HPE HP 5500 EI and HP 5500 HI Switches — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
HPE will end of sale the following products and customers are encouraged to migrate to the appropriate alternatives.
Every tracked HPE HP 5500 EI and HP 5500 HI Switches SKU group is past HPE end of service life (last group Mar 2022). 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: JH149A.
End of sale
Mar 2017
Last date of support
Mar 2022
Part numbers
13
53
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 53 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
Part numbers in this family
All 13 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.
| Part number | Description | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD374A | HP 5500-24G-SFP EI Switch | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JD375A | HP 5500-48G EI Switch | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JD377A | HP 5500-24G EI Switch | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JG240A | HP 5500-48G-PoE+ EI Switch w/2 Intf Slts | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JG241A | HP 5500-24G-PoE+ EI Switch w/2 Intf Slts | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JG249A | HP 5500-24G-SFP EI TAA Switch w 2 Slts | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JG252A | HP 5500-24G-PoE+ EI TAA Switch w/2 Slts | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JG253A | HP 5500-48G-PoE+ EI TAA Switch w/2 Slts | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JG311A | HP HI 5500-24G-4SFP w/2 Intf Slts Switch | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JG312A | HP HI 5500-48G-4SFP w/2 Intf Slts Switch | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JG541A | HP 5500-24G-PoE+-4SFP HI Switch w/2 Slt | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JG542A | HP 5500-48G-PoE+-4SFP HI Switch w/2 Slt | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
| JG543A | HP 5500-24G-SFP HI Switch w/2 Intf Slt | Mar 2017 | Mar 2022 | Past support |
Options from here
The HPE HP 5500 EI and HP 5500 HI Switches 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 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.
HP 5500 EI and HP 5500 HI Switches — questions
Is the HPE HP 5500 EI and HP 5500 HI Switches end of life?
Yes. Every tracked 5500 EI and HP 5500 HI Switches SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the 5500 EI and HP 5500 HI Switches?
Mar 2022, derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
Where do these 5500 EI and HP 5500 HI Switches 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 5500 EI and HP 5500 HI Switches?
HPE's end-of-life bulletin lists JH149A as the recommended migration path for the 5500 EI and HP 5500 HI Switches. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.
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