Customer Profile
• Voice over IP (VoIP) is a growing requirement of
today’s enterprises. According to Phillips InfoTech,
VoIP is expected to overtake traditional wireline
telephony by 2006. It has become increasingly
important for enterprises to have a wiring closet
switch that handles both standard LAN
connections (i.e. PCs, servers) and Power over
Ethernet for devices such as Internet telephones,
wireless access points, and net cameras.
• BayStack 460 provides investment protection for
today’s evolving enterprise networks by enabling
enterprises to gradually add IP devices to the
network while maintaining standard LAN
connectivity.
• It is an ideal solution for medium to large
enterprises with an identified need to provide
power to a range of IP devices and to deliver QoS
for mission-critical devices, applications, groups,
and users.
Key Points
• Dual functionality, supports both Power over
Ethernet (PoE) devices and standard LAN devices.
• Standards compliant, being interoperable with
other vendors’ standards-based equipment does
not force enterprises to be tied to any one vendor.
• Significant cost and space savings, by integrating
standard LAN switch functionality with power
over UTP cable of a mid-span patch panel into
one unit.
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BayStack 460 Switch
Overview
The BayStack 460-24T-PWR Power over Ethernet (PoE) Switch is an IEEE P802.3af draft-compliant switch
designed to power devices such as IP phones, wireless access points, and net cameras. It has 24 10/100 Mbps
ports, one MDA (Media Dependent Adapter) slot for uplink connectivity, and one cascade module slot for
stacking. It includes all of the features of Nortel Networks Business Policy Switch such as advanced Quality of
Service (QoS) and high-resiliency. The BayStack 460-24T-PWR Switch will begin to be orderable in January
2003. The switch is scheduled to ship in January 2003.
BayStack 460-24T-PWR Power over Ethernet (PoE) Switch further extends Nortel Networks Voice over IP (VoIP)
portfolio. Building on the success of the expanding BayStack family, BayStack 460 provides a resilient, secure,
stackable wiring closet switch with PoE capabilities for support of IEEE P802.3af compliant devices such as IP
phones, wireless access points, and net cameras. It delivers advanced Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities to
enable connectivity and network availability to mission-critical users and for delay-intolerant applications
such as VoIP. The BayStack 460 eliminates the need to plug IP devices into separate power outlets, making
adds, moves, and changes easier. The BayStack 460 can directly power Nortel Networks line of IP telephones
including the i2002 and i2004.
The BayStack 460-24T-PWR Power over Ethernet Switch will be one of the first IEEE P802.3af standards-based
switches in the market. Most other vendors manufacture Power over Ethernet (PoE) switches that can support
only their proprietary IP devices. With the BayStack 460, any standards compliant IP device can be powered. It
also provides investment protection by being backwards compatible with Business Policy Switch and BayStack
470-48T Policy Switch in a future software release.
Nortel Networks broad portfolio of voice and data products, offer enterprises an array of options to deliver on
the value of converged VoIP. Nortel Networks Succession solutions, Business Communications Manager,
Meridian, and BayStack are integral components of delivering true Voice over IP solutions for enterprises.