What are some of the added features in the Nortel Application Switch 24.0?
• Simplified user-friendly Browser-based Interface (BBI) for switch configuration • Load balancing of SIP & TLS applications based on TCP protocols • Added TCP healthchecks to monitor the health of OCS SIP service • Enhanced high availability and load balancing solution for Microsoft Office Communication server (OCS) • Increased VLANs to 2048 to expand hosted customers for carriers (ROHS compliant E-models) • TACACS+ Accounting enhancement for better billing and security • Increased Syslog servers for better tracking and troubleshooting • New SNMP traps with advanced Health Check that enhances Nortel’s MCS 5100 (Multimedia Communication Server) disaster recovery scenarios • Increased management IP address to 128 for increased accessing flexibility of the Application Switch via Telnet, SSH, SNMP or BBI • Improved processing distribution based on source and destination IP address to increase load balancing performance in the patented Virtual Matrix Architecture