1. Announcement Summary
Riverbed Technology hereby announces the end of sale of Interceptor ®model 9200. These systems will no longer Riverbed Technology hereby announces the end-of-availability of SteelHead CX models 1555/5055/7055 and SteelHead DX model 8000. These systems will no longer be available for sale effective August 29, 2015. Customers and partners may continue to order these systems from Riverbed through August 28, 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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|
Note: All Virtual models (VCX), add-ons, spares and upgrades are not subject to this end-of-availability notice.
2. Migration Plan
Recommended alternatives for the above SteelHead CX platforms are the currently shipping SteelHead CX models CX 3070, 5070 and 7070. Recommended alternative for the SteelHead DX 8000 platform is the currently shipping SteelHead CX 7070H appliance model. All SteelHead CX models 3070, 5070 and 7070 are supported on RiOS 8.6.2 and 9.0.0b onwards.
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.