NAM vs CallPilot 1

[bwtc]

Our corporate site is running a MICS 5.0, with NVM 4.0.04C.

Yesterday, I logged into the ACCESS server, and discovered that every day for the past several weeks, there have been at least two occurances of "ENOUGH DISK S9". I did not go through the entire log to discover when this message started.

After doing some research on this, I came across thread799-1163185

I have left a message with my vendor to discuss, but he has not gotten back to me as of yet.

Anyways... if the hard drive is going bad in the NAM, I was wondering, from those of you who have worked on both, would we be better off looking into an updated NAM, or a CallPilot 150 ?

Like many companies, we have downsized over the past few years, but are starting to grow again. We currently have around 40 mailboxes in use.

I would also like to update our MICS to 6.1-r3 (or 7.0), but our current NAM isn't compatible... so this would be the time to do something about that... ;-)

We have a remote location that is running under 6.1, with Flash 2.1(?), linked to corporate via 4 tie-lines (over a T1). If we upgrade corporate to 6.1 or greater, we may also want to look into centralized voice mail.

Bottom line: if our NAM is failing, what advantages would upgrading to a newer NAM have over a CallPilot 150 (and visa-versa) ?

Thanks

 

[DTone]

If the choice was mine to make I would go with the Call pilot 150 as it will do more things than a NAM

 

[ptstechnician]

Also, the CP 150 cannot go over 200 mailbox's (if you use auto attendant).

 

[ats9963]

The meassage you are seeing is not important.
Unless the HDD is noicy or there is a long delay between messages being left and The MSG for you notification is delivered. In the event that a Hard Drive were to fail you can get an advance replacement of the NAM fully updated and refurbished usally by the next day. If you back up your programming regularly, the replacement is not too difficult nor time consuming. Also the cost difference between a CP150 and a refurbished NAM is a major consideration since you have shrunk already.

 

[ptstechnician]

All reply's are important. bwtc, why would you want to install a piece of equipment that Nortel doesn't make or support anymore? If you get the NAM and want to put it on your network, have fun configuring the nic card. With the CP, just plug in a patch cord and reconfigure the IP address and your done. I personally would go with the Callpilot.

 

[lugerlover]

if nam has nic has never been issue its if nam was upgraded and from old version and you tried to install a nic from scratch