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Brocade
130 Holger Way, San Jose, CA 95134
T. 408.333.8000 F. 408.333.8101
www.brocade.com
June 9, 2014
Dear Brocade Customer,
This letter is a formal notification that Brocade is extending the Last Time Order Date for the Brocade® FastIron
WS Series. Note that formal End of Life notification was originally provided on November 26, 2013.
The recommended product replacement for the Brocade FastIron WS Series are the Brocade ICX 6430 and
6450 switches. Consult your account management team for more details.
Brocade will continue to offer and provide support for the EOL products five (5) years from the Last Customer
Ship Date (LCS) below for those customers with a valid support contract.
The objective of the Brocade account management team is to smoothly transition opportunities to the new
products by planning to the following milestones:
Brocade FastIron WS Series

Date

EOL Notification Date
Last Time Order (LTO) Final, Non-Cancelable, Non-Returnable
Order Due Date (Subject to lead time and availability)
Last Customer Ship (LCS) Date
End of Support (EOS) Date

November 26, 2013

Brocade Part
Number
FWS624
FWS624-EPREM
FWS624G
FWS624G-EPREM
FWS624G-L3U-SW
FWS624G-POE
FWS624G-POEEPREM
FWS624-L3U-SW
FWS624-POE
FWS624-POEEPREM

July 28, 2014
September 28, 2014
September 28, 2019

Description
FastIron WS624 includes 20 x 10/100 Mbps ports plus 4-port
Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports
FastIron WS624 includes 20 x 10/100 Mbps ports plus 4-port
Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports with Edge Prem
SW license
FastIron WS624G with 20 x 10/100/1000 Mbps ports plus 4port Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports
FastIron WS624G with 20 x 10/100/1000 Mbps ports plus 4port Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports with Edge
Prem SW license
Edge Premium SW License upgrade for 24 port 10/100/1000
FastIron WS624G-POE with 20 x 10/100/1000 Mbps 802.3af
PoE ports plus 4-port Gigabit Ethernet ports
20 x 10/100/1000 Mbps 802.3af PoE ports plus 4-port
Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports with Edge Prem
SW license
Edge Premium SW License upgrade for 24 port 10/100
FastIron WS624-POE includes 20 x 10/100 Mbps 802.3af
PoE ports plus 4-port Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet
ports
20 x 10/100 Mbps 802.3af PoE ports plus 4-port Combo
copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports with Edge Prem SW
license

Recommended
Alternative Solution
Brocade ICX 6430
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6430
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6430
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6430

Brocade ICX 6450

FWS648
FWS648-EPREM
FWS648G

FWS648G-EPREM
FWS648G-L3U-SW
FWS648G-POE
FWS648G-POEEPREM
FWS648-L3U-SW
FWS648-POE
FWS648-POEEPREM
FWS624G-L3U

FWS624-L3U

FWS648G-L3U

FWS648-L3U
PC-RPS12
RPS12

FastIron WS648 includes 44 x 10/100 Mbps ports plus 4-port
Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports
FastIron WS648 includes 44 x 10/100 Mbps ports plus 4-port
Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports with Edge Prem
SW license
FastIron WS648G with 44 x 10/100/1000 Mbps ports plus 4port Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports
FastIron WS648G with 44 x 10/100/1000 Mbps ports plus 4port Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports with Edge
Prem SW license
Edge Premium SW License upgrade for 48 port 10/100/1000
FastIron WS648G-POE includes 44 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
802.3af PoE ports plus 4-port Combo copper/fiber Gigabit
Ethernet ports
44 x 10/100/1000 Mbps 802.3af PoE ports plus 4-port
Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports with Edge Prem
SW license
Edge Premium SW License upgrade for 48 port 10/100
FastIron WS648-POE includes 44 x 10/100 Mbps 802.3af
PoE ports plus 4-port Combo copper/fiber Gigabit Ethernet
ports
44 x 10/100 Mbps PoE ports plus 4-port Combo copper/fiber
Gigabit Ethernet ports with Edge Prem SW license
Edge Layer 3 EDGEPREM software upgrade for the FWS624G
and FWS624G-POE. EDGEPREM includes IPv4 routing
protocols RIPv1/v2 and OSPF.
Edge Layer 3 EDGEPREM software upgrade for the FWS624
and FWS624-POE. EDGEPREM includes IPv4 routing protocols
RIPv1/v2 and OSPF
Edge Layer 3 EDGEPREM software upgrade for the FWS648G
and FWS648G-POE. EDGEPREM includes IPv4 routing
protocols RIPv1/v2 and OSPF
Edge Layer 3 EDGEPREM software upgrade for the FWS648
and FWS648-POE. EDGEPREM includes IPv4 routing protocols
RIPv1/v2 and OSPF
Power cable for connection between FWS POE models and
RPS12
External redundant RPS for FWS POE models

Brocade ICX 6430
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6430

Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6430

Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6430
Brocade ICX 6450
Brocade ICX 6450

Brocade ICX 6450

Brocade ICX 6450

Brocade ICX 6450
Not Applicable
Not Applicable

Support Pricing
Beginning one (1) year after LCS and until the EOS Date, there will be a 10 percent annual price increase for
end-user service and support.
Please contact your account manager for any questions or concerns that you may have.
Sincerely,
BROCADE

© 2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Brocade, the B-wing symbol, MLX, and NetIron are registered trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United
States and/or in other countries. Otherbrands, products, or service names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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