End of Life announced for 3750/3560 G and E switches
Earlier this year, Cisco announced the end of sale and end of life for their 3750G, 3750E, 3560G, 3560E Catalyst switches. For some reason, I just received it in an RSS feed (not sure why there was a several month delay). But I figured I'd share the "news" since these are such a common platform.
The official end of sale date is January 30, 2013. As is tradition, support will be provided for 5 years following the last date of sale, so you have until 2018 for the last date of hardware support. If the Back to the Future movies hold any truth to them, we should have hover cars well before that date...
For reference, here's a quick list of dates:
- End-of-Sale Date - January 30, 2013
- Last Ship Date: HW - April 30, 2013
- End of Vulnerability/Security Support: OS SW - January 30, 2016
- Last Date of Support:HW - January 31, 2018
Full details are available at Cisco.com
Comments
Do we have any alternatives?
Do we have any alternatives?
Of course! The current models
Of course! The current models of the 3750 and 3560 are the 3750-X and the 3560-X.
For something smaller and less feature-rich, the 2960 Series is a contender.
I just saw 2960-SF series
I just saw 2960-SF series came out. Did you guys seen a out of support list for Cisco routers? I ask that maybe we can speculate what gonna be pulled from networks next and show up on ebay and such with lower price.