Aruba Hardware Lifecycle Policy
What Aruba's published policy says about lifecycle phases, support windows, and end-of-life timing.
This page summarizes Aruba End of Life Policy (Effective August 1, 2013) and quotes Aruba's own phase definitions verbatim. For the authoritative current statement, follow the link to Aruba's policy doc.
Lifecycle phases
| Aruba phase | Aruba's definition (verbatim) | Our field |
|---|---|---|
| End of Life (EOL) Announcement | "The date when Aruba announces the End of Sale and End of Support for a given product to the general public. The EOL announcement is also posted on the End of Life Products web page." | announcement_date |
| End of Sale (EOS) | "This is the last date to order the product through typical sales channels. The product is no longer available for purchase after this date and is removed from all price lists. However, EOS dates are dependent upon the continued availability of stock, and at Aruba's discretion the actual EOS date may be earlier than the published date." | end_of_sale_date |
| Last Day to Renew Service Contract | "The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. Such extension or renewal will be limited to a 1 year term to coincide with End of Support date. Multi-year renewals are not allowed." | end_of_sw_maintenance_date |
| End of Support (EOST) | "The last date to receive support from Aruba TAC. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product reaches End of Life. Access to product software downloads and documentation may be discontinued after this date." | last_date_of_support |
Default support windows
For any hardware product being planned for EOL, we issue an End of Life announcement six (6) calendar months prior to the End of Sale (EOS) date. On the EOS date, the product is removed from the price list and is no longer available for purchase. The End of Life announcement also includes the End of Support (EOST) date, which is 5 years after the EOS date.
Source: Aruba End of Life Policy.
Aruba products tracked here
We track lifecycle dates for 3269 Aruba products across 41 platform families. See the full Aruba catalog for upcoming end-of-sale, end-of-support, and replacement information per SKU.
For cross-vendor terminology comparison, see lifecycle terminology. For compliance impact of vendor lifecycle milestones, see compliance and insurance.
Sources
- Aruba End of Life Policy: the vendor's own policy doc.
- HPE Aruba Networking Product Lifecycle Policy (newer framework on hpe.com)
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