BCM 2.5 Limitations & Capacities?

[sjforcum]

Hi All,

I'm an Avaya admin by trade, but have been asked to begin aquainting myself with a Nortel BCM 2.5 system which our China office purchased.

The first thing I'm trying to do is determine this systems capacities, capabilities & limitations. Could anyone provide this information or a link where I can find the documentation?

TIA,
Steve

 

[Giljo]

http://a1200.g.akamai.net/7/1200/51...s/01/eedge/bcm/collateral/12001_29-052504.pdf

shows the specs for BCM 3.6

I this a native BCM 2.5? Or upgraded 2.0 box?

If a native BCM 2.5 with the 20GB HDD then I suggest you upgrade to BCM 3.6 as the upgrade is free and softwarebased only.

If it was a ntaive 2.0 box with the 8gb HDD you need to purchase the upgrade kit containing the new 20GB HDD. THis will however force you to reprogram the BCM from scratch.

 

[aragon]

BCM2.5 requires a 20 GB HDD.
In your case the of the 2.5 version the the major enhancement in 3.x are the bug fixes and the scalability of digital sets.
2.5 TDM sets max= 80
3.x TDM sets max= 192 if 100% IP trunking is used.