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
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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