Re: Slightly OT - surplus networking kit at bargain prices

[Martin Howell <grizelli@xxxxxxx>]

Nik,

Separate email on its way to you, and yes, yahoo does seem to strip the
attachments.

Martin

Nikola Kasic wrote:
> Martin, can I get that list as well?
> You say that it's attached to this mail, but I got no attachment.
Maybe
> yahoo strips out attachments?
> Cheers,
> Nik
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Martin Howell [mailto:grizelli@xxxxxxx]
>   Sent: 20 December 2002 09:18
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Slightly OT - surplus networking kit
at bargain
> prices
> 
> 
>   Hi Richard,
> 
>   Thanks, dependign on the size of your company, this may be
rather a lot
>   of kit, though my client will almost certainly be happy to
sell it off
>   in pieces.  A provisional list of equipment is
attached, we are in the
>   decommissioning process at the moment so the quantities
may change
> slightly.
> 
>   The equipment is around 110 - 120 Nortel Centillion 5000BH
chassis.
>   This is a large 14 slot rackmount chassis with hot
swappable cards.  The
>   boxes run ATM between them and have sophisticated
routing/re-routing
>   capabilities able to redirect traffic in the event of line
or equipment
>   failure. They would typically have a number of cards with
RJ45
>   connectors for users and servers, with fibre cards for
uplinks to other
>   boxes. They can also handle some of the strange protocols
like OSI,
>   DECNet, and others.
> 
>   All of the equipment is here in the UK, it is in perfect
working order
>   (still running a major corporate network on it  -
around 15000 users
>   plus all corporate and customer systems - pending the
migration to new
>   Cisco kit), and will be removed and packed by our
engineers. Most of the
>   chassis have a full set of redundant power supplies, the
rest have 2
>   PSUs, and most are arranged as two switches in one
chassis, with at
>   least two uplink cards and an average of around 9 10Mb or
100Mb line
>   cards per box.  There is also a quantity of smaller
kit, Baystack
>   450T-24 switches mostly, as well as some odds and ends of
small routers
> etc.
> 
>   Hope this helps, let me know if you need more info. If you
need a good
>   Project Manager (I am one of those) or an excellent
cabling company
>   (Yes, we have one of those too) for your next phase of
expansion, let me
>   know :-)
> 
>   Regards
>   Martin
> 
> 
>   Richard Challis wrote:
>   > Hi Martin,
>   >
>   > I'm currently trying to bring the company I work for
screaming into the
> 18th
>   > century.
>   >
>   > Have just managed to get them to agree to flood wire
a new office. etc.
>   >
>   > Would be very interested in your list.
>   >
>   > Regards
>   >
>   > Richard
>   >
>   >
>   > ----- Original Message -----
>   > From: "Martin Howell"
<grizelli@xxxxxxx>
>   > To: "ukha" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>   > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:02 PM
>   > Subject: [ukha_d] Slightly OT - surplus networking
kit at bargain prices
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >>An opportunity for all you who are really serious
about their home
>   >>network  :-).  I am involved with a
project to migrate a corporate
>   >>network to a new hardware platform and dispose of
the old.  The kit may
>   >>be a bit large for most of you - go to
www.nortel.com and look up
>   >>Centillion 5000 series - but if any of you need
serious networking
>   >>equipment for your employers, contact me privately
and I'll send you a
>   >>list.  There are around 120 rack mounted 14
slot chassis more or less
>   >>full of 24 port line cards and fibre uplinks, plus
some other stuff.
>   >>
>   >>Martin
>   >>
>   >>
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