Nortel Routing Switch 8603 3-slot Chassis Bundle No power cord DS1412A06-E5 User Manual

Increasingly, companies are turning to
technology to help boost their bottom
line and increase employee productivity.
Advances in technology, however, have
led to some very real challenges, particu-
larly how to efficiently and cost-effec-
tively connect a myriad of different
devices, disparate systems and multiple
locations. The answer to addressing
these challenges lies in virtualization 
of the network. 

Virtualization can transform your IT
infrastructure and your business by
providing a clear path to advanced
applications that create a unified
communications environment for 
your organization. Among other things,
virtualization provides for network
simplicity, flexibility and scalability, 
and enables faster time-to-market in the
data center and core campus. It works
by virtualizing servers, and centralizing
services, management and security —
without compromising the high-avail-
ability, security and performance on
which you’ve come to rely. As a result,
virtualization delivers many benefits 

to your business, including simplified
management, accelerated decision-
making, decreased recurring costs 
and increased employee productivity
through unified communications. 

By offering advanced virtualization
features and one of the industry’s
highest 10G densities per module/rack,
the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch
8600 can turn your network into a
highly reliable, efficient and cost-
effective infrastructure that drives
unified communications.

Unified communications

enables the collaborative 

technologies required to share

resources within your entire

organization, improve day-

to-day operational processes 

and communicate more cost-

effectively with customers,

partners and suppliers.

Product Brief

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Release 5.0