Solutions Brief
Cascade Shark
Trade-Up Program
New trade-up program offers financial
incentives that are 4x better plus adds
significant new features!
Trade up your Cascade Shark for
SteelCentral AppResponse 11
Trade up your Cascade Shark appliance to SteelCentral
AppResponse 11 and save. With the new SteelCentral™
AppResponse 11 you can significantly boost your ability to
troubleshoot network and application performance issues with
longer packet capture and storage capacity and new
troubleshooting capabilities.
SteelCentral AppResponse 11 offers powerful, flexible network
and application analytics and workflows to speed problem
diagnosis and resolution. It combines network forensics and
historical analysis, application analytics, and end-user
experience monitoring in a single physical or virtual appliance
so you have everything you need at your fingertips to resolve
performance issues quickly.
The new SteelCentral AppResponse 11 appliances provide:
 32 times the base storage capacity, up to 576TB
 A modular form factor with optional storage
redundancy
 Double the port density (8 x 10 Gbps ports)
 Up to 1.2M flows/minute exported to SteelCentral
NetProfiler
© 2016 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved.
You also gain significant new network and application analysis
capabilities with the option to purchase advanced web
transaction monitoring capabilities. Included in the trade-up
offer is
 HTML5-based web UI with reporting, alerting and
search
 Insights: Pre-defined workflows with easy access to
relevant performance data
 Navigator: Expert analysis with pivot and drill down
from any metric
 Historical data analysis & retention
 Response time metrics for all users, all applications,
all the time
 Full IPv6 support
 And more…
Leverage attractive financial incentives
Financial incentive are four times greater than previously and
include:
 Credit for each Cascade Shark you trade up
 Free Application Stream Analysis (ASA) software
module for historical network analysis
 Free NIC/SFP (Type received based on
AppResponse 11 model purchased)
Table 1. Trade-up Options
 From To

Cascade Shark 1100 SteelCentral AppResponse 2170 Trade up guidelines

Cascade Shark 1100 When you participate in the trade-up program, you will need to:
SteelCentral AppResponse 4170
Cascade Shark 2100
Cascade Shark 2200  Trade one older appliance for one new appliance
Cascade Shark 3100
 Trade up to an equivalent or larger model (See
Cascade Shark 1100 Table 1. Trade-up Options table)
Cascade Shark 2100  Credit requires purchase of the Application Stream
Cascade Shark 2200 SteelCentral AppResponse 6170* Analysis (ASA) software module and NIC/SFP
Cascade Shark 3100
Cascade Shark 3200  Show proof of recycle/retire of existing Shark
appliance
Cascade Shark 3100
Cascade Shark 3200 SteelCentral AppResponse 8170*  No credit for free options declined

* AppResponse 6170 & 8170 require at least one storage unit.

Table 2. Key Dates: Cascade Shark End of Availability and End of Support
Below is the support schedule for the Cascade Shark products. It shows their End of Availability, Last Feature Release and End of
Support dates.

SKU End of Last Feature End of Support

Availability Released

CSK-01100,
CSK-01100-E
CSK-02100
CSK-02100-E
CSK-02200
May 29, 2015 May 29, 2017 May 29, 2020
CSK-02200-E
CSK-03100
CSK-03100-E
CSK-03200
CSK-03200-E

GET STARTED with your Cascade Shark Trade Up now!

About Riverbed
Riverbed, at more than $1 billion in annual revenue, is the leader in application performance infrastructure,
delivering the most complete platform for the hybrid enterprise to ensure applications perform as expected,
data is always available when needed, and performance issues can be proactively detected and resolved
before impacting business performance. Riverbed enables hybrid enterprises to transform application
performance into a competitive advantage by maximizing employee productivity and leveraging IT to create
new forms of operational agility. Riverbed’s 27,000+ customers include 97% of the Fortune 100 and 98% of
the Forbes Global 100. Learn more at Riverbed.com/SteelCentral

©2017 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. Riverbed and any Riverbed product or service name or logo used herein are trademarks of Riverbed Technology. All other trademarks used herein belong to their respective
owners. The trademarks and logos displayed herein may not be used without the prior written consent of Riverbed Technology or their respective owners.

© 2017 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved.