Avaya ERS 8600

{{Short description|Networking router and switch}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {| class="infobox" style="width: 25em; font-size: 95%;" |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#0E48AF" | align="center" colspan="2" style="font-size: larger;" | '''ERS 8600 System''' |- | align="center" colspan="2" |[[File:ERS-8600.JPG|280px|center]] |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#0E48AF" | '''Ethernet Routing Switch 8610''' |- style="vertical-align: top;" | '''Height:''' | 22.9 in. (58.2 cm) |- | '''Width:''' | 17.5 in. (44.5 cm) |- | '''Depth:''' | 19.9 in. (50.5 cm) |- | '''Weight''' (empty): (fully loaded): | 85 lb (39 kg) 225 lb (102 kg) |- | '''Rack mountable:''' | 19-inch standard rack |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#0E48AF" | '''Ethernet Routing Switch 8606''' |- style="vertical-align: top;" | '''Height:''' | 15.8 in. (40.1 cm) |- | '''Width:''' | 17.5 in. (44.5 cm) |- | '''Depth:''' | 19.9 in. (50.5 cm) |- | '''Weight'''(empty): (fully loaded): | 49 lb (22 kg) 140 lb (63 kg) |- | '''Rack mountable:''' | 19-inch standard rack |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#0E48AF" | '''Certifications''' |- style="vertical-align: top;" | | '''IPv6'''<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ipv6ready.org/logo_db/logo_search2.php?logoid_number=02-C-000111&btm=Search |title = IPv6 Ready Logo Phase-2 |publisher = IPv6 Forum |date = 1 April 2005 |access-date = 2 August 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110726185451/http://www.ipv6ready.org/logo_db/logo_search2.php?logoid_number=02-C-000111&btm=Search |archive-date = 26 July 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref> * '''JITC''''<ref> {{cite web |url = http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/tssi/cert_pdfs/nortel_asvalan_v2_dtr6.pdf |title = ASVALAN Certification |publisher = Defense Information Systems Agency |date = 18 December 2009 |access-date = 2 August 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716145300/http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/tssi/cert_pdfs/nortel_asvalan_v2_dtr6.pdf |archive-date = 16 July 2011 }}</ref> |- |} The '''Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8600''' or '''ERS 8600''', previously known as the ''Passport 8600'' or the ''Accelar 8000'', is a modular chassis combination hardware router and switch used in [[computer networking]]. The system, originally designed and manufactured by [[Nortel]], was manufactured by [[Avaya]] from 2009 until 2017.<ref name=EntSale /><ref name="eosnotice">{{cite web |url= https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/101015430 |title= End of Sale Notice ERS8800/8600 Part Codes |access-date= 24 January 2018 |date= 5 October 2015 |publisher=Avaya }}</ref><ref> *{{cite magazine |url = http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4037465/Nortel-shows-new-router-architecture-at-CeBit |title = Nortel shows new router architecture at CeBit |first = Loring |last = Wirbel |magazine = Electronic Engineering Times |date = 22 March 1999 |access-date = 5 August 2011 }} *{{cite web |title = Nortel unveils beefed-up Accelar |publisher = IT World Canada |first = Michael |last = Martin |url = http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/nortel-unveils-beefed-up-accelar/134908 }} *{{citation |title = Product Focus: Gigabit Ethernet over Copper |publisher = Network Magazine |author = Miller Freeman |year = 2000 |volume = 15 }}.</ref> The system provided the 10G Ethernet equipment backbone for the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] games, providing service for 15,000 VoIP Phones, 40,000 Ethernet connections and supporting 1.8 million live spectators.<ref> *{{cite web |title=Vancouver 2010 Winter Games: The most technologically advanced network in Olympic history |last1=Frohwerk |first1=Dean |last2=Edgett |first2=Simon |last3=Moore |first3=Greg |url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/42199607/Vancouver-2010-Winter-Games-The-most-technologically-advanced-network |access-date=9 August 2011 }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/021010-avaya-olympic-network.html |title=Avaya hopes for gold in running the Olympic network |publisher=NetworkWorld |access-date=4 January 2017 |author=Tim Greene |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613112431/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/021010-avaya-olympic-network.html |archive-date=13 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} *{{cite web |title=Avaya Takes Over Nortel's 2010 Winter Olympics Sponsorship |last=Read |first=Brendan B. |publisher=TMC News |date=7 January 2010 |url=http://hosted-voip.tmcnet.com/feature/articles/72199-avaya-takes-over-nortels-2010-winter-olympics-sponsorship.htm |access-date=9 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611070857/http://hosted-voip.tmcnet.com/feature/articles/72199-avaya-takes-over-nortels-2010-winter-olympics-sponsorship.htm |archive-date=11 June 2010 |url-status=live }} *{{cite web |title=Venue Telecommunications for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics |date=11 January 2010 |publisher=Bell |url=http://www.ieee-cqr.org/2010/Day%202/Panel%20Discussion%20-%208/David%20Barton%20-%20Venue%20Telecom%20for%20Van%202010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904144258/http://www.ieee-cqr.org/2010/Day%202/Panel%20Discussion%20-%208/David%20Barton%20-%20Venue%20Telecom%20for%20Van%202010.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2011 }}</ref> The system is configurable as a 1.440 [[Terabit]] Switch cluster using [[Split multi-link trunking|SMLT]] and [[R-SMLT]] protocols, to provide high reliability<ref> {{cite web |url=http://products.nortel.com/go/product_assoc.jsp?segId=0&parId=0&catId=null&rend_id=1825&contOid=100175078&prod_id=44781&locale=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219000122/http://products.nortel.com/go/product_assoc.jsp?segId=0&parId=0&catId=null&rend_id=1825&contOid=100175078&prod_id=44781&locale=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 February 2008 |title=Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Technical Specifications |publisher=Nortel |access-date=4 April 2009 }}</ref> cluster failover (normally less than 100 millisecond).<ref> {{cite web | url= http://www.tolly.com/ts/2007/Nortel/ERSswitches/Tolly207171NortelERSwitchSMLT.pdf | title= Evaluation of Resilient Routing Switches for Real-Time Multimedia Traffic with Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 and Nortel MCS 5100 |publisher= The Tolly Group |author = Tolly Group Engineers |date = February 2007 |access-date = 2 August 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725220334/http://www.tolly.com/ts/2007/Nortel/ERSswitches/Tolly207171NortelERSwitchSMLT.pdf |archive-date = 25 July 2011 }}</ref>

