HPE OfficeConnect 1850 Switch Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Public End of Sale Announcement Date: July 31, 2019 End of Sale Date: October 31, 2019 or while supplies last HPE/Aruba is planning to make the following products end of sale on the dates specified above, with the following market replacements:
Is the HPE OfficeConnect 1850 Switch Series end of life?
Past end of serviceEvery tracked HPE OfficeConnect 1850 Switch Series SKU group is past HPE end of service life (last group Oct 2024). 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: JH295A.
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 22 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 →
HPE OfficeConnect 1850 Switch Series
EOSL — PAST5 SKUs in this group
Options from here
Unsupported nowThe HPE OfficeConnect 1850 Switch Series 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.
HPE OfficeConnect 1850 Switch Series — questions
Is the HPE OfficeConnect 1850 Switch Series end of life?
Yes — every tracked 1850 Switch Series SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the 1850 Switch Series?
Oct 2024 — derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
Where do these 1850 Switch Series 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 1850 Switch Series?
HPE's end-of-life bulletin lists JH295A as the recommended migration path for the 1850 Switch Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.