HPE 5900 Switch Product End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Public End of Sale Announcement Date: September 30, 2019 Planned End of Sale Date: December 31, 2019 HPE Aruba is planning to make the following product end of sale on the dates above or while supplies last
Every tracked HPE 5900 Switch Product SKU group is past HPE end of service life (last group Dec 2024). 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: 3 successor part numbers.
End of sale
Dec 2019
Last date of support (computed)
Dec 2024
Part numbers
1
23
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life 23 months ago
- EOSL computed from the vendor support-life policy, not a per-model published date
- Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
- Category: switches
Support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only. Higher means more runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it is calculated
Part number in this family
This family has one tracked part number. Its dates are the ones above.
| Part number | End of sale | Last date of support | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JG838A | Dec 2019 | Dec 2024 | Past support | HPE 5900CP 48XG 4QSFP+ Switch |
Options from here
The HPE 5900 Switch Product 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. Current eBay listings for HPE 5900 Switch Product ↗
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 and no maintenance, and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the role the asset plays.
HPE 5900 Switch Product questions
Is the HPE 5900 Switch Product end of life?
Yes. The 5900 Switch Product is past its last date of support (Dec 2024, derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date).
What is the last date of support for the 5900 Switch Product?
Dec 2024, derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
Where do these 5900 Switch Product 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 5900 Switch Product?
HPE's end-of-life bulletin lists 3 successor part numbers as the recommended migration path for the 5900 Switch Product. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.