{"resourceId":"nvidia-aie-eol-notices-nim-migration-windows-2026","versions":[{"version":"external-7c313db30ef4d7c733c30cd6f948ff8afb8c4b82bb4e4172a242b3fd9a0777fb","resource":{"id":"nvidia-aie-eol-notices-nim-migration-windows-2026","title":"AI Enterprise EOL notices add immediate and January 2027 NIM migration deadlines","organization":"NVIDIA","sector":"AI platform vendor lifecycle policy","geography":"Global","publishedAt":"NVIDIA AI Enterprise Lifecycle Policy – EOL Notices (retrieved 2026-09-15)","publicationDate":null,"eventDate":null,"sourceName":"NVIDIA AI Enterprise End of Life Notices","sourceLabel":"Vendor standards / lifecycle documentation","sourceUrl":"https://docs.nvidia.com/ai-enterprise/lifecycle/latest/eol-notices.html","evidenceClass":"standards-guidance","outcomeClass":"cautionary","topics":["governance-procurement","infrastructure","operating-model"],"finding":"EOL notices list immediate End of Support for NIM Llama-3.1-70b-instruct (migrate to Llama-3.3-70b-instruct or Multi-LLM NIM), Morpheus, and Optimized TensorFlow 2, plus January 2027 deprecations for several PB6 model-specific NIMs (including Nemotron 3 Nano and Llama-3.3-Nemotron-Super-49B-v1.5) and removal of older GPUs from Infra 8.x with Infra 4.10 LTSB already EOL July 2026.","sledRelevance":"SLED estates still on Llama-3.1-70B NIM or older Infra LTSB branches face active support cliffs; education/gov platforms should schedule migrations before PB6 sunset.","evidence":"Opened EOL page tables Active Notices for deprecated and immediate End of Support components, with migration paths and action dates including Immediate and January 2027 (PB6).","architectureImplications":"Prefer model-free NIM or currently supported model-specific NIMs; plan GPU refreshes off Infra 4.10; avoid new Morpheus/TF2 dependencies.","governanceImplications":"Lifecycle review belongs in quarterly governance; unsupported components are procurement and audit findings.","securityPrivacyImplications":"End of Support means no further CVE patches for listed artifacts—continuing use increases vulnerability exposure.","caveats":"Vendor policy page; local entitlement and branch mapping still required. 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