1. Announcement Summary
Riverbed Technology hereby announces the end-of-availability of SteelCentral NetShark appliance models 1100, 2100, 2200, 3100 and 3200. These systems will no longer be available for sale effective May 30, 2015. Customers and partners may continue to order these systems from Riverbed through May 29, 2015. Customers may continue to order Riverbed support services on these systems subject to Riverbed's end-of-availability and 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 above platforms are the currently shipping SteelCentral NetShark models (SCAN- 2170, -4170 and -6170), which are supported on software version 10.8 onwards.
More information is available at: http://www.riverbed.com/products/performance-management-control/network-performance-management/network-troubleshooting.html#Tech_Specs
3. End of Availability Policy
For information on Riverbed's end of sale and end of support policy, please see the Riverbed Support Plans and Policy.
4. Additional Information
For additional information regarding this change, please contact David Winikoff at david.winikoff@riverbed.com.