Brocade 6510 End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Brocade 6510 — Fibre Channel SAN switch. Published end-of-sale (last time order) and end-of-support (EOSL) dates from the Brocade End-of-Life Notice.
Every tracked Brocade 6510 SKU group is past Brocade end of service life (last group Jun 2025). 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
Apr 2020
Last date of support
Jun 2025
Part numbers
9
17
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life 17 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 9 part numbers share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.
| Part number | End of sale | Last date of support | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR-6510-24-16G-R | Apr 2020 | Jun 2025 | Past support | Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switch |
| BR-6510-48-16G-R | Apr 2020 | Jun 2025 | Past support | Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switch |
| BR-6510DC-24-8G-R | Apr 2020 | Jun 2025 | Past support | Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switch |
| XBR-6510-0001 | Apr 2020 | Jun 2025 | Past support | Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switch |
| XBR-6510-24-F | Apr 2020 | Jun 2025 | Past support | Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switch |
| XBR-6510-24-R | Apr 2020 | Jun 2025 | Past support | Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switch |
| XBR-6510-48-F | Apr 2020 | Jun 2025 | Past support | Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switch |
| XBR-6510-48-R | Apr 2020 | Jun 2025 | Past support | Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switch |
| XBR-6510DC-24-R | Apr 2020 | Jun 2025 | Past support | Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switch |
Options from here
The Brocade 6510 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. Current eBay listings for Brocade 6510 ↗
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 6510 questions
Is the Brocade 6510 end of life?
Yes. The 6510 is past its last date of support (Jun 2025, per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin).
What is the last date of support for the 6510?
Jun 2025, per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin.
Where do these 6510 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.