1. Announcement Summary
Riverbed Technology hereby announces the end-of-availability of the below mentioned SKUs. These Network Engineering, Operations and Planning (NEOP) products have been rebranded and will no longer be available for sale effective September 1, 2016. Customers and partners may continue to order these products from Riverbed through August 31, 2016. Customers may continue to order Riverbed support services for these products subject to Riverbed’s end-of-support policy outlined at www.riverbed.com/supportpolicy. Customers who have subscriptions for the products below will be maintained and supported till the end of the paid subscription period.
Section 2 of this document titled “Migration” describes the migration options for the impacted SKUs
Table 1 identifies the relevant dates for end-of-availability and end-of-support.
Product
SKU/Part Number |
Description
|
End of Availability
(Last Order Date) |
End of Support:
Hardware/SW Maintenance |
---|
|
2. MIGRATION
The capabilities offered by the above products will now be offered via the SteelCentral Network Planning and Configuration Management (NPCM) suite. Please refer to the following page for more information about the new product versions: www.riverbed.com/npcm
Mapping to new products is provided in the following table.
Existing Product | New Product Name |
IT Guru Network Planner | NetPlanner |
SP Guru Network Planner* | NetPlanner with CarrierPlanner |
SP Guru Transport Planner | OpticalPlanner |
IT Sentinel | NetAuditor |
SP Sentinel | NetAuditor with CarrierAuditor |
IT NetMapper 1K | NetAuditor |
IT NetMapper 5K | NetAuditor |
IT NetMapper Module | NetAuditor or NetMapper module for NetPlanner |
SP NetMapper Module | NetAuditor (w CarrierAuditor) or NetMapper module for NetPlanner |
VNE Server
VNE Server for Service Providers VNE SNMP Adapter Pack |
NetPlanner |
Flow Analysis Module | NetPlanner |
IPv6 Planning and Operations Module | NetAuditor or NetPlanner |
NetDoctor Module | NetAuditor or NetPlanner |
PSTN Flow Analysis Module | None |
Opnet Development Kit Module | NetPlanner or Modeler |
Predictor for NetOne | NetPlanner |
IT Guru* | NetPlanner |
*Customers that are currently using AppTransaction Xpert as a module with IT Guru or SP Guru Network Planner should refer to the FAQ listed below for details of the migration
3. END-OF-AVAILABILITY AND END-OF-SUPPORT POLICY
For information on Riverbed's end-of-sale and end-of-support policy for former OPNET solutions, please see the FAQ KB Article S24739.
4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For additional information regarding this change, please contact SteelCentral Product Management: RVBD-steelcentral-npcm-prod-mgmt@riverbed.com.