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EOL Notice 6505

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Brocade 6505 Switch

Product End-of-Life Notice


Brocade is initiating the End of Life (EOL) process for the Brocade 6505 switch.
Support will continue to be offered and provided for the EOL products for five (5) years from the Last Customer Ship
(LCS) announced below for those customers with a valid support contract subject to support policies for Brocade
products.
The objective of the account management team is to assist you to make your final purchases of product subject to EOL
and to smoothly transition to the new products by planning to the following milestones:

Brocade 6505 Switch Date

EOL Notification Date October 31, 2019


Last Time Order (LTO) Final, Non-Cancelable, Non-Returnable Order
February 28, 2020
Due Date (Subject to lead time and availability)
Last Customer Ship (LCS) Date
April 30, 2020
(while supply lasts)
End of Support (EOS) Date April 30, 2025

Recommended Alternative
Brocade Part Number Description Solution

BR-6505-12-16G-0R BR 6505,12P,16 GB SFPS,BR,AC, 1 PSU BR-G610-8-16G-0

BR-6505-24-16G-1R BR 6505,24P,16 Gb SFPS,ENT,BR ,AC,1 BR-G610-24-16G-1


PSU

XBR-6505-12-0R FRU,BR6505,12P,0 SFPS,BR,AC,1 PSU XBR-G610-8

XBR-6505-24-0R FRU,BR6505,24P,0 SFPS,BR,AC,1 PSU XBR-G610-24

XBR-000051 FRU,POWERCORD,6-FT,ROHS,BR N/A

BR-SMEDAN-01 SOFTWARE FEATURE LICENSE TO N/A


ENABLE ADAPTIVE NETWORKING (AN)
ON ENTRY LEVEL FIBRE CHANNEL
SWITCHES

BR-SMEDFWH-01 FABRIC WATCH (FW) FEATURE N/A


LICENSE ON ENTRY LEVEL FIBRE
CHANNEL SWITCHES

BR-SMEDSAO-01 SERVER APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION N/A


(SAO) FEATURE LICENSE ON ENTRY
LEVEL FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCHES

© 2019 Brocade Communications Systems LLC, a Broadcom Inc. Company. All Rights Reserved.
Replacement Products
Broadcom recommends evaluation of the Brocade G610 switch as replacement for the Brocade 6505 platform.

Note: Licenses for software features qualified for use with supported configurations of the Brocade 6505 switch that is not
listed as EOL in this document will continue to be available for sale after LCS of the Brocade 6505 for a period of two
years.

FOS will only support one Target Path for any products that are declared EOL.

Additional restrictions and limitations apply to support for software and such support may be cancelled or changed without
notice. Contact your sales representative for more information.

© 2019 Brocade Communications Systems LLC, a Broadcom Inc. Company. All Rights Reserved.

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