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Avaya ERS 8600, 8800, 9000; Power Calculator

April 4, 2011

The Avaya ERS 8600/8800 and VSP 9000 Power Supply Calculator provides power requirement information when configuring any of the ERS 8600 chassis or the VSP 9000. After defining which modules will be used in each of the I/O, Switch Fabric, and CP slots, the calculator will total the power consumption and will provide information on the [...]

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Upgrading Avaya ERS 8600

March 29, 2011

Avaya VENA Now! Upgrade Promotion The Avaya VENA Now! Upgrade Promotion gives significant discounts on select Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800 hardware (as well as upgrading from 8600 to 8800), software and management components to enable ERS 8600 and ERS 8800 customers to migrate to the most current release (v7.1) – which includes support for [...]

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Avaya Data Marketing – WSJ

July 12, 2010

Avaya was doing some marketing in the WSJ this week. The advertisement stands out a little (well quite a bit actually) and does an even better job at calling out some of their competition (Cisco).

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Avaya ERS & VMWare ESX Server

June 30, 2010

Avaya provides a document for best practices Resilient Data Center Server Edge Solutions for VMware ESX Server Technical configuration Guide and you can find it located further down in this post. This article provide a quick overview of the document. For further info and specific configuration details and commands, please download the Technical Document

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Avaya ERS 8600 Software 7.0 Draft Release Notes

May 3, 2010

Avaya ERS 8600 Software 7.0 Draft Release Notes.

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With the ERS 8600, what are the differences between an R and RS module?

April 6, 2010

The main difference between the two types of modules is that the RS modules use new hardware and software to provide enhanced QoS and port mirroring capabilities.

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Nortel Avaya – 5.1.1.1 Release notes – Upgrading pair of IST Core peer switches

March 8, 2010

Some things learned, READ the release notes, don’t assume anything even if you have done it a thousand times before! #1  (From 5.1.1.1 release notes) [singlepic id=32 w=320 h=240 mode=web20 float=left]When upgrading a pair of IST Core peer switches, special care must be taken due to SMLT architectural change. Unlike previous upgrades, when moving from [...]

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Nortel Lifecycle Update for ERS 8691SF – Pre-Notification Manufacture Discontinue

February 10, 2010

Background: The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8691 SF/CPU, 8616SXE, 8632TXE, 8616GTE, 8648TXE, 8608SXE, 8624FXE, 8608GBE, 8608GTE, 8632TXM, 8648TXM, 8608GBM, 8608GTM, 8672ATME, 8672ATMM, 8683POSM modules are to be declared Manufacturing Discontinue effective either Dec 31, 2009 or Apr 30, 2010. [singlepic id=27 w=320 h=240 float=left]Manufacture Discontinued (MD) applies to products, releases, and associated design documentation that [...]

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