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

EOL13188 - Amended

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches. The last day to order the affected product(s) is October 30, 2020. 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 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.	October 31, 2019
End-of-Sale Date: HW	The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date.	October 30, 2020
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.	January 29, 2021
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.	October 30, 2021
End of Vulnerability/Security Support: HW	The last date that Cisco Engineering may release a planned maintenance release or scheduled software remedy for a security vulnerability issue.	October 31, 2025
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.	October 30, 2021
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.	October 30, 2021
End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW	The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product.	January 28, 2025
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.	October 31, 2025

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

Product part numbers

Table 2. Product part numbers affected by this announcement

End-of-Sale Product Part Number	Product Description	Replacement Product Part Number	Replacement Product Description	Additional Information
C1-WS3850-24P/K9	Cisco One Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE	C9300-24P-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
C1-WS3850-24T/K9	Cisco One Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data	C9300-24T-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Advantage	-
C1-WS3850-24U/K9	Cisco One Catalyst 3850 24 Port UPoE	C9300-24U-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
C1-WS3850-48F/K9	Cisco One Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
C1-WS3850-48P/K9	Cisco One Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
C1-WS3850-48T/K9	Cisco One Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data	C9300-48T-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Advantage	-
C1-WS3850-48U/K9	Cisco One Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPoE	C9300-48U-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
C1-WSC3850-12X48UL	Cisco ONE Catalyst 3850 48Port (12mGig+36Gig) UPoE LAN Base	C9300-48UXM-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port(12 mGig, 36 2.5Gbps) Network Advantage	-
C1-WSC3850-24XUL	Cisco ONE Catalyst 3850 24 mGig Port UPoE LAN Base	C9300-24UX-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port mGig and UPOE, Network Advantage	-
CDB-3850-24U-L	Cisco Digital Building Catalyst 3850 24 Port UPOE Bundle	C9300-24U-E	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Essentials	-
CDB-3850-24U-L	Cisco Digital Building Catalyst 3850 24 Port UPOE Bundle	CDB-8U	Catalyst Digital Building 8 Port UPoE	-
CDB-3850-48U-L	Cisco Digital Building Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE Bundle	C9300-48U-E	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Essentials	-
CDB-3850-48U-L	Cisco Digital Building Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE Bundle	CDB-8U	Catalyst Digital Building 8 Port UPoE	-
EDU-C3850-24P-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE LAN Base K12	C9300-24P-EDU	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, K12	-
EDU-C3850-24P-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE IP Base K12	C9300-24P-EDU	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, K12	-
EDU-C3850-24U-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port UPOE LAN Base K12	C9300-24U-EDU	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, K12	-
EDU-C3850-48F-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE LAN Base K12	C9300-48P-EDU	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, K12	-
EDU-C3850-48F-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE IP Base for K12	C9300-48P-EDU	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, K12	-
EDU-C3850-48P-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE LAN Base K12	C9300-48P-EDU	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, K12	-
EDU-C3850-48P-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE IP Base for K12	C9300-48P-EDU	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, K12	-
EDU-C3850-48PW-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE w/ 5 AP license IPB K12	C9300-48P-EDU	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, K12	-
EDU-C3850-48U-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE LAN Base for K12	C9300-48U-EDU	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, K12	-
EDU-C3850-48U-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE IP Base for K12	C9300-48U-EDU	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, K12	-
WS-C3850-12X48U-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port (12 mGig+36 Gig) UPoE IPServices	C9300-48UXM-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port(12 mGig, 36 2.5Gbps) Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-12X48U-EJ	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port (12 mGig+36 Gig) UPoE IPS-Japan	C9300-48UXM-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port(12 mGig, 36 2.5Gbps) Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-12X48U-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port (12 mGig+36 Gig) UPoE LAN Base	C9300-48UXM-E	Catalyst 9300 48-port(12 mGig,36 2.5Gbps) Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-12X48U-LJ	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port (12 mGig+36 Gig) UPoE LB-Japan	C9300-48UXM-E	Catalyst 9300 48-port(12 mGig,36 2.5Gbps) Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-12X48U-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port (12 mGig+36 Gig) UPoE IP Base	C9300-48UXM-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port(12 mGig, 36 2.5Gbps) Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-12X48U-SJ	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port (12 mGig+36 Gig) UPoE IPB-Japan	C9300-48UXM-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port(12 mGig, 36 2.5Gbps) Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-12X48UW-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 port(12 mGig) UPOE IPB with 5 AP Lic	C9300-48UXM-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port(12 mGig, 36 2.5Gbps) Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24P-BA	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE IP Services	C9300-24P-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24P-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE IP Services	C9300-24P-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24P-E-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE IP Services	C9300-24P-A-BR	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24P-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE LAN Base	C9300-24P-E	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-24P-L-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE LAN Base	C9300-24P-E-BR	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-24P-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE IP Base	C9300-24P-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24P-S-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE IP Base	C9300-24P-A-BR	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24PW-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port PoE with 5 AP license IP Base	C9300-24P-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24T-BA	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data IP Services	C9300-24T-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24T-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data IP Services	C9300-24T-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24T-E-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data IP Services	C9300-24T-A-BR	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24T-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data LAN Base	C9300-24T-E	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-24T-L-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data LAN Base	C9300-24T-E-BR	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-24T-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data IP Base	C9300-24T-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24T-S-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data IP Base	