Basic Mode vs Partner Mode

[RITEL]

OK, I know I am going to get a hard time for asking this question!
I think you IPO purists will say I should not use either, but can you tell me the actual difference between the 2 versions. I read the Avaya brochure for both & they are identical word for word.
The reason I ask is that there are 2 different SD cards for the two versions, so should I bother stocking both?

Thanks!

 

[tlpeter]

I really have no clue at all what the difference is and that is because i never ever will install one of both.
Luckily my boss agrees with me so i won't be fired for it

When i read the Ga tech bulletin for 7.0 then the new features are for quick, nortel and partner mode are the same.
So it looks like they use 3 names for one system.


BAZINGA!

I'm not insane, my mother had me tested!

 

[Westi]

the Partner uses a different SD card, other than that I would not know a difference.
Junk, trash, garbage all the same to me with 3 different words

Joe W.

FHandw, ACSS (SME), ACIS (SME)

http://convergednetworks.ca

Give a tech a solution and he will be back tomorrow to ask you the next question, teach a tech how to read the manual and he will be able to solve the problems for a life time.

 

[Telecomboy]

They are the same except the partner version uses ETR modules to power Partner 18D's/3920's. Basic version cannot support ETR card. They both program the same though and have the same features/functionality.

 

[sizbut]

All exactly the same. Its just marketing. Partner Version in the US to supposedly replace the PARTNER product that was big there, Norstar Version in the middle-east to replace the NORSTAR product that was sold big there and Basic Edition anywhere else. Reality, all the same code.

Stuck in a never ending cycle of file copying.

 

[memphisribs]

Not sure Telcomboy is right or wrong, If you create an offline configuration from Manager the pull-down box has the ETR & TCM modules as options for both the Basic and Partner mode. It is never hard to get the absolute answer from Avaya. LOL

47 years in the business and counting.

 

[RITEL]

Thank you all for the feedback.

 

[Telecomboy]

I said that because I had a client with an ETR card in it and it was originally sent as basic. The card didn't work. I changed it to Partner mode and the card started working. That may be different now, maybe a fix in the release. It is very muddy waters figuring out what the difference truly is if there is any.

 

[1043]

ETR cards DO work in Basic mode. Infact that is the only module you can use to make a line ring on a analog device.