1. Announcement Summary
Riverbed Technology hereby announces the end-of-availability of the following SteelHead Mobil Controller Models: SMC-8650 and VSMC-VSP for EXv1. The SKUs, noted below, will no longer be available for sale as of May 5, 2015 and February 3, 2015, respectively. Customers and partners may continue to order these systems from Riverbed through May 4, 2015 and February 2, 2015, respectively, subject to availability. Customers may continue to order Riverbed support services, on these systems, subject to Riverbed’s end-of-support policy located at: www.riverbed.com/supportpolicy
Table 1 identifies the relevant dates for end-of-availability and end-of-support:
Product
SKU/Part Number |
Description
|
Product Name
|
End of Availability
(Last Order Date) |
HW Appliances Only:
Date of End of Support for SW Feature Releases (Major/Minor) |
End of Support:
Hardware/SW Maintenance |
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|
2. Migration Plan
Recommended alternatives for the SMC-8650 is the currently shipping SteelCentral Controller for SteelHead Mobile (SMC) 9000.
Migration alternatives for the VSMC-VSP are the following:
More information on Steelhead Mobile is at: http://www.riverbed.com/products/wan-optimization/mobile-workforce-optimization.html
3. End-of-Availability Policy
For information on Riverbed’s end-of-availability and end-of-support policy, please see www.riverbed.com/supportpolicy.
4. Additional Information
For additional information regarding this change, please contact Product Management at prod-mgmt@riverbed.com.