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Upgrading SteelFusion Edge Appliances
This chapter describes how to upgrade SteelFusion Edge appliances. It includes the following sections:
“Overview” on page 71
“Installing licenses and activating specifications” on page 72
Overview
A model upgrade enables you to add a license to an existing SteelFusion Edge appliance to increase the
capacity and the model specification of the appliance within its platform family.
You can install licenses using the Riverbed CLI or the Management Console. Model upgrades always
preserve the configuration of the appliance.
Model upgrades and platform requirements
The following table describes the available model upgrades, the system requirements for the upgrade,
and the impact of the upgrade on the appliance.
Source Model Destination
model
Upgrade
requirements
Minimum
software
version
Impact on
data store
Impact on
configuration
Reboot
required
SFE 2100 W1 SFE 2100 W2 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 2100 W1 SFE 2100 W3 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 2100 W2 SFE 2100 W3 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 2200 W1 SFE 2200 W2 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 2200 W1 SFE 2200 W3 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 2200 W2 SFE 2200 W3 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 3100 W0 SFE 3100 W1 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 3100 W0 SFE 3100 W2 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 3100 W0 SFE 3100 W3 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 3100 W1 SFE 3100 W2 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 3100 W1 SFE 3100 W3 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No
SFE 3100 W2 SFE 3100 W3 License only SF Edge 4.0 None None No