I have been retired for three years but I recall having no major issue working with Dell/EMC. The company I worked at used Dell/EMC DASD for many years. Again, I’ve been away from the mainframe for three years and Dell/EMC support could have gone downhill.
The comment about Dell/EMC getting out of the mainframe market got me to do some online searches and I find a mixed bag of information. From what I can tell Dell/EMC was currently not going to support the IBM Fibre Channel Endpoint Security (IFCES) feature. I could see how that might affect future connectivity of the Dell/EMC hardware to future IBM Z boxes. Future required adoption of IBM Fibre Channel Endpoint Security on FICON-attached devices - IBM Documentation <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/z-linuxone-2q-2024-statement-dire ction?mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=IFCES> Paul -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of rpinion865 Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 3:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Dell DASD Yep, we have been told the same thing by our Dell mainframe DASD team. "Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025 at 3:58 PM, Steely.Mark <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > Also, it has been stated that Dell will no longer support Mainframe DASD. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Steve Beaver > > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2025 2:47 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Dell DASD > > ! > > CAUTION! EXTERNAL SENDER! STOP, ASSESS, AND VERIFY Do you know this person? Were you expecting this email? If not, report it using the Report Phishing Button! > > Fiserv is dumping all Dell DASD by the end of Jan 2026 in favor of a > DS8K > > We have had too much trouble > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Michael Watkins > Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 2:30 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Dell DASD > > The Texas CPA has a DLm8500 (emulates a TS7k virtual tape server) > front-ending a Data Domain 9900 disk subsystem, which is shared with > open systems servers. All mainframe virtual tapes are records in an > MTree > (folder) on the DD9900. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Steve Beaver > > Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 2:26 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Dell DASD > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Texas Comptroller's email system. > DO NOT click links or open attachments unless you expect them from the sender and know the content is safe. > > How many of you are running Dell DASD? > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
