Having worked with some Nortel gear about 8 years ago, it wasn't FUD for me or unfounded... And their support ranks right up there with Symancrap, McCrappie, and CA...
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Kim Longenbaugh <[email protected]>wrote: > Avaya (Nortel) has some excellent offerings with 10Gb capabilities, at > reasonable prices, with excellent support. All the FUD about Nortel’s data > stuff you might hear (or have heard) is just that, FUD, and un-founded at > that. > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:33 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Enterasys gear... > > > > …blows chunks. > > > > We had two 10Gb switches(C5’s) in the datacenter go south last night.... > both locking up the port on the CORE switch(S4) they were connected to. > These switches were just installed last Friday. > > > > Of course, the core switch shows an error condition on the front panel LED > (solid orange), and activity on that port simply ceases, yet the CLI happily > reports that port connection status is OK. > > > > This is the 4th C5 out of less than 10 that we’ve had issues with. Their > other models and previous generation gear all seems to have similar issues. > > > > We have been stuck with it here for a while now, but this piece of straw > may have broken the camel’s back. > > > > -sc > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
