Cisco Catalyst 2960S Series End Of Sale and End Of Life

Updated:May 13, 2015

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series and 2960-SF Series Switches. The last day to order the affected product(s) is November 6, 2015. 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 and Dates for the Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series and 2960-SF 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.

November 6, 2014

End-of-Sale Date

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

November 6, 2015

Last Ship Date:
HW

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

February 4, 2016

End of SW Maintenance Releases Date:
HW

The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.

November 5, 2016

End of Vulnerability/Security Support Date:
HW

The last date that Cisco Engineering may release a planned maintenance release or scheduled software remedy for a security vulnerability issue.

November 5, 2018

End of Routine Failure Analysis Date:
HW

The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect.

November 5, 2016

End of New Service Attachment Date:
HW

For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract,
this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract.

November 5, 2016

End of Service Contract Renewal Date:
HW

The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.

February 4, 2020

Last Date of Support:
HW

The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete.

November 30, 2020

Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number

Product Description

Replacement Product Part Number

Replacement Product Description

Additional Information

C2960S-F-STACK

Catalyst 2960S Flexstack Stack Module (FE)

C2960X-STACK

Catalyst 2960-X FlexStack Plus Stacking Module

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C2960S-F-STACK=

Catalyst 2960S Flexstack Stack Module (FE)

C2960X-STACK=

Catalyst 2960-X FlexStack Plus Stacking Module optional

-

C2960S-STACK

Catalyst 2960S FlexStack Stack Module optional for LAN Base

C2960X-STACK

Catalyst 2960-X FlexStack Plus Stacking Module

-

C2960S-STACK=

Catalyst 2960S Flexstack Stack Module

C2960X-STACK=

Catalyst 2960-X FlexStack Plus Stacking Module optional

-

WS-C2960S-24PD-L

Catalyst 2960S 24 GigE PoE 370W, 2 x 10G SFP+ LAN Base

WS-C2960X-24PD-L

Catalyst 2960-X 24 GigE PoE 370W, 2 x 10G SFP+, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-24PS-L

Catalyst 2960S 24 GigE PoE 370W, 4 x SFP LAN Base

WS-C2960X-24PS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 24 GigE PoE 370W, 4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-24TD-L

Catalyst 2960S 24 GigE,
2 x 10G SFP+ LAN Base

WS-C2960X-24TD-L

Catalyst 2960-X 24 GigE,
2 x 10G SFP+, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-24TS-L

Catalyst 2960S 24 GigE,
4 x SFP LAN Base

WS-C2960X-24TS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 24 GigE,
4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-24TS-S

Catalyst 2960S 24 GigE,
2 x SFP LAN Lite

WS-C2960X-24TS-LL

Catalyst 2960-X 24 GigE,
2 x 1G SFP, LAN Lite

-

WS-C2960S-48FPD-L

Catalyst 2960S 48 GigE PoE 740W, 2 x 10G SFP+ LAN Base

WS-C2960X-48FPD-L

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE PoE 740W, 2 x 10G SFP+, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-48FPS-L

Catalyst 2960S 48 GigE PoE 740W, 4 x SFP LAN Base

WS-C2960X-48FPS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE PoE 740W, 4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-48LPD-L

Catalyst 2960S 48 GigE PoE 370W, 2 x 10G SFP+ LAN Base

WS-C2960X-48LPD-L

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE PoE 370W, 2 x 10G SFP+ LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-48LPS-L

Catalyst 2960S 48 GigE PoE 370W, 4 x SFP LAN Base

WS-C2960X-48LPS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE PoE 370W, 4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-48TD-L

Catalyst 2960S 48 GigE,
2 x 10G SFP+ LAN Base

WS-C2960X-48TD-L

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE,
2 x 10G SFP+, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-48TS-J1

Catalyst 2960-S 48TS-L for Japan Post

WS-C2960X-48TS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE,
4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-48TS-L

Catalyst 2960S 48 GigE,
4 x SFP LAN Base

WS-C2960X-48TS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE,
4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-48TS-S

Catalyst 2960S 48 GigE,
2 x SFP LAN Lite

WS-C2960X-48TS-LL

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE,
2 x 1G SFP, LAN Lite

-

WS-C2960S-F24PS-L

Catalyst 2960-SF 24 FE, PoE 370W, 2 x SFP, LAN Base

WS-C2960X-24PS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 24 GigE PoE 370W, 4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-F24TS-L

Catalyst 2960-SF 24 FE,
2 x SFP, LAN Base

WS-C2960X-24TS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 24 GigE,
4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-F24TS-S

Catalyst 2960-SF 24 FE,
2 x SFP, LAN Lite

WS-C2960X-24TS-LL

Catalyst 2960-X 24 GigE,
2 x 1G SFP, LAN Lite

-

WS-C2960S-F48FPS-L

Catalyst 2960-SF 48 FE, PoE 740W, 4 x SFP, LAN Base

WS-C2960X-48FPS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE PoE 740W, 4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-F48LPS-L

Catalyst 2960-SF 48 FE, PoE 370W, 4 x SFP, LAN Base

WS-C2960X-48LPS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE PoE 370W, 4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-F48TS-L

Catalyst 2960-SF 48 FE,
4 x SFP, LAN Base

WS-C2960X-48TS-L

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE,
4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base

-

WS-C2960S-F48TS-S

Catalyst 2960-SF 48 FE,
2 x SFP, LAN Lite

WS-C2960X-48TS-LL

Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE,
2 x 1G SFP, LAN Lite

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