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-9718 was Dec 2025 (per the Dell End-of-Life list) — it is past end of service life.
MDS-FCOE-9718 reached end of sale Dec 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-9718 units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Dell no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.