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 NX-5K-8FC was Dec 2013 (per the Dell End-of-Life list) — it is past end of service life.
NX-5K-8FC reached end of sale Dec 2010, per the Dell End-of-Life list.
Dec 2013 — per the Dell End-of-Life list.
After the last date of support, NX-5K-8FC units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Dell no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.