Avaya ERS 5500 Series

Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series
ERS 5510-48T/5510-24T
Rack mountable:	Yes, 19-inch standard rack
ERS 5520-48T-PWR/5520-24T-PWR
Rack mountable:	Yes, 19-inch standard rack
ERS 5530-24TFD
Rack mountable:	Yes, 19-inch standard rack

Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 system or (ERS-5000) in computer networking are stackable layer 3 switches designed and manufactured by Nortel now acquired by Avaya. capable of stacking 8 switches in a 640-Gbit/s Nortel FAST Stacking configuration. The 5510 first appeared as an evolution of the Nortel Baystack product line.

The 55x0 switches have an integrated Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) built into every copper port, providing diagnostic monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities of the connected cables allowing for the troubleshooting of cable defects (crimped, cut, shorted or damaged cables) from the telnet, SNMP, web and console management interfaces. This test provides a very reliable test to identify if the cable is good or faulty.

The 55x0 switches also include an integrated packet sniffer built into every port that can export the information on to a web page report (see the jpg to the right, an example of top 25 talkers on a switch) or export the information to an IPFIX server. The web base reports will report top 10, 25, or 50 talkers. Reports can also be created and sorted on Source Address, Destination Address, TOS, Protocol, Port Number, Source or Destination ports, Packet Count, Byte count, or First or Last Packet Times. Multiple ports can be monitored simultaneously or individually. A license is required to enable this function.

Management of the ERS5530 is via Serial Console (which presents both a menu structure and a command line interface), A Web Interface or via the Nortel Device Manager, which uses SNMP to communicate with the device.

Models

	5530-24TFD	5520-48T-PWR	5520-24T-PWR	5510-48T	5510-24T
10 Gigabit XFP Ports	2	0	0	0	0
1 Gigabit SFP Ports	12	4	4	2	2
10/100/1000 Mbit/s Copper ports	24¹	48	24	48	24
PoE Ports	0	48²	24	0	0

¹ The second set of 12 10/100/1000 Ports share I/O with the SFP GBIC Interfaces. Where a GBIC is inserted, the corresponding copper port is disabled. This in effect allows a combination of 12 Copper + 12 SFP GIBC, 24 Copper and 0 SFP GBIC or any combination between.

² External power supply might be required to supply more than 24 ports worth of PoE simultaneously to high wattage phones or devices, but not Avaya 1120E or 1140E phones.

MTBF: 161,379 – 210,361hrs.

See also

• Avaya
• Power over Ethernet
• Nortel Auto Unit Replacement

External links

• Performance Evaluation of Nortel Resilient Terabit Cluster Solution
• Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series
• Evaluation in "Green-IT environments vs. Cisco
• Energy Consumption and Projected Costs for a converged solution