Nortel 5500 Brochure

 

 
 

 

 

 

This End-of-Life (EOL) notice involves the Manufacture Discontinue (MD) and EOL of the 
Nortel Services Edge Router (SER) 5500 system, hardware and services.  

 
Definitions 
 
End of Life Definition – This notice serves as formal communication of Nortel’s intent to end the life of 
the product(s) noted.  No further support will be provided when the EOL timeline is reached.  Emergency 
recovery and/or upgrades may be performed in accordance with customer specific service plans or upgrade 
agreements as negotiated prior to EOL. 
 
Manufacture Discontinue and Last Time Buy Definition – As part of ending the life of hardware 
elements this notice serves as a formal communication of Nortel’s intent to both Manufacture Discontinue 
(MD) and offer a Last Time Buy (LTB) date for the product(s) noted.  For the time between MD/LTB and 
EOL emergency recovery and/or upgrades may be performed in accordance with customer specific service 
plans or upgrade agreements as negotiated prior to MD/LTB.      
 

As part of this announcement Nortel will MD and EOL the SER 5500 product and all associated hardware 
per the dates provided above.   
 
This announcement does not apply to the Nortel GGSN product software or hardware.  The Nortel GGSN 
has its own product life cycle plan and will continue to be offered globally outside of the European Union 
(EU).  Within the EU, the Nortel GGSN will be supported in accordance with the EUED RoHS directive.