Dell CLARiiON FC — CLARiiON FC 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 FC55xx was Jul 2006 (per the Dell End-of-Life list) — it is past end of service life.
FC55xx reached end of sale Jul 2001, per the Dell End-of-Life list.
Jul 2006 — per the Dell End-of-Life list.
After the last date of support, FC55xx units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Dell no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.