1. Announcement Summary
Riverbed Technology hereby announces the end-of-availability of the following upgrade product numbers for the xx50 platform. These part numbers will no longer be available for sale as of November 7, 2017. Customers and partners may continue to order these upgrades through November 6, 2017.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UPG-SHA-00250-L-M | Upgrade software license from SteelHead 250 Low to Steelhead 250 Mid | SteelHead 250 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Mon Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2018 |
UPG-SHA-00250-L-H | Upgrade software license from SteelHead 250 Low to SteelHead 250 High | SteelHead 250 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Mon Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2018 |
UPG-SHA-00250-M-H | Upgrade software license from SteelHead 250 Mid to SteelHead 250 High | SteelHead 250 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Mon Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2018 |
UPG-SHA-00550-M-H | Upgrade software license from Steelhead 550 Mid to SteelHead 550 High | SteelHead 550 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2017 |
UPG-SHA-01050-L-M | Upgrade software license from SteelHead 1050 Low to SteelHead 1050 Mid | SteelHead 1050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2017 |
UPG-SHA-01050-L-H | Upgrade Hardware/Software from SteelHead 1050 Low to SteelHead 1050 High | SteelHead 1050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2017 |
UPG-SHA-01050-M-H | Upgrade Hardware/Software from SteelHead 1050 Mid to SteelHead 1050 High | SteelHead 1050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2017 |
UPG-SHA-02050-L-M | Upgrade software license from SteelHead 2050 Low to SteelHead 2050 Mid | SteelHead 2050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sat Jun 30 00:00:00 UTC 2018 |
UPG-SHA-02050-L-H | Upgrade software license from SteelHead 2050 Low to SteelHead 2050 Mid | SteelHead 2050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sat Jun 30 00:00:00 UTC 2018 |
UPG-SHA-02050-M-H | Upgrade software license from SteelHead 2050 Mid to SteelHead 2050 High | SteelHead 2050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sat Jun 30 00:00:00 UTC 2018 |
UPG-SHA-05050-M-H | Upgrade Hardware/Software from SteelHead 5050 Mid to SteelHead 5050 High | SteelHead 5050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sat Jun 30 00:00:00 UTC 2018 |
UPG-SHA-05050-L-M | Upgrade Software license from SteelHead 5050 Low to SteelHead 5050 Mid | SteelHead 5050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sat Jun 30 00:00:00 UTC 2018 |
UPG-SHA-05050-L-H | Upgrade Hardware/Software from SteelHead 5050 Low to SteelHead 5050 High | SteelHead 5050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sat Jun 30 00:00:00 UTC 2018 |
UPG-SHA-01050-LR-MR | Upgrade Software From SteelHead 1050LR to SteelHead 1050MR | SteelHead 1050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2017 |
UPG-SHA-01050-LR-HR | Upgrade Hardware/Software From SteelHead 1050LR to SteelHead 1050HR | SteelHead 1050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2017 |
UPG-SHA-01050-MR-HR | Upgrade Hardware/Software From SteelHead 1050MR to SteelHead 1050HR | SteelHead 1050 | Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 UTC 2017 | N/A | Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 UTC 2017 |
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End of Support: Hardware / SW Maintenance: EOS date is determined by the EOS date of the platform that the spare/FRU resides in.
2. Migration Plan
These are upgrades for the xx50 platform that was discontinued (EOA’d) a few years ago. xx70 models may be purchased as a replacement.
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 Debashish Nag at dnag@riverbed.com