HPE 6600 Router Modules and Software LTU — HPE 66xx CTO Router Solution
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 JG498A was Mar 2023 (derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date) — it is past end of service life.
JG498A reached end of sale Mar 2018, per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin.
Mar 2023 — derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
After the last date of support, JG498A units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. HPE no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.