Cisco announced the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3750G, 3560G, 3750-E, and 3560-E Series Switches. 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.

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

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). For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.

Please note that the list price of some of the products listed in this announcement may increase in the next 12 months.

Table1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3750G, 3560G, 3750-E, and 3560-E Series Switches

HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software

NOTE: More details of End-of-Sale and End-of-Life for Cisco Catalyst 3750/3560G&E Switches you can visit Cisco’s official announcement: Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement, Product Migration Options(Customers are encouraged to migrate to the Cisco Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X Series Switches…)

Full lists for Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches-End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices (from 2004-2012)

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