Brocade 8000 — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Brocade 8000 — Fibre Channel SAN switch. Published end-of-sale (last time order) and end-of-support (EOSL) dates from the Brocade End-of-Life Notice.
Is the Brocade 8000 end of life?
Past end of serviceEvery tracked Brocade 8000 SKU group is past Brocade end of service life (last group Apr 2018). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure.
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 100 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Category: san switch
The score reflects support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only — higher means more support runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it’s calculated →
Brocade 8000
EOSL — PAST4 SKUs in this group
Options from here
Unsupported nowThe Brocade 8000 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 or maintenance and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the asset's role.
Brocade 8000 — questions
Is the Brocade 8000 end of life?
Yes — every tracked 8000 SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the 8000?
Apr 2018 — per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin.
Where do these 8000 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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