There were three chassis options; a 3-slot chassis most commonly used for access or distribution / aggregation of switches which has a MTBF of 2,043,676hr., a 6-slot chassis for backbones of low density or high space premium environments, and a 10-slot chassis for high availability and high scalability. The chassis can be configured with one or two CPU modules and is normally configured with two or three load balancing power supplies.

At the end of 2010, software version 7.1 integrated the [[Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture|Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture (VENA)]] into the system, thus expanding the capabilities of this product to include [[network virtualization]], [[cloud computing]] and IEEE [[Shortest Path Bridging]] (IEEE 802.1aq).<ref>{{cite web |title = Avaya Extends Virtualization Beyond The Data Center |first = Steve |last = Wexler |date = 23 February 2011 |publisher = Network Computing |url = http://www.networkcomputing.com/virtualization/229500345 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.cloudcomputing365.net/news_full.php?id=17350&title=Avaya-extends-network-virtualisation-to-the-campus |title = Avaya extends network virtualisation to the campus |publisher = Cloud Computing 365 |date = 22 February 2011 |access-date = 22 July 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110904144508/http://www.cloudcomputing365.net/news_full.php?id=17350&title=Avaya-extends-network-virtualisation-to-the-campus |archive-date = 4 September 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The system provides connectivity for up to 48 ports, using [[10 Gigabit Ethernet]], [[Gigabit Ethernet]], 100/10 Megabit Ethernet, or [[Packet over SONET/SDH]]

