HPE HP E5500 End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
The E5500 3Com Legacy stackable switches indicated below have served 3Com and HP Customers with Fast Ethernet for many years. Due to market factors, we are announcing the end of sale of the devices effective June 15, 2011, or while supplies last
HPE’s named migration path: JD331A.
End of sale
Jun 2011
Last date of support
Not published
Part numbers
5
Jun 2011
end of sale; no support end published
Why this score
- End of sale published; the vendor publishes no last date of support, so no runway is credited
- 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 5 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.
| Part number | Description | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE101A | HP E5500-24 Switch | Jun 2011 | Not published | No date published |
| JE103A | HP E5500-48 Switch | Jun 2011 | Not published | No date published |
| JE105A | HP E5500-24-PoE Switch | Jun 2011 | Not published | No date published |
| JE107A | HP E5500-48-PoE Switch | Jun 2011 | Not published | No date published |
| JE109A | HP E5500-24-SFP Switch | Jun 2011 | Not published | No date published |
Options from here
The HPE HP E5500 is still supported. Options to plan around, in rough priority:
The vendor publishes no last date of support. Ask the vendor, or check your contract, before relying on it.
Look up the exact part in the bulk checker; another part in the family may carry a published date.
Until a support end is confirmed, keep the replacement in your planning cycle.
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 E5500 — questions
Is the HPE HP E5500 end of life?
Not yet. All tracked E5500 SKU groups are still within HPE support, though dates vary by SKU. See the breakdown below.
What is the last date of support for the E5500?
Not published, per the HPE end-of-sale bulletin.
Where do these E5500 dates come from?
Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official HPE end-of-sale bulletin it was taken from.
What is the replacement for the E5500?
HPE's end-of-life bulletin lists JD331A as the recommended migration path for the E5500. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.