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Q8K81A

HPE Apollo 4200 Gen9 Nodes for Qumulo — HPE Apollo 4200 Gen9 Nodes for Qumulo

EOSL — PAST
36 mo
past end of service life

Lifecycle position

now
availableend of saleservice
Available
End of saleMay 2018
End of serviceJun 2023HPE bulletin ↗
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.

Q8K81A — questions

Is the HPE Q8K81A still supported?

No. HPE's last date of support for Q8K81A was Jun 2023 (per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin) — it is past end of service life.

When did the Q8K81A reach end of sale?

Q8K81A reached end of sale May 2018, per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin.

What is the last date of support (EOSL) for the Q8K81A?

Jun 2023 — per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin.

Can the Q8K81A be maintained after HPE support ends?

After the last date of support, Q8K81A units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. HPE no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.