End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

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Overview

EOL14994

Cisco announces the End-of-sale and End-of-life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches. The last day to order the affected product(s) is September 5, 2023. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes the End-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available under the terms and conditions of customers' service contract.

End-of-life milestones

Table 1.      End-of-life milestones and dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

Milestone

Definition

Date

End-of-Life Announcement Date

The date the document that announces the End-of-sale and End-of-life of a product is distributed to the general public.

March 7, 2023

End-of-Sale Date
License

The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.

September 5, 2023

Last Ship Date
License

The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time.

December 4, 2023

Product part numbers

Table 2.      Product part numbers affected by this announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

Product Description

LL-C3850-12X48U-E=

Catalyst 3850 family 48 GE / mGig IOS IP Svcs sw relicense

LL-C3850-12X48U-L=

Catalyst 3850 family 48 mxd GE mGig IOS LANBase sw relicense

LL-C3850-12X48U-S=

Catalyst 3850 family 48 GE / mGig IOS IP Base sw relicense

LL-C3850-12XS-E=

Catalyst 3850 family 12 10G ports IOS IP Svcs sw relicense

LL-C3850-12XS-S=

Catalyst 3850 family 12 10G ports IOS IP Base sw relicense

LL-C3850-16XS-E=

Catalyst 3850 family 16 10G IOS IP Services sw relicense

LL-C3850-16XS-S=

Catalyst 3850 family 16 10G ports IOS IP Base sw relicense

LL-C3850-24XS-E=

Catalyst 3850 family 24 10G IOS IP Services sw relicense

LL-C3850-24XU-E=

Catalyst 3850 family 24 mGig IOS IP Services sw relicense

LL-C3850-24XU-L=

Catalyst 3850 family 24 mGig IOS LAN Base sw relicense

LL-C3850-24XU-S=

Catalyst 3850 family 24 mGig ports IOS IP Base sw relicense

LL-C3850-32XS-E=

Catalyst 3850 family 32 10G IOS IP Services sw relicense

LL-C3850-32XS-S=

Catalyst 3850 family 32 10G ports IOS IP Base sw relicense

LL-C3850-48XS-E=

Catalyst 3850 family 48 10G IOS IP Services sw relicense

LL-C3850-48XS-S=

Catalyst 3850 family 48 10G ports IOS IP Base sw relicense

Product migration options

There is no replacement available for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches at this time.

Service prices for Cisco products are subject to change after the product End-of-Sale date.

For more information

For more information about the Cisco End-of-Life Policy, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/eos-eol-policy.html.

For more information about the Cisco Product Warranties, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/warranty-listing.html.

To subscribe to receive End-of-life/End-of-sale information, go to: https://cway.cisco.com/mynotifications.

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