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you can have up to (10) G700's in a single stack, up to 40 slots.
If you are looking at adding several G700's, at this time, you might be better off looking at the G450, which has 8 slots. Of course you need to upgrade to CM5 to use the G450.
G700's are being End-Of-Lifed, and the replacement is the G450, with 8 slots, capable of having redundant power supplies, up to 240 VoIP resources via plug in MP modules (MP20's and MP80's), replaceable fan cage, replaceable motherboard, in short, a much better media gateway.
You will also find cost wise, the G450 is less expensive by the time you add up the G700, P330 stacking module, and the fact you only get 4 slots, and the voip resources are limited to 64 (32 if you use the G729 codec)
The G450's communicate with each other, and with your existing G700's over IP, which is the same way the G700's communicate to each other (The "stacking module & cable) are only for management, and IP connectivity within the same stack)
Mitch
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If you are looking at adding several G700's, at this time, you might be better off looking at the G450, which has 8 slots. Of course you need to upgrade to CM5 to use the G450.
G700's are being End-Of-Lifed, and the replacement is the G450, with 8 slots, capable of having redundant power supplies, up to 240 VoIP resources via plug in MP modules (MP20's and MP80's), replaceable fan cage, replaceable motherboard, in short, a much better media gateway.
You will also find cost wise, the G450 is less expensive by the time you add up the G700, P330 stacking module, and the fact you only get 4 slots, and the voip resources are limited to 64 (32 if you use the G729 codec)
The G450's communicate with each other, and with your existing G700's over IP, which is the same way the G700's communicate to each other (The "stacking module & cable) are only for management, and IP connectivity within the same stack)
Mitch
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Mitch many thanks it sounds a better option going for the G450.
The customer has already stacked two G700 units together and the expansion unit has the V1 and V4 slots free can both of these be used for additional cards. The switch is currently on CM2
The customer has already stacked two G700 units together and the expansion unit has the V1 and V4 slots free can both of these be used for additional cards. The switch is currently on CM2
Yes, you can use slots V1 and V4 in the 2nd G700
They should probably consider upgrading to CM5, if they plan on adding a lot of additional hardware to this switch. they would also get a bunch of new features as well, of course it will be pricey.
Also, something else to consider (and advise the client), AVAYA's official policy is they will support the current MAJOR release (currently CM5), as well as 2 MAJOR releases back (currently CM4 and CM3), so your CM2 switch has officially fallen off the support radar, meaning, AVAYA will not produce patches for newly discovered bugs, and the engineers won't work on this system any longer.
That might also be a consideration as to why they should upgrade.
You can off course keep adding G700's, even though they are end-of-lifed, there are plenty of them on the secondary market.
Mitch
AVAYA Certified Expert
They should probably consider upgrading to CM5, if they plan on adding a lot of additional hardware to this switch. they would also get a bunch of new features as well, of course it will be pricey.
Also, something else to consider (and advise the client), AVAYA's official policy is they will support the current MAJOR release (currently CM5), as well as 2 MAJOR releases back (currently CM4 and CM3), so your CM2 switch has officially fallen off the support radar, meaning, AVAYA will not produce patches for newly discovered bugs, and the engineers won't work on this system any longer.
That might also be a consideration as to why they should upgrade.
You can off course keep adding G700's, even though they are end-of-lifed, there are plenty of them on the secondary market.
Mitch
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