Chapter 2: New In This Release; Other Changes - Avaya ERS 3500 Series Fundamentals

Chapter 2: New in this release

The following hardware and software features are new in Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch (ERS) 3500
Series Release 5.2:
ERS 3500 hardware
The following table lists and describes the new hardware supported in Release 5.2:
Hardware
Modules
Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3549GTS
Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3549GTS-PWR+
ERS 3500 software features
The following software features are new for ERS 3500 Series Release 5.2:
• Avaya Energy Saver
• SLAMon enhancements
• Simple Loop Protection Protocol (SLPP) Guard
• Unified authentication
• Flash History
• Static LACP Key to Trunk ID binding

Other changes

See the following sections for information about changes that are not feature-related.
Document title change
In Release 5.2, the title of this document changed from Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500
Series Fundamentals, NN47203-102 to Fundamentals of Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500
Series, NN47203-102.
Fundamentals of ERS 3500 Series
Description
48 10/100/1000 non-PoE and 2 shared SFP, plus
1 1/10 Gigabit SFP+ port, plus 2 rear dual mode/
stacking ports.
48 10/100/1000 802.3at PoE+ and 2 shared SFP,
plus 1 1/10 Gigabit SFP+ port, plus 2 rear dual
mode/stacking ports.
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