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Ethernet Routing Switch 5600 Series or (ERS 5600) in computer networking terms are stackable routers and switches designed and manufactured by Avaya. The ERS 5600 Switches can be stacked up to 8 units high to create a 1.152 Tbit/s backplane[1][2] through the Flexible Advanced Stacking Technology (FAST) stacking technology[3][4] configuration. The 5600 Series consists of five stackable models[5][6] that can be mixed and matched together with other ERS 5600 models or other ERS 5500 models to meet configuration requirements.[7