HPE Aruba 2620 Switch End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Public End of Sale Announcement Date: April 30, 2018 Planned End of Sale Date: October 31, 2018 or while supplies last HPE/Aruba is planning to make the following products end of sale on the dates above, with the following market replacements:
Every tracked HPE Aruba 2620 Switch SKU group is past HPE end of service life (last group Oct 2023). 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: 4 successor part numbers.
End of sale
Oct 2018
Last date of support (computed)
Oct 2023
Part numbers
5
37
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life 37 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
Vendor bulletins list different dates
Two HPE end-of-life bulletins give different end-of-sale and last-date-of-support dates for the part numbers below. EOSL.ai shows both rather than silently picking one — open each bulletin to confirm which applies to your unit.
Affected part numbers: J9624A J9625A J9627A
Affected part numbers: J9623A J9626A
Part numbers in this family
All 5 part numbers share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.
| Part number | End of sale | Last date of support | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J9623A | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support | Aruba 2620 24 Switch |
| J9624A | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support | Aruba 2620 24 PPoE+ Switch |
| J9625A | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support | Aruba 2620 24 PoE+ Switch |
| J9626A | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support | Aruba 2620 48 Switch |
| J9627A | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support | Aruba 2620 48 PoE+ Switch |
Options from here
The HPE Aruba 2620 Switch 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 Aruba 2620 Switch ↗
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.
Aruba 2620 Switch questions
Is the HPE Aruba 2620 Switch end of life?
Yes. The 2620 Switch is past its last date of support (Oct 2023, 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 2620 Switch?
Oct 2023, derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
Where do these 2620 Switch 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 2620 Switch?
HPE's end-of-life bulletin lists 4 successor part numbers as the recommended migration path for the 2620 Switch. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.