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
Every tracked HPE HP E5500 SKU group is past HPE end of service life (last group Jun 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: JD331A.
End of sale
Jun 2011
Last date of support
Jun 2016
Part numbers
5
122
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 122 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 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 | Jun 2016 | Past support |
| JE103A | HP E5500-48 Switch | Jun 2011 | Jun 2016 | Past support |
| JE105A | HP E5500-24-PoE Switch | Jun 2011 | Jun 2016 | Past support |
| JE107A | HP E5500-48-PoE Switch | Jun 2011 | Jun 2016 | Past support |
| JE109A | HP E5500-24-SFP Switch | Jun 2011 | Jun 2016 | Past support |
Options from here
The HPE HP E5500 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 E5500 — questions
Is the HPE HP E5500 end of life?
Yes. Every tracked E5500 SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the E5500?
Jun 2016, derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
Where do these E5500 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 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.
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