C9300-24T-A-BR	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24U-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port UPOE IP Services	C9300-24U-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24U-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port UPOE LAN Base	C9300-24U-E	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-24U-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port UPOE IP Base	C9300-24U-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24UW-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port UPOE with 5 AP licenses IP Base	C9300-24U-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24XU-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 mGig Port UPoE IP Services	C9300-24U-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24XU-EJ	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 mGig Port UPoE IP Services-Japan	C9300-24U-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24XU-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 mGig Port UPoE LAN Base	C9300-24U-E	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-24XU-LJ	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 mGig Port UPoE LAN Base-Japan	C9300-24U-E	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-24XU-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 mGig Port UPoE IP Base	C9300-24U-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24XU-SJ	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 mGig Port UPoE IP Base-Japan	C9300-24U-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-24XUW-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 mGig Port UPOE IP Base 5 AP License	C9300-24U-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48F-BA	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE IP Services	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48F-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE IP Services	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48F-E-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE IP Services	C9300-48P-A-BR	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48F-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE LAN Base	C9300-48P-E	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-48F-L-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE LAN Base	C9300-48P-E-BR	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-48F-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE IP Base	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48F-S-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE IP Base	C9300-48P-A-BR	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48P-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE IP Services	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48P-E-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE IP Services	C9300-48P-A-BR	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48P-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE LAN Base	C9300-48P-E	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-48P-L-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE LAN Base	C9300-48P-E-BR	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-48P-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE IP Base	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48P-S-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE IP Base	C9300-48P-A-BR	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48PW-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE w/ 5 AP license IP Base	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48PW-SZ	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Full PoE w/ 5 AP license IP Base	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48T-BA	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data IP Services	C9300-48T-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48T-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data IP Services	C9300-48T-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48T-E-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data IP Services	C9300-48T-A-BR	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48T-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data LAN Base	C9300-48T-E	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-48T-L-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data LAN Base	C9300-48T-E-BR	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-48T-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data IP Base	C9300-48T-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48T-S-BR	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data IP Base	C9300-48T-A-BR	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48U-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE IP Services	C9300-48U-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48U-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE LAN Base	C9300-48U-E	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850-48U-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE IP Base	C9300-48U-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48UW-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE with 5 AP licenses IP Base	C9300-48U-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850-48W-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE with 5 AP licenses IP Base	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850R-24T-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data IP Services, Russia	C9300-24T-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850R-24T-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data LAN Base, Russia	C9300-24T-E	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850R-24T-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 24 Port Data IP Base, Russia	C9300-24T-A	Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850R-48P-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE IP Service, Russia	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850R-48P-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE LAN Base, Russia	C9300-48P-E	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850R-48P-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE IP Base, Russia	C9300-48P-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850R-48T-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data IP Services, mfg in Russia	C9300-48T-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850R-48T-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data LAN Base, Russia	C9300-48T-E	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850R-48T-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port Data IP Base, Russia	C9300-48T-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850R-48U-E	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE IP Service, mfg in Russia	C9300-48U-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-
WS-C3850R-48U-L	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE LAN Base, Russia	C9300-48U-E	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Essentials	-
WS-C3850R-48U-S	Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port UPOE IP Base, Russia	C9300-48U-A	Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Advantage	-

Product migration options

Customers may be able to use the Cisco Technology Migration Program (TMP) where applicable to trade-in eligible products and receive credit toward the purchase of new Cisco equipment. For more information about Cisco TMP, customers should work with their Cisco Partner or Cisco account team. Cisco Partners can find additional TMP information on Partner Central at: https://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/tmp.html.

Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches through the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached. For information about the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program, go to: https://www.cisco.com/go/eos.

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

The Cisco Takeback and Recycle program helps businesses properly dispose of surplus products that have reached their end of useful life. The program is open to all business users of Cisco equipment and its associated brands and subsidiaries. For more information, go to: https://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac227/ac228/ac231/about_cisco_takeback_recycling.html.

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.

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