Is the E4500 series switches discontinued?

[Mechanicalthink]

Hello,

Is the E4500 series switches discontinued? I need to buy some new switches. We are running mostly 3Com equipment with Comware OS and I would like new switches also run on Comware. Our retailer has couple of 4500 series switches in stock, but I see that HP has removed them from their switch portfolio. I guess the alternative would be A-series 3600/3610 switches, but these are all out of stock. And anyway, Is that correct that 3600 is actually same switch with minor tweaking as 4500?

[Richard Brodie_1]

It appears so:

http://h17007.www1.hp.com/docs/products/eos/ES-Announcement-E4210-E4210G-E4500-E4510G-E4510.pdf

I couldn't say how much like the 3600 they are.