The Nortel Solid Core Summer/Autumn 2009 offer provides a significant discount on a pair of Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch (ERS) 8300 high availability core bundles, and a pair of Advanced software licences at zero cost. Added for Q4, select ERS 8300 interface Modules are also now included at a significant discount. These reductions allow customers to deploy the ERS 8300 as a cost-effective core switch at reduced cost, and benefit from high performance, resilience and lower Total Cost of Ownership to support business-critical applications and Unified Communications.

The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch portfolio delivers performance, resiliency, security and efficiency throughout the core and access network so that you can run your business-critical applications and Unified Communications with confidence.

The offer applies to the following Ethernet Routing Switch products:

• ERS 8310 Standard Chassis Bundle
• ERS 8310 Premium Chassis Bundle
• ERS 8300 Advanced software licence
• ERS 8348TX 10/100 Module
• ERS 8348TX-PWR 10/100 Module
• ERS 8324FX Module
• ERS 8308XL 10Gig Module

The Summer/Autumn offer runs 1st July through to 31st December 2009 and is valid throughout Europe (including Russia), the CIS and Israel.

Other ERS products are included in the related Nortel Edge promotion.

This offer is for any customer that is looking to build or expand a core network with the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 chassis solution, and benefit from high performance, resilience and lower Total Cost of Ownership to support business-critical applications and Unified Communications.