Customer has IBM BladeCenters, using Brocade 4020 Switch modules. When is End of Support for these?

[SWorrall1]

Customer has 11 x IBM BladeCenters in use in their 'Legacy' environment.

Each gets FC connectivity via a Brocade 4020 SAN Switch module clipped into the Chassis.

When is End of Support for this HW?

They use a mix of FOS 6.0.x / 6.1.x / 6.2.x

Is there any support left for these versions?

If so: when does it expire?

Thanks in advance,

Simon.

[Marian Bezeg]

Hello,

4020 is out of support.

https://community.brocade.com/t5/Fibre-Channel-SAN-Forums/End-of-life-Brocade-4020-Embedded-Switch/td-p/78596

There is no official Brocade support for these devices anymore.

[SWorrall1]

Thank you for that, but the link refers to the End of Life, NOT the End of Support I was requesting.

Simon.

[Marian Bezeg]

Hello,

so another one.

https://community.brocade.com/t5/Fibre-Channel-SAN-Forums/FC-Switch-4024-and-5480/td-p/70434

Antonio Bongiorno TechHelp24
Posts: 5,250
Registered: ‎02-23-2004
Solution! Re: FC Switch 4024 and 5480 
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‎01-30-2015 11:59 AM

Lutz,
 
the 4020 Blade is End of Support, since long time.


-->>And what does this mean for my customer ? Switch replacement to newer hardware?

Yes, I would suggest to Upgrade to, but no all Blade Center Server Models support NEW Switch Blade Generation.

TechHelp24