1. Announcement Summary
Riverbed Technology hereby announces the end-of-availability of the Virtual Steelhead 150 and 250 models. These products will no longer be available for sale as of January 1, 2014. Customers and partners may continue to order these models from Riverbed through Dec 31, 2013. Customers may continue to order Riverbed support services, on these models, subject to Riverbed’s end-of-support policy located at: www.riverbed.com/supportpolicy
Table 1 identifies the relevant dates for end-of-availability:
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 above platforms are the currently shipping Steelhead® models VCX255 which are supported on RiOS 8.0.4 onwards.
More information is available at http://www.riverbed.com/us/products/steelhead_appliance/
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.