Dell PowerConnect 2824 end of service life: January 31, 2020.
Dell PowerConnect 2824 reached end of service life on January 31, 2020. Dell no longer sells support contracts for it. Third-party maintenance covers it for 3 to 5+ years past that date.
- 2020-01-31
- Dell EOSL date
- Past EOSL · 81 mo ago
- Status today
- 3 to 5+ yrs
- Post-EOSL coverage with us
- 40 to 70%
- Below the Dell contract
Free. No credit card. No sales call unless you ask.
What changes at EOSL
The PowerConnect 2824 keeps working. Dell just stops answering.
End of service life is the date Dell stops selling support contracts for the PowerConnect 2824. It is a commercial decision, not a technical one. The network still runs, its failure modes are well documented, and spares are available on the secondary market.
We keep PowerConnect 2824 spares in stock and support the platform for 3 to 5+ years past January 31, 2020 with in-house L3+ engineers 24/7/365, a 4-hour on-site SLA, and month-to-month terms. Most customers use that window to refresh on their own schedule instead of Dell's.
End of ship 2015-01-31; Park Place + ReluTech + Smart3rdParty + it-server-room
Source: two or more independent EOSL databases that agree; the OEM does not publish this date. View source Dates can change. Confirm for your serial numbers before you plan around it.
PowerConnect 2824 hit EOSL? That is when we start.
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