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Brocade DCX8510 End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTBrocade ended support in April 2025.

Brocade DCX8510 — 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 DCX8510 SKU group is past Brocade end of service life (last group Apr 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

Feb 2020

Last date of support

Apr 2025

Part numbers

19

19

months past last support

Support Runway Score23/100 · Little or no runway
Why this score
  • Past end of service life 19 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

Figure 1. Brocade issues no software maintenance and no security fixes for this product. Third-party maintenance, spares or replacement are the paths from here. EOSL.ai sells none of them and takes no placement fee.

Part numbers in this family

All 19 part numbers share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.

Part numberEnd of saleLast date of supportStatusDescription
BR-DCX8518-B-0001Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
BR-DCX8518-B-0002Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
BR-DCX8514-B-0002Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX-B-0103Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX8518-B-0010Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX8514-B-0010Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX8518-B-0106Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX8514-B-0106Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX-B-0122Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX-B-0124Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX4S-B-0124Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX8518-0123Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX8514-0123Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX-0105Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX4S-0105Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX4S-0126Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX4S-0128Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX-0128Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch
XBR-DCX-0130Feb 2020Apr 2025Past supportBrocade DCX8510 Fibre Channel switch

Options from here

The Brocade DCX8510 is past Brocade end of service life. These are the paths teams take from here:

Third-party maintenance

Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.

Pre-stock spares

Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market. Current eBay listings for Brocade DCX8510 ↗

Plan replacement

It is unsupported today. Set a migration timeline and budget.

Run to failure

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 DCX8510 questions

Is the Brocade DCX8510 end of life?

Yes. The DCX8510 is past its last date of support (Apr 2025, per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin).

What is the last date of support for the DCX8510?

Apr 2025, per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin.

Where do these DCX8510 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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