Brocade 7840 — Brocade 7840 Fibre Channel switch
Covered past the OEM cutoff by an independent maintainer.
Modules and units still circulate on the secondary market.
Carrying production traffic? Set the replacement window now, not mid-outage.
Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.
Yes, for now. Brocade's last date of support for BR-7840-B-0001 is Feb 2029 (per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin).
BR-7840-B-0001 reached end of sale Feb 2024, per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin.
Feb 2029 — per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin.
After the last date of support, BR-7840-B-0001 units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Brocade no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.