== History == The ERS 8600 is the successor to Nortel's Passport (formerly known as Accelar) 1000-series of routing switches.<ref> {{Cite book |title = Nortel crafts Catalyst killer |author = Jim Duffy |date = 1 March 1999 |publisher = NetworkWorld |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AxwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1 |page = 1 |access-date = 8 February 2012 }} </ref>

===Origins=== Rapid City Communications, founded in April 1996,<ref> {{Cite book |title = Scalable Ethernet Networks for LANs, WANs, & MANs |author = DAX Associates |publisher = Information Gatekeepers, Inc. |year = 2002 |pages = 126 |isbn = 9781568511900 |quote = Rapid City Communications, founded in April 1996, was dedicated to the design, development, and manufacturing of Gigabit Ethernet IP Routing solutions. |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uDYpx03PsvYC&dq=%22rapid+city+communications%22+and+%22Passport%22+and&pg=SA13-PA126 |access-date = 25 January 2012 }} </ref> developed the F1200 routing switch in 1997.<ref> {{Cite news |title = Bay nabs Gigabit Ethernet maker |author = Ben Heskett |publisher = CNET News |date = 19 June 1997 |url = http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-200711.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120126132912/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-200711.html |archive-date=26 January 2012 |access-date = 4 January 2017 }}</ref> The main advantage of this product over others at the time was the ASICs on the modules allows the switching and routing of packets to take place on the ASIC chips within each module, instead of having to forward them to a central processing unit (CPU).<ref> {{Cite book |title = Scalable Ethernet Networks for LANs, WANs, & MANs |author = DAX Associates |publisher = Information Gatekeepers, Inc. |year = 2002 |pages = 121–129 |isbn = 9781568511900 |quote = All models use a shared memory switch architecture and provide layer 3 & 4 IP routing via ASICs. |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uDYpx03PsvYC&dq=%22rapid+city+communications%22+and+%22Passport%22+and&pg=SA13-PA126 |access-date = 25 January 2012 }} </ref>

===Bay Networks=== In June 1997, Bay Networks agreed to acquire Rapid City for $155 million in stock (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|155|1997|r=2}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref>{{Cite book |title = Bay buys Rapid-City for Gigabit Ethernet wares |author = Stephen Lawson |date = 23 June 1997 |publisher = Info World |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6TsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=bay+networks+rapid+city+communications&pg=PA6 |access-date = 9 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/20/business/bay-networks-agrees-to-buy-rapid-city-communications.html |title = BAY NETWORKS AGREES TO BUY RAPID CITY COMMUNICATIONS |newspaper = The New York Times |date = 20 June 1997 |access-date = 9 August 2011 }}</ref> Bay Networks changed the name to the Accelar brand name in 1997.<ref> {{cite book |title = Nortel Networks Layer 3 Switching |last1 = Bates |first1 = Regis J. |last2 = Kimmel |first2 = Zeecil |publisher = McGraw-Hill |year = 2000 |isbn = 0-07-212426-1 }}</ref> The F1200 was renamed Accelar 1200 and was initially released in January 1998.<ref>{{Cite book |title = Bay to ship Gigabit Ethernet switches |author = NetworkWorld |date = 12 January 1998 |publisher = NetworkWorld |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZhsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Accelar+1200+&pg=PA6 |page = 6 |access-date = 8 February 2012 }} </ref>

===Nortel Networks=== When Nortel acquired [[Bay Networks]] in 1998, work had already begun on the next-generation routing switch, the 8000 series. A layer 2 version of the 8000 series, known as the Accelar 8100 Edge Switch, premiered in June 1999. In April 2000, the Accelar brand name was retired and the product renamed the Passport 8100. In May 2000, the Passport 8600 Routing Switch was released.<ref> {{cite web |title = Product Announcements |publisher = [[Nortel Networks]] |date = 26 March 2002 |url = http://nortel.com/products/announcements/eol2002b/passport_1000_equip.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041213011317/http://nortel.com/products/announcements/eol2002b/passport_1000_equip.html |archive-date = 2004-12-13 |access-date = 25 January 2012 }} </ref>

