Avaya Ethernet Switches [EOL] Reviews

We are using the 5520 and the 5600 models as layer 2 switches, and the 8600 as a layer 3 switch. These units are all on-premises deployments.

This solution is very reliable and works well under harsh environmental circumstances. For example, if the air conditioning turns off then the switch doesn't shut down immediately.

It is a virtual market used for education and hospitality. It functions like an ISP service provider. 

I have found the access control list and the filtering are the most valuable features. Also, the quality of service is great. 

When compared to Cisco, Avaya's pricing and performance is good.

As we are a solution provider and not product oriented, we give the best solution for our customers, with a good price. We are the number one company in the region, BTC, and operate in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.

The key feature, that is most valuable to us, is the Split-Multi link Trunking (SMLT). This feature allows us to create a very redundant/fault tolerant network across multiple data centers in multiple locations using our own fiber runs. We have been very fortunate to have such redundancy in place saving us some major outages. This redundancy has also allowed network upgrades to have much less of an impact to the customers. Also, the different interfaces provided with various modules have allowed us to migrate from one technology to another in various areas of our network without a complete overhaul, but in stages.

Another feature it has, is that the platform has changed both in software and hardware over the years. They have done it with new technology, features, and capacity, by simply upgrading/adding newer modules to adapt to our ever changing and growing network needs.

It has worked extremely well in our environment, and grown with us as our needs have grown over the years. Two ERS8800’s make up our core with another two in an aggregation layer servicing our customer segments.

The redundancy gained by utilizing SMLT has proven itself invaluable during a couple of events that could have been devastating to our bottom line. We experienced a major fiber cut between two data centers, and, although it affected several of our uplinks, the redundancy automatically kept our production network running, and the customers were unaffected as business went on as usual from their perspective. This redundancy also allowed us to move one of our data centers from one location to another without disrupting production and allowing us to make several of the migrations during work hours.

1. Avaya 4524 Ethernet switch provides network interface with 24 ports of 10/100/1000 type. There are four additional ports that can be easily configured for uplinking 2. It supports virtual hot swappable feature where in the switch can be easily takeover requests from other switch which is momentarily down. This is completely transparent to the end user and thus improves overall responsiveness. 3. It can be easily wall mounted or rack mounted as needed. 4. All of 24 network interface ports can be connected via RJ45 connectors 5. The switch can be remotely controlled and monitored using various remote management protocols like SNMP, RMON, telnet, HTTP, HTTPS etc. This eases the process of remote administration. 6. Supports advanced features like Virtual LAN (VLAN).

1. One of the problems we found while administering the device was the lack of connecting cable compatibility. The only console cable supported is the one that comes with the device and you cannot just plug any of the standard console cable.