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VA-40FC

Brocade 5100 — Brocade 5100 Fibre Channel switch

EOSL — PAST
89 mo
past end of service life

Lifecycle position

now
availableend of saleservice
Available—
End of saleApr 2013
End of serviceJan 2019Brocade bulletin ↗
Last security firmware—

Options from here

Third-party maintenance

Covered past the OEM cutoff by an independent maintainer.

Pre-stock spares

Modules and units still circulate on the secondary market.

Schedule migration

Carrying production traffic? Set the replacement window now, not mid-outage.

Run to failure

Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.

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VA-40FC — questions

Is the Brocade VA-40FC still supported?

No. Brocade's last date of support for VA-40FC was Jan 2019 (per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin) — it is past end of service life.

When did the VA-40FC reach end of sale?

VA-40FC reached end of sale Apr 2013, per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin.

What is the last date of support (EOSL) for the VA-40FC?

Jan 2019 — per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin.

Can the VA-40FC be maintained after Brocade support ends?

After the last date of support, VA-40FC units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Brocade no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.