Nortel BCN, BLN Product Support Bulletin

Retirement Bulletin
Bulletin Number: R-2006-0231-Global

Date: 01 January 2007

Multiprotocol Router Backbone Node (BN) 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:

April 30, 2007
May 31, 2007
May 31, 2007
June 1, 2012

BayRS 15.7, 15.6, 15.4
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.

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Technical support for the Multiprotocol Router BN 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.

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)

BACKBONE LINK NODE (BLN) AND BACKBONE CONCENTRATOR NODE (BCN)
SYSTEMS

Backbone Concentrator Node (BCN) Base Unit

73000 BCN Base Unit
73001 BCN DC Base Unit

AG0002001

Backbone Link Node (BLN) Base Unit

71000 BLN-2 Base Unit - Dual Power Supplies
71001 BLN-2 DC Base Unit - Dual Power Supplies
71004 BLN-2 Base Unit - Single Power Supply
72000 BLN Base Unit

Options

75099RM BCN/BLN-2 Rack Mount Replacement Kit

BCN/BCN RLC AC Power Cords

7929 U.S. Standard Connector (CN/BCN/BCN RLC)
7930 Non-U.S. Standard Connector (CN/BCN/BCN RLC)
AA0020002 20A/125V Power Cord (BCN RLC)

LOCAL AREA NETWORK INTELLIGENT LINK INTERFACES

AG1004005 Dual 100BASE-T FRE2-060 64MB ILI
AG1004006 Quad Port Ethernet FRE2-060 64MB ILI
AG1004007 Quad Port Ethernet - High Speed Filters FRE2-060 64MB ILI

AG1004008
AG1004009

AG1004031

BCN Redundant Line Cord AC Base Unit - includes SRM-L,
SRM-F and 4 Power Supplies

ETHERNET BLN/BLN-2/BCN ILIs with FRE2-060
Processors

Dual Ethernet/Dual Sync (ESAF) - No Filters FRE2-060 64MB
ILI
Dual Ethernet/Dual Sync (ESAF) - Max. Filters FRE2-060
64MB ILI

ETHERNET BLN/BLN-2/BCN ILIs with FRE2-060E
Processors

Dual Ethernet/Dual Sync (ESAF) - No Filters FRE2-060E
64MB ILI with Advanced Compression Co-Processor for 256
Context.

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Dual Ethernet/Dual Sync (ESAF) - Max. Filters FRE2-060E

AG1004033

AG2204016 4-PORT 10/100BASE-TX with FRE4-PPC 64MB
AG2204017 4-PORT 10/100BASE-TX with FRE4-PPC 128MB
AG2204019 4-PORT 100BASE-FX with FRE4-PPC 64MB.
AG2204020 4-PORT 100BASE-FX with FRE4-PPC 128MB

AG2204022 1000BASE-SX with FRE4-PPC 64MB
AG2204023 1000BASE-SX with FRE4-PPC 128MB
AG2204025 1000BASE-LX with FRE4-PPC 64MB
AG2204026 1000BASE-LX with FRE4-PPC 128MB

AG1204001 Multimode FDDI FRE2-060 64MB ILI

AG1104006 Quad Port Token Ring FRE2-060 64MB ILI

64MB ILI with Advanced Compression Co-Processor for 256
Context.

ETHERNET BLN/BLN-2/BCN ILIs with FRE4-PPC
Processors

ETHERNET GIGABIT BL/BLN-2BCN ILIs with FRE4­PPC Processors

FDDI BLN/BLN-2/BCN ILIs with FRE2-060
Processors

TOKEN RING BLN/BLN-2/BCN ILIs with FRE2-060
Processors

WIDE AREA NETWORK INTELLIGENT LINK INTERFACES

AG2104044

AG2104046

120 ohm ISDN PRI and MULTICHANNEL E1
BLN/BLN-2/BCN ILIs with FRE2-060 processors

120 ohm Dual Port Multichannel E1 (MCE1-II) FRE2-060
64MB ILI

75 ohm MULTICHANNEL E1 BLN/BLN-2/BCN ILIs
with FRE2-060 processors

75 ohm Dual Port Multichannel E1 (MCE1-II) FRE2-060 64MB
ILI

75 ohm MULTICHANNEL E1 BLN/BLN-2/BCN ILIs
with FRE2-060E processors and Advanced Co­Processor Compression

75 ohm Dual Port Multichannel E1 (MCE1-II) FRE2-060E

AG2104171

AG2104172

AG2104039

AG2104004
AG2104049 Dual Port Multichannel T1 (MC-T1) FRE2-060 64MB ILI

AG2104056

64MB ILI with Advanced Co-Processor Compression with 128
Context.
75 ohm Dual Port Multichannel E1 (MCE1-II) FRE2-060E
64MB ILI with Advanced Co-Processor Compression with 256
Context.

HIGH SPEED SERIAL INTERFACE BLN/BLN-2/BCN
ILIs with FRE2-060 processors

Single Port High Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) FRE2-060
64MB ILI

ISDN PRI or MULTICHANNEL T1 BLN/BLN-2/BCN
ILIs with FRE2-060 processors

Quad Port Multichannel T1 (QMCT1) -DB15 FRE2-060 64MB
ILI

Quad Port Multichannel T1 with DS0A (QMCT1 w/DS0A)
DB15 FRE2-060 64MB ILI

ISDN PRI or MULTICHANNEL T1 BLN/BLN-2/BCN
ILIs with FRE2-060E processors and Advanced Co­Processor Compression

AG2104135

AG2104136

Quad Port Multichannel T1 (QMCT1) -DB15 FRE2-060E
64MB ILI with Advanced Co-Processor Compression with 128
Context.
Quad Port Multichannel T1 (QMCT1) -DB15 FRE2-060E
64MB ILI with Advanced Co-Processor Compression with 256
Context.

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