HPE HP E4210-16-POE Switch — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
The 3Com Legacy E4210-16-POE Switch has been announced by 3Com in March 2010 that this product was reaching its end of sale. It was part of 3Com’s 4210 Fast Ethernet product line.
Every tracked HPE HP E4210-16-POE 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: J9138A.
End of sale
Apr 2011
Last date of support
Apr 2016
Part numbers
1
124
months past last support
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
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 number in this family
All 1 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.
| Part number | Description | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE031A | HP E4210-16-POE Switch | Apr 2011 | Apr 2016 | Past support |
Options from here
The HPE HP E4210-16-POE 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 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 E4210-16-POE Switch — questions
Is the HPE HP E4210-16-POE Switch end of life?
Yes. Every tracked E4210-16-POE Switch SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the E4210-16-POE Switch?
Apr 2016, derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
Where do these E4210-16-POE 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 E4210-16-POE Switch?
HPE's end-of-life bulletin lists J9138A as the recommended migration path for the E4210-16-POE Switch. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.
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