Avaya BayRS Routing Software for Multiprotocol Routers User manual

Brand: Avaya

Model: BayRS Routing Software for Multiprotocol Routers

Type: User manual

Retirement Bulletin

Bulletin Number: R-2006-0245-Global

Date: 01 January 2007

BayRS Routing Software for Multiprotocol Routers

Manufacture Discontinue Notice

REVISION HISTORY

Date Revision # Summary of Changes

01 January 2007 Original bulletin This is the original publication

BayRS Software for Multiprotocol Routers BCN, BLN, ASN, 5430, 2430

Last Time Order Date:

April 30, 2007

Last Time Ship Date:

May 31, 2007

Manufacture Discontinue (MD) Date:

May 31, 2007

End of Life (EOL) Date:

June 1, 2012

Last Supported Software Release:

BayRS 15.7, 15.6, 15.4

Market Regions Affected:

Global, NA, CALA, EMEA, and Asia Pacific

BayRS Software for Multiprotocol Router ARN

Last Time Order Date:

July 31, 2007

Last Time Ship Date:

August 31, 2007

Manufacture Discontinue (MD) Date:

August 31, 2007

End of Life (EOL) Date:

September 1, 2012

Last Supported Software Release:

BayRS 15.7, 15.6, 15.4

Market Regions Affected:

Global, NA, CALA, EMEA, and Asia Pacific

Introduction

BayRS routing software for Multiprotocol Routers is being discontinued by Nortel*. The last

order date for routing software suites for Multiprotocol Routers BLN, BCN, ASN, 5430, 2430

is April 30, 2007 and for ARN products is July 31, 2007. Product codes are listed in the

table below. Any routing software order codes not listed in the table have also been

discontinued.

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The recommended replacement for Multiprotocol Router products is the Secure Router

product portfolio. Please note that the Secure Router products are IP WAN routers and do

not support legacy multiprotocol features of the BayRS family of routers. Secure Routers

provide superior price/performance with advanced features in the areas of Routing, WAN,

VPN, Security, Quality of Service and Network Management.

Technical support for Multiprotocol Router (BayRS) software products will continue through

the normal Nortel Technical Support Center. This notice will also serve as the final EOL

notice for the order codes identified below and no additional notice will be issued.

Definition

Manufacture Discontinue (MD) – This notice serves as formal communication of Nortel

Networks’ intent to MD the product(s) noted. No further orders will be accepted as of the

Last Time Order Date shown above and no further shipments made after the product has

been discontinued. The MD of these products should not be interpreted as the

discontinuance of any Nortel Networks agreements to support the existing field population.

Services to the existing product base will continue to be provided until the End of Life (EOL)

date shown above.

Product Overview (See Table for Detail)

BayRS System Software

Last Time

Buy Date

Last Time

Ship Date

CV0008094-15.7 ARN IP Access Suite (16M PCMCIA) 7/31/07 8/31/07

CV0008095-15.7 ARN Remote Office Suite (16M PCMCIA) 7/31/07 8/31/07

CV0008096-15.7 ARN Corporate Suite (16M PCMCIA) 7/31/07 8/31/07

CV0008065

DES-56 IPSEC Option for BayStack ARN for all

currently supported versions of BayRS

7/31/07 8/31/07

CV0008066

3DES-IPSEC Option for BayStack ARN for all

currently supported versions of BayRS

7/31/07 8/31/07

AA0008048

Hi/fn LZS Compression Option (CD-ROM) for all

currently supported versions of BayRS

7/31/07 8/31/07

CV0008097-15.7 ARN Additional Protocols - CD-ROM 7/31/07 8/31/07

AP0000023-15.7 Site Manager CD-ROM 7/31/07 8/31/07

AP0000023-15.6 Site Manager CD-ROM 7/31/07 8/31/07

AA0015041 On-Line Documentation - CD-ROM. 7/31/07 8/31/07

AG0008111-15.7

BN System Suite includes Data Compression

(WCP/MSA), TCP/IP, 802.1 Transparent Bridge,

Source Route Bridge, Translation Bridge, SNMP

Agent, Wellfleet HDLC, PPP, OSPF, EGP, BGP,

DLSw (See Note 1) (32M PCMCIA)

4/30/07 5/31/07

AG0008114-15.7

BN Corporate FRE2 Suite - All functionality of the

Corporate Suite minus support for the FRE4 card

(32M PCMCIA)

4/30/07 5/31/07

AG0008115-15.7

BN LAN Suite: System Suite plus DECnet Phase IV,

AppleTalk, OSI, VINES, IPX, ATM DXI (See Note 1)

(32M PCMCIA).

