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.
MSA 1040, 2040, 2042 SAN Storage — questions
Is the HPE MSA 1040, 2040, 2042 SAN Storage still supported?
No. HPE's last date of support for MSA 1040, 2040, 2042 SAN Storage was Apr 2023 (per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin) — it is past end of service life.
When did the MSA 1040, 2040, 2042 SAN Storage reach end of sale?
MSA 1040, 2040, 2042 SAN Storage reached end of sale Jan 2018, per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin.
What is the last date of support (EOSL) for the MSA 1040, 2040, 2042 SAN Storage?
Apr 2023 — per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin.
Can the MSA 1040, 2040, 2042 SAN Storage be maintained after HPE support ends?
After the last date of support, MSA 1040, 2040, 2042 SAN Storage units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. HPE no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.