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Dell SC8000 end-of-life

Dell Compellent SC8000 Storage Controller

Past end of support (Mar 31, 2022)

The Compellent SC8000 was Dell's flagship SC Series enterprise SAN controller launched in 2012, still found in many longer-refresh-cycle government storage fleets. Dell's official hardware lifecycle spreadsheet records end of sales on 2017-03-03 and end of standard support on 2022-03-31, so standard Dell support has already lapsed; no successor SKU is named in the record.

MilestonePublished date
End-of-SaleMar 3, 2017
End of supportMar 31, 2022

Dates are from Dell Technologies’s published lifecycle notice for this product. Confirm against the official bulletin before decommissioning or letting support lapse.

Frequently asked

When is the Dell SC8000 end of life?
Dell's published notice sets End-of-Sale for the SC8000 at Mar 3, 2017. The published end-of-support date is Mar 31, 2022, after which vendor support ends. It is past its published support window — plan the refresh now.
What replaces the Dell SC8000?
Dell has not named a one-for-one replacement in the notice this page is built from. Uniqcli can recommend and quote the current equivalent for the SC8000, with TAA country-of-origin screening on request.
Can I still buy or get support for the SC8000?
New units are no longer sold by Dell after the End-of-Sale date; remaining channel stock and refurbished units are the only sources. Vendor support has ended (Mar 31, 2022), so security fixes and hardware replacement from Dell are no longer available. For a fleet still running this hardware, the practical next step is a refresh plan — request a quote and we will price the current replacement.

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