HPE FlexFabric 12500 & 12900 Switch Series — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Public End of Sale Announcement Date: October 17, 2018 Planned End of Sale Date: October 31, 2018
Every tracked HPE FlexFabric 12500 & 12900 Switch Series SKU group is past HPE end of service life (last group Oct 2023). 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: FlexFabric.
End of sale
Oct 2018
Last date of support
Oct 2023
Part numbers
18
34
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 34 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 18 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.
| Part number | Description | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JC658A | HPE FlexFabric 1250x G2 Fabric Module | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JC664A | HPE FlexFabric 12504 Fan Assembly | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG784A | HPE FlexFabric 12518E AC Switch Chassis | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG786A | HPE FlexFabric 12500 4p 100GbE CFP FD Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG790A | HPE FlexFabric 12500 16p 40GbE QSFP+ FD Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG792A | HPE FlexFabric 12500 40p 1/10GbE SFP+ FD Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG798A | HPE FlexFabric 12508E Fabric Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG800A | HPE FlexFabric 12518E Fabric Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG802A | HPE FlexFabric 12500E Main Processing Unit | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG805A | HPE FlexFabric 12500E Fan Tray Assembly | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG855A | HPE FlexFabric 12900 48p GbE SFP+ EB Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG858A | HPE FlexFabric 12900 4p 100GbE CFP EC Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG619A | HPE FlexFabric 12910 Switch AC Chassis | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG621A | HPE FlexFabric 12910 Main Processing Unit | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG623A | HPE FlexFabric 12910 3.84Tbps Type B Fabric Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG624A | HPE FlexFabric 12900 48p 10GbE SFP+ EA Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG626A | HPE FlexFabric 12900 48p 10GbE SFP+ EC Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
| JG654A | HPE FlexFabric 12916 6.14 Tbps Type B Fabric Mod | Oct 2018 | Oct 2023 | Past support |
Options from here
The HPE FlexFabric 12500 & 12900 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 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.
HPE FlexFabric 12500 & 12900 Switch Series — questions
Is the HPE FlexFabric 12500 & 12900 Switch Series end of life?
Yes. Every tracked 12500 & 12900 Switch Series SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the 12500 & 12900 Switch Series?
Oct 2023, derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
Where do these 12500 & 12900 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 12500 & 12900 Switch Series?
HPE's end-of-life bulletin lists FlexFabric as the recommended migration path for the 12500 & 12900 Switch Series. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.
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