In May 2001, Nortel introduced one of the first 10 gigabit Ethernet switch modules at the N + I convention in Las Vegas.<ref> {{cite book |title = Scalable Ethernet Networks for LANs, WANs, & MANs |author = DAX Associates |publisher = Information Gatekeepers, Inc. |year = 2002 |pages = 121–129 |isbn = 9781568511900 |quote = Nortel changed the name of its Accelar switches to Passport. Nortel is one of the first vendors to offer a 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch module, which it introduced in May 2001 at the N + I convention in Las Vegas. |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uDYpx03PsvYC&dq=%22rapid+city+communications%22+and+%22Passport%22+and&pg=SA13-PA126 |access-date = 25 January 2012 }} </ref>

In 2004, Nortel retired the Passport brand name and renamed the Passport 8600 to Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 (or ERS 8600).<ref> {{Cite web |title = Simplifying Nortel Product Names |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051029170514/http://www.nortel.com/products/announcements/rebranding/index.html |url = http://www.nortel.com/products/announcements/rebranding/index.html |publisher = Nortel Networks |archive-date = 29 October 2005 |access-date = 8 February 2012 }}</ref>

===Avaya=== In December 2009, the ERS 8600 was sold to Avaya as part of the Enterprise business unit divestiture.<ref name=EntSale>{{Cite web |title = Nortel Completes Sale of Substantially All of Enterprise Solutions Business to Avaya |url = http://www2.nortel.com/go/news_detail.jsp?cat_id=-8055&oid=100263855&locale=en-US&lcid=-1 |publisher = Nortel Networks |access-date = 8 February 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111130054035/http://www2.nortel.com/go/news_detail.jsp?cat_id=-8055&oid=100263855&locale=en-US&lcid=-1 |archive-date = 30 November 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref> In December 2011 this system completed evaluation and certification by the [[Joint Interoperability Test Command|U.S. Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)]] testing center for use in the [[United States Department of Defense]] as an Assured Services Local Area Network (ASLAN).<ref> {{cite web |title = Special Interoperability Test Certification of the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch (ERS)5600 Series with Release 6.2.100.073 |publisher = [[Defense Information Systems Agency|DISA]] |author = JITC ([[United States Department of Defense|DoD]]) |date = 16 December 2011 |url = https://aplits.disa.mil/processAPList.do |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722185115/https://aplits.disa.mil/processAPList.do |url-status = dead |archive-date = 22 July 2011 |access-date = 20 December 2011 }} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/tssi/cert_pdfs/avaya_ers8800_dec11.pdf |title = Special Interoperability Test Certification of the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch (ERS)8800 with Release 7.1.0.100_B068 |access-date = 6 April 2012 |archive-date = 15 April 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120415063909/http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/tssi/cert_pdfs/avaya_ers8800_dec11.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref> {{cite web |title=Avaya and Joint Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) |url=http://www.avayagov.com/certification-jitc/ |publisher=Avaya |access-date=18 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011064240/http://www.avayagov.com/certification-jitc/ |archive-date=11 October 2012 }}</ref> On 5 October 2015 it was announced that Avaya would stop manufacturing and selling the ERS 8600 platform by the end of 2016.<ref name="eosnotice" />