4/30/07 5/31/07

AG0008116-15.7

BN WAN Suite: System Suite plus ATM DXI, Frame

Relay, LapB, X.25, SDMS (See Note 1) (32M

PCMCIA).

4/30/07 5/31/07

AG0008117-15.7 BN Corporate Suite (32M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

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AG1308027-15.7

BN ARE ATM Suite: ATM PVC RFC 1483 plus BN

LAN Suite. (32M PCMCIA)

4/30/07 5/31/07

AG1308028-15.7

BN ARE VNR Suite: ATM LANE, ATM SVC

Signaling, ATM PVC RFC 1483, plus Corporate Suite

(32M PCMCIA)

4/30/07 5/31/07

AG0008085

DES - 56 IPSEC Option for BN for all currently

supported versions of BayRS

4/30/07 5/31/07

AG0008086

3DES - IPSEC Option for BN for all currently

supported versions of BayRS

4/30/07 5/31/07

AG0008118-15.7 BN Additional Protocols (CD-ROM) 4/30/07 5/31/07

AF0008115-15.7 ASN System Suite (16M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

AF0008116-15.7 ASN LAN Suite (16M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

AF0008117-15.7 ASN WAN Suite (16M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

AF0008118-15.7 ASN Corporate Suite (16M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

AF0008083

DES - 56 IPSEC Option for ASN for all currently

supported versions of BayRS

4/30/07 5/31/07

AF0008084

3DES - IPSEC Option for ASN for all currently

supported versions of BayRS

4/30/07 5/31/07

AF0008119-15.7 ASN Additional Protocols (CD-ROM) 4/30/07 5/31/07

DU0008016-15.7 PP5430 IP Access Suite (32M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

DU0008017-15.7 PP5430 Remote Office Suite (32M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

DU0008018-15.7 PP5430 Corporate Suite (32M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

DU0008006 DES-56 IPSEC Option for Passport 5430 4/30/07 5/31/07

DU0008007 3DES-IPSEC Option for Passport 5430 4/30/07 5/31/07

DU0008019-15.7 PP5430 Additional Protocols - CD-ROM 4/30/07 5/31/07

PB0008015-15.7 PP2430 IP Access Suite (16M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

PB0008016-15.7 PP2430 Remote Office Suite (16M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

PB0008017-15.7 PP2430 Corporate Suite (16M PCMCIA) 4/30/07 5/31/07

PB0008018-15.7 PP2430 Additional Protocols - CD-ROM 4/30/07 5/31/07

PB0008005 DES-56 IPSEC Option for Passport 2430 4/30/07 5/31/07

PB0008006 3DES-IPSEC Option for Passport 2430 4/30/07 5/31/07

Software Dependencies

Software support on the product will continue per Nortel support policy. BayRS 15.7 will

continue to be fully supported for one year after manufacture discontinuation and limited

support for four more years after full support ends. BayRS 15.6 and 15.4 will continue to

have limited support for five years after manufacture discontinuation.

Alternative/Replacement Products/Solutions

The recommended replacement for the Multiprotocol Router (BayRS) portfolio is Nortel’s

Secure Router product portfolio. Please note that Secure Router products are IP WAN

routers and do not support legacy multiprotocol features of the BayRS family of routers.

Secure Routers, however, provide superior price/performance with advanced features in the

areas of Routing, WAN, VPN, Security, Quality of Service and Network Management.

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Related Product and Sales & Marketing Bulletins (if applicable)

Not applicable.

Customer Actions

Customers are advised to consider this notification in conducting last time buys or planning

a product replacement with the Nortel Secure Router family. For more information, please

contact your Nortel Networks account representative. Content herein is not intended to

supercede existing customer contractual commitments.

*Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel.

Nortel Networks Limited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

Nortel reserves the right to make changes, without notice,

in equipment design as engineering or manufacturing methods may warrant.

The statements, configurations, technical data,

and recommendations in this document are believed to be accurate and reliable, but are presented without express or implied

warranty. Users must take full responsibility for their applications of any products specified in this document. The information in

this document is proprietary to Nortel Networks Limited.

To view the most recent version of this bulletin, please visit Nortel’s Partner Information Center on the web at:

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Avaya BayRS Routing Software for Multiprotocol Routers User manual

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