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X6-8

Brocade X6 Director — Brocade X6 Director Fibre Channel director

SUPPORTED
37 mo
of runway remaining

Lifecycle position

now
availableend of saleservice
Available—
End of saleJul 2024
End of serviceJul 2029Brocade 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.

Other SKUs in X6 Director

X6-4Brocade X6 Director Fibre Channel director›

X6-8 — questions

Is the Brocade X6-8 still supported?

Yes, for now. Brocade's last date of support for X6-8 is Jul 2029 (per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin).

When did the X6-8 reach end of sale?

X6-8 reached end of sale Jul 2024, per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin.

What is the last date of support (EOSL) for the X6-8?

Jul 2029 — per the Brocade end-of-sale bulletin.

Can the X6-8 be maintained after Brocade support ends?

After the last date of support, X6-8 units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Brocade no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.