Nortel BayStack ARN, ARN Product Support Bulletin

Retirement Bulletin
Bulletin Number: R-2006-0230-Global

Date: 01 January 2007

Multiprotocol Router Advanced Remote Node (ARN)
Manufacture Discontinue Notice

REVISION HISTORY

Date Revision # Summary of Changes

01 January 2007 Original bulletin This is the original publication

Last Time Order Date:
Last Ship Date:
Manufacture Discontinue (MD) Date:
End of Life (EOL) Date:
Last Supported Software Release:
Market Regions Affected:

July 31, 2007
August 31, 2007
August 31, 2007
September 1, 2012

BayRS 15.7, 15.6, 15.4
Global, NA, CALA, EMEA, and Asia Pacific

Introduction

The Multiprotocol Router ARN product portfolio is being discontinued by Nortel*. The last
order date is July 31, 2007 with table below providing a list of discontinued codes. Any
Multiprotocol Router ARN order codes not listed in the table have also been discontinued.

The recommended replacement product for the Multiprotocol Router ARN is the Secure
Router 1001 or 1002. Please note that the Secure Router products are IP WAN routers and
do not support legacy multiprotocol features of the BayRS family, including the Multiprotocol
Router ARN. The Secure Router 1001 and 1002 provide superior price/performance with
advanced features in the areas of Routing, WAN, VPN, Security, Quality of Service and
Network Management.

Technical support for the Multiprotocol Router ARN products will continue through the
normal Nortel Technical Support Center. This notice will also serve as the final EOL notice
for the order codes identified below and no additional notice will be issued.

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Definition

Manufacture Discontinue (MD) – This notice serves as formal communication of Nortel
Networks’ intent to MD the product(s) noted. No further orders will be accepted as of the
Last Time Order Date shown above and no further shipments made after the product has
been discontinued. The MD of these products should not be interpreted as the
discontinuance of any Nortel Networks agreements to support the existing field population.
Services to the existing product base will continue to be provided until the End of Life (EOL)
date shown above.

Product Overview (See Table for Detail)

ADVANCED REMOTE NODE (ARN) SYSTEMS

Base Unit

CV1001004
CV1001005
CV1001009
CV1001010
CV1001014
CV1001015
CV1001019
CV1001020
CV1101004
CV1101005
CV1001001
CV1101001

CV0011057
CV0011058

FACTORY CONFIGURED OPTIONS

ARN Ethernet Base Unit (16M DRAM)
ARN Ethernet Base Unit (32M DRAM)
ARN -48VDC Ethernet Base Unit (16M DRAM)
ARN -48VDC Ethernet Base Unit (32M DRAM)
ARN 10/100M-TX UTP Base Unit (16M DRAM)
ARN 10/100M-TX UTP Base Unit (32M DRAM)
ARN 100M-FX Fiber Base Unit (16M DRAM)
ARN 100M-FX Fiber Base Unit (32M DRAM)
ARN Token Ring Base Unit (16M DRAM)
ARN Token Ring Base Unit (32M DRAM)
ARN Ethernet Base Unit (0M DRAM)
ARN Token Ring Base Unit (0M DRAM)

Options

ARN Rack Mount Replacement Kit
ARN Accessory Kit, includes console cable, rack mount hardware

and flash security cover.

CV0004011
CV0004012
CV0004013
CV0004014
CV0004015
CV0004026
CV0004027

CV0004020

Expansion Module Options (one per system)

ARN Tri Serial Expansion Module
ARN Ethernet Expansion Module
ARN Token Ring Expansion Module
ARN Ethernet and Tri-Serial Expansion Module
ARN Token Ring and Tri-Serial Expansion Module
ARN Ethernet and 7-Serial Expansion Module (See Note 1)
ARN 7-Serial Expansion Module (See Note 1)

Modem Console Module (one per system)

ARN V.34 Modem Console Module (North America only)

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