and Programmability: Cisco Nexus switches are highly programmable, supporting APIs and software-defined networking (SDN) technologies. This allows for greater flexibility in network management and automation, reducing operational costs and improving efficiency.

    Does Nexus 9000 Support FabricPath? ›

    In fact, this text confirm Fabricpatch isn't supported on Nexus 9000 ;) "With Cisco FabricPath, the switched domain no longer has to be segmented, providing data center-wide workload mobility.

    What OS does Cisco Nexus use? ›

    Cisco NX-OS
    DeveloperCisco Systems
    OS familyUnix-like
    Working stateCurrent
    Source modelClosed source
    Latest release10.4
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    Can you stack 2 different model Cisco switches? ›

    Only same product families and their sub families products can be stacked. SG350XG and CBS350 are different products running different software. Note that only CBS350-8MGP-2X is not stack capable so please exclude this model when planning staking.

    What is the purpose of Cisco Nexus? ›

    Nexus Switches provide a quick and dependable switching infrastructure aimed at giving users the high performance needed for the virtualized environment in next-generation data centers.

    Is Nexus 9k a router? ›

    While the Nexus 9k is primarily a switch, it can also be used as a router, depending on the specific model and configuration. The Nexus 9k series offers a range of models with varying port densities, speeds, and capabilities to meet the diverse needs of data center environments.

    Is Nexus a switch or router? ›

    The Cisco Nexus series switches are modular and fixed port network switches designed for the data center.

    What is Cisco Nexus dashboard used for? ›

    A. Cisco Nexus Dashboard is the simplest way to provision, manage, and operate data center networks. A unified automation and operations platform that provides unprecedented simplicity by integrating services to configure, operate, and analyze customers' data-center networks through a single pane of glass.

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