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Cisco and Nortel Interoperability Technical Configuration Guide

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November 25, 2009
by Michael McNamara in ,

Nortel has released another technical configuration guide geared towards interoperability between Cisco and Nortel equipment. The document covers a lot of information including EtherChannel to MLT interoperability, Spanning Tree interoperability, Nortel IP phones connecting to Cisco switches and Cisco IP phones connecting to Nortel switches.

It’s definitely well worth the time to review.

Cheers!

UNIStim Firmware Release 3.4 for Nortel IP Phones

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October 28, 2009
by Michael McNamara in ,

ipphone_1220_800x600Nortel has released UNIStim firmware 3.3 for their IP phones;

  • 0604DCN for Phase II IP Phones (2001, 2002 & 2004),
  • 0621C6R for IP Phone 2007,
  • 0623C6T, 0624C6T, 0625C6T and 0627C6T for IP Phone 1110, 1120E, 1140E and 1150E respectively and
  • 062AC6T for IP Phone 1210, 1220, and 1230

The enhancements available with UNIStim firmware release 3.4 for IP Phones include:

  • Screen Saver support (including slideshow) on the IP Phone 2007
  • Support for Voice Signaling Application in LLDP-MED Network Policy TLV
  • Incoming calls accepted during Zone Paging
  • AG interface enhancement – forwarding of cookie deletion events
  • GXAS interface enhancement – expanded Status Updates commands
  • OS Diagnostics support on the IP Phone 1100 series

Here are a list of fixes included in release 3.4:

  • 090708-75234 Slight chance that the IP Phone 2004 may freeze when ending an IP Call
    Recording (IPCR) call
  • 090824-03336 Problem with the IP Phone 2004 obtaining an IP address when 802.1Q is
    enabled
  • 090805-92397 Issue with Mouse Cursor on the IP Phone 2007 when backlight turns off
  • 090713-78022 Issue with menu access when Lock Menu is enabled
  • 090519-43214 SSH challenge prompt causes issue on IP Phone 1100 series
  • 090728-87526 Concern with lowest ring tone setting on the IP Phone 1120E

Please refer to the release notes and the product bulletin for complete details.

Cheers!

What will happen to the product lines?

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September 22, 2009
by Michael McNamara in

Avaya HomepageThe obvious question on everyone’s mind is what will happen to the Nortel and Avaya product lines? The safe bet at this time is that the data products will probably be fully adopted and the development and research investments will continue. The grey area is most certainly around the legacy TDM products and the IP telephony products. It should be noted that Avaya shed the majority of their legacy TDM solutions a few years back.

Avaya recently released a document that provides some answers although still leaves a lot of questions unanswered. The document did make some interesting statements:

Upon closing, Avaya looks to provide continuity for Nortel Enterprise Solutions and Avaya customers. Currently, Avaya expects to:
• continue to ship existing products for approximately 12-18 months post close;
• provide customer support for all customer contracts acquired in the transaction pursuant to their respective terms;
• utilize the vertical and professional services expertise of both companies to drive realizable value and navigate complex architectural evolution;
• honor product life cycle support as set forth in customer contracts acquired in the transaction; and
• adopt, for data products, the Nortel roadmap and investment plan.

So on the surface this document suggests that Avaya will adopt the current data product roadmaps including the research and development. It also promises that existing products will continue to be available for 12-18 months past the predicted December 2009 close of the sale to Avaya. It also promises a detailed roadmap of all products 30 days after the close of the sale.

Let me close out by pointing up to the current poll at the upper right hand corner of this blog. If one thing is certain it’s very clear that Nortel customers are a very loyal group.  Almost 60% of respondents to that poll are willing to give Avaya a shot. I’m also eager to give Avaya a shot and excited to see how they will capitalize on Nortel’s strengths.

What do you think?

Cheers!

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