[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk with Nortel BCM

[David Hajek]

Thanks for your answer.

We don't have to use Nortel's BCM, it is one of the option we're considering
(not sure if it is still in the game now). I will ask this way, what
commerical fullvoip PBX you will recommend? Unfortunatelly I can't use
asterisk for this central point, but I can (and will) use asterisk on
satellites offices.

Can you please give some hints what vendors/makers I should not forget? 3com
looks promising....

Thanks.

-David


> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Jim Van Meggelen
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 4:24 PM
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk with Nortel BCM
> 
> Use H.323 and in the BCM set the protocol to "Other".
> 
> Do you HAVE to use the BCM? It's a really horrible system. I 
> worked for many years in tech support, and I've been involved 
> in BCMs since the beta trials of version 1.0, four years ago. 
> I know BCM, and I can tell you that it is one of the worst 
> telephone systems ever produced. Check out the spec sheet:
> 
> - The operating system is Windows NT 4.0 -- no really, an 
> EIGHT YEAR OLD OPERATING SYSTEM.
> - The MSC card is a Norstar KSU that they put on a PCI card. 
> That's FIFTEEN YEAR OLD technology - and it shows.
> - The platform is an Intel Pentium III 700Mhz, with 256megs 
> of RAM, and a 20meg hard drive. How much do they want you to 
> pay for it?
> - Many of the critical scripts in the system are DOS batch 
> files (I am NOT kidding!).
> 
> The BCM is famous for it's instability (go figure), and 
> mind-numbingly stupid interface. Unless you have a lot of 
> money to waste on obsolescence, I'd remove the BCM completely 
> from the equation.
> 
> If you have to go Nortel, go with a Succession (even a 
> Norstar would be a more stable choice, and you can tie it 
> into a VoIP gateway with PRI trunks).
> 
> You might want to consider not using Nortel's VoIP technology 
> at all -- I don't think they fully understand VoIP yet. 
> Better would be to tie any Nortel gear into your VoIP network 
> using legacy trunking through, say, an Asterisk gateway, like this:
> 
> [NT PBX/KSU]---PRI---[Asterisk]=====(WAN cloud)=====[Asterisk]
> 
> I wouldn't use the BCM as a boat anchor, but for sure it 
> should NEVER be used as the core of a VoIP network - it's 
> just a key system, and not a very good one at that!
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> 
> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > does anyone has an experience with connecting Asterisk to 
> Nortel's BCM 
> > (http://www.nortelnetworks.com/products/0> 
> 1/eedge/bcm.html)? I would 
> > like to make this working using some voip protocol IAX, SIP, but it 
> > looks like Nortel's can't do that?
> > 
> > My scenario is Nortel's BCM in central office and asterisk 
> > installations in satellites offices.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > David
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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