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JG898A

HPE 5700 Switch Products — HPE 5700 32XGT 8XG 2QSFP+ Swch

EOSL — PAST
17 mo
past end of service life

Lifecycle position

now
availableend of saleservice
Available—
End of saleJan 2020HPE bulletin ↗
End of serviceJan 2025computed · HPE 5-yr policy ↗
Last security firmware—

Options from here

Third-party maintenance

Covered past the OEM cutoff by an independent maintainer.

Pre-stock spares

Modules and units still circulate on the secondary market.

Schedule migration

Carrying production traffic? Set the replacement window now, not mid-outage.

Run to failure

Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.

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JG898A — questions

Is the HPE JG898A still supported?

No. HPE's last date of support for JG898A was Jan 2025 (derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date) — it is past end of service life.

When did the JG898A reach end of sale?

JG898A reached end of sale Jan 2020, per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin.

What is the last date of support (EOSL) for the JG898A?

Jan 2025 — derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.

Can the JG898A be maintained after HPE support ends?

After the last date of support, JG898A units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. HPE no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.