Dell CLARiiON CX — CLARiiON CX storage array
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.
No. Dell's last date of support for CX500DC was Dec 2011 (per the Dell End-of-Life list) — it is past end of service life.
CX500DC reached end of sale Jun 2007, per the Dell End-of-Life list.
Dec 2011 — per the Dell End-of-Life list.
After the last date of support, CX500DC units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Dell no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.