HPE MSR Modules — HPE MSR 2-port Fractional E1 SIC Module
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 JF842A was Dec 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.
JF842A reached end of sale Dec 2018, per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin.
Dec 2023 — derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
After the last date of support, JF842A units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. HPE no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.