Switches 59xx Switch Bundle Products — HPE 5940 2-slot FB AC Bundle
Covered past the OEM cutoff by an independent maintainer.
Modules and units still circulate on the secondary market.
Carrying production traffic? Set the replacement window now, not mid-outage.
Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.
No. HPE's last date of support for JQ041A was May 2024 (derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date) — it is past end of service life.
JQ041A reached end of sale May 2019, per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin.
May 2024 — derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
After the last date of support, JQ041A units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. HPE no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.