Nortel Networks Alteon Websystems Aceswitch 180 replacement

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Alteon Websystems Aceswitch 180 replacement Stephen 11-07-05
Posted by Stephen on November 7, 2005, 11:57 am
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Hello,

I hope someone can point me in the right direction here.

I have an Alteon Websystems Aceswitch 180, and its beginning to become
a little unreliable, with already a couple of fibre ports not working.

With Alteon being absorbed into Nortel, I am wondering what a suitable
replacement might be.

Any suggestions?


Posted by Jim Sanchez on November 8, 2005, 10:40 am
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srmoll@gmail.com says...
> Hello,
>
> I hope someone can point me in the right direction here.
>
> I have an Alteon Websystems Aceswitch 180, and its beginning to become
> a little unreliable, with already a couple of fibre ports not working.
>
> With Alteon being absorbed into Nortel, I am wondering what a suitable
> replacement might be.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
Why not get a replacement from Nortel or look on eBay. You can usually
find used (or not so used) ones there. I would look for a model 184 or
a 180e because of the additional memory. The 180 (and 180e) are no
longer available new.
Jim
--
Jim Sanchez - Tucson, AZ

Posted by abomb on November 9, 2005, 8:18 am
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Nortel has moved all the green case Alteon products to the restricted
price list. I believe that they won't be orderable soon and will be 5
years or so until they aren't supported by Nortel support. The
suggested replacement for the 180, 184 & AD3/4 is the Nortel
Application Switch.

Not 100% sure on their exact EOL process but i'd start replacing them
with new hardware if you can.


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