Dell Connectrix (Cisco) — Connectrix (Cisco) san switch
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 MDS-FCOE-9700 was Dec 2025 (per the Dell End-of-Life list) — it is past end of service life.
MDS-FCOE-9700 reached end of sale Sep 2020, per the Dell End-of-Life list.
Dec 2025 — per the Dell End-of-Life list.
After the last date of support, MDS-FCOE-9700 units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Dell no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.