Brocade DCX / DCX-4S — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Brocade DCX / DCX-4S — Fibre Channel SAN director. Published end-of-sale and end-of-support (EOSL) dates from the Brocade End-of-Life Notice.
Every tracked Brocade DCX / DCX-4S SKU group is past Brocade end of service life (last group Nov 2019). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure.
End of sale
Sep 2014
Last date of support
Nov 2019
Part numbers
2
81
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 81 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Category: san switch
Support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only. Higher means more runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it is calculated
Part numbers in this family
All 2 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.
| Part number | Description | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCX | Brocade DCX / DCX-4S Fibre Channel director | Sep 2014 | Nov 2019 | Past support |
| DCX-4S | Brocade DCX / DCX-4S Fibre Channel director | Sep 2014 | Nov 2019 | Past support |
Options from here
The Brocade DCX / DCX-4S is past Brocade end of service life. These are the paths teams take from here:
Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.
Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.
It is unsupported today. Set a migration timeline and budget.
Low-criticality role: document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.
Independent and informational. EOSL.ai sells no hardware and no maintenance, and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the role the asset plays.
Brocade DCX / DCX-4S — questions
Is the Brocade DCX / DCX-4S end of life?
Yes. Every tracked DCX / DCX-4S SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the DCX / DCX-4S?
Nov 2019, per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin.
Where do these DCX / DCX-4S dates come from?
Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official Brocade end-of-sale bulletin it was taken from.
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