HPE HP 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Due to a planned minor revision of select models in the 5120 EI, 5500 SI, and 5500 EI Switch Series to receive HP cosmetically branded chassis and a minor upgrade to PoE+ from PoE, HP is announcing the End of Sale of the Switches listed below:
Is the HPE HP 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches end of life?
Past end of serviceEvery tracked HPE HP 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches SKU group is past HPE end of service life (last group Dec 2016). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure. HPE’s named migration path: JG236A.
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 116 months ago
- EOSL computed from the vendor support-life policy, not a per-model published date
- Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
- Category: switches
The score reflects support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only — higher means more support runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it’s calculated →
HP 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches
EOSL — PAST6 SKUs in this group
Options from here
Unsupported nowThe HPE HP 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches is past HPE end of service life. These are the paths teams take from here:
Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.
Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.
It is unsupported today — set a migration timeline and budget.
Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.
Independent and informational — EOSL.ai sells no hardware or maintenance and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the asset's role.
End-of-sale dates are taken from the HPE end-of-sale bulletin linked in each group. End-of-service-life is computed as end-of-sale + 5 years per HPE's published support-life policy — HPE does not publish a per-model EOSL date.
HP 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches — questions
Is the HPE HP 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches end of life?
Yes — every tracked 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches?
Dec 2016 — derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
Where do these 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches dates come from?
End-of-sale dates link to the official HPE end-of-sale bulletin. End-of-service-life is computed as end-of-sale plus HPE's published 5-year support-life policy, which is also linked.
What is the replacement for the 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches?
HPE's end-of-life bulletin lists JG236A as the recommended migration path for the 5120 PoE and 5500 PoE Switches. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.
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