{{gallery | title = Various 8600 Modules | width = 200 | height = 50 |File:8692SF.jpg|8692SF Switch Fabric Module without a mezzanine card |File:8612XLRS.jpg|8612XLRS 10 Gigabit Ethernet Module (12 fiber ports) |File:8648GTR.jpg|8648GTR Gigabit Ethernet Module (48 Ethernet ports) |File:8630GBR.jpg|8630GBR Gigabit Ethernet Module (30 fiber ports) |File:8608GBE.jpg|8608GBE Gigabit Ethernet Module (8 fiber ports) }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==Further reading== * {{Cite book | last = Knapp | first = James R. | title = Nortel networks: The Complete Reference | url = https://archive.org/details/nortelnetworksco00knap | url-access = limited | edition = Second | year = 2001 | publisher = McGraw-Hill | pages = [https://archive.org/details/nortelnetworksco00knap/page/n169 143]-173, 235-329,1120-1104, 1122-1124 | isbn = 0-07-219281-X }} * {{Cite book | last = Edwards | first = James | title = Nortel Networks: A Beginner's Guide |date=January 2002 | publisher= McGraw-Hill | isbn = 978-0-07-219430-2 }} * {{Cite book | title = Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch Solutions | edition = First |date=October 2008 | publisher = Nortel Press | pages = 540 | location = [[Research Triangle Park]], NC | isbn = 978-0-9815218-1-7 }} * {{Cite book | last = Bates | first = Regis J. |author2= Zeecil Kimmel | title = Nortel Networks Layer 3 Switching | publisher = McGraw-Hill | series = Networking Series |date=October 2000 | location = [[Pennsylvania]] | pages = 378 | url = http://www.gettextbooks.co.in/isbn/9780072124262 | isbn = 978-0-07-212426-2 |access-date=2 July 2013 }} * {{Cite journal |title = Ethernet Routing Switches, 5500, 1600, 8300, and 8600 – Report # 207171 |author = Tolly Group Engineers |publisher = Tolly Enterprises, LLC |date=February 2007 |url = http://www.tolly.com/ts/2007/Nortel/ERSswitches/Tolly207171NortelERSwitchSMLT.pdf |access-date = 9 August 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725220334/http://www.tolly.com/ts/2007/Nortel/ERSswitches/Tolly207171NortelERSwitchSMLT.pdf |archive-date = 25 July 2011 }} * {{Cite journal |title = Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 and Ethernet Routing Switch 5520/5530 – Report # 205116 |author = Tolly Group Engineers |publisher = Tolly Enterprises, LLC |date=June 2005 |url = http://thetollygroupinc.com/ts/2005/Nortel/ERS/TollyTS205116NortelEthernetRoutingSwitchJune2005.pdf |access-date = 9 August 2011 }} * {{Cite journal |title = Passport 8600 Routing Switch Layer 2 & Layer 3 IP Interoperability Evaluation – Report # 203137 |author = Tolly Group Engineers |publisher = Tolly Enterprises, LLC |date = October 2003 |url = http://www.tolly.com/DocDetail.aspx?DocNumber=203137 |access-date = 9 August 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111001110226/http://www.tolly.com/DocDetail.aspx?DocNumber=203137 |archive-date = 1 October 2011 |url-status = dead }} * {{Cite journal |title = Nortel Networks Passport 8600 and BayStack 470-48T Layer 2 & Layer 3 IP Interoperability Evaluation – Report # 202142 |author = Tolly Group Engineers |publisher = Tolly Enterprises, LLC |date = August 2002 |url = http://www.tolly.com/DocDetail.aspx?DocNumber=202142 |access-date = 9 August 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111001110310/http://www.tolly.com/DocDetail.aspx?DocNumber=202142 |archive-date = 1 October 2011 |url-status = dead }}

==External links== {{wikiversity|Avaya Task Training}} * {{cite web |url = http://www.avaya.com/usa/product/ethernet-routing-switch-8000-series |title = Official Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Product Page |publisher = Avaya |access-date = 22 July 2011 }} * {{cite web |url = http://www.avaya.com/usa/resource/assets/brochures/DN5007.pdf |publisher = Avaya |title = Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Brochures |access-date = 22 July 2011 }} * {{cite web |url = http://www.avaya.com/usa/topics/avaya-data-networking/ |publisher = Avaya |title = Official Avaya Data Products Page |access-date = 22 July 2011 }} * {{cite web |url = http://support.avaya.com/css/Products/P0833/All_Documents |title = Official Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch Documentation |publisher = Avaya |access-date = 22 July 2011 }}

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