Retirement Bulletin
Bulletin Number: R-2006-0231-Global
Date:
01 January 2007
Multiprotocol Router Backbone Node (BN) Manufacture
Discontinue Notice
R
EVISION
H
ISTORY
Date
Revision #
Summary of Changes
01 January 2007
Original
bulletin
This is the original publication
Last Time Order Date:
April 30, 2007
Last 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
Introduction
The Multiprotocol Router Backbone Node (BN) product family comprising of Backbone
Concentrator Node (BCN) and Backbone Link Node (BLN) products is being discontinued
by Nortel*. The last order date is April 30, 2007 with the table below providing a list of
discontinued codes. Any Multiprotocol Router BN order codes not listed in the table have
also been discontinued.
Although no direct replacement exists at the time of this notice, customers are urged to
consider the Secure Router family, including the Secure Router 3120 as well as future
Secure Router models as potential replacements. Please note that the Secure Router
products are IP WAN routers and do not support legacy multiprotocol features of the
Multiprotocol Router BN. The Secure Router family provides superior price/performance
with advanced features in the areas of Routing, WAN, VPN, Security, Quality of Service and
Network Management.
Nortel
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