HPE HP E4200-12G Switch — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
The 3Com Legacy E4200-12G Switch has been announced by 3Com in March 2010 that this product was reaching its end of sale. It was part of 3Com’s 4200G product line.
Is the HPE HP E4200-12G Switch end of life?
Past end of serviceEvery tracked HPE HP E4200-12G Switch SKU group is past HPE end of service life (last group Apr 2016). 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: J9279A.
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 124 months ago
- EOSL computed from the vendor support-life policy, not a per-model published date
- Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
- Category: switches
The score reflects support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only — higher means more support runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it’s calculated →
HP E4200-12G Switch
EOSL — PAST1 SKU in this group
Options from here
Unsupported nowThe HPE HP E4200-12G 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.
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 or maintenance and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the asset's role.
End-of-sale dates are taken from the HPE end-of-sale bulletin linked in each group. End-of-service-life is computed as end-of-sale + 5 years per HPE's published support-life policy — HPE does not publish a per-model EOSL date.
HP E4200-12G Switch — questions
Is the HPE HP E4200-12G Switch end of life?
Yes — every tracked E4200-12G Switch SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the E4200-12G Switch?
Apr 2016 — derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
Where do these E4200-12G 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 E4200-12G Switch?
HPE's end-of-life bulletin lists J9279A as the recommended migration path for the E4200-12G Switch. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.
On the same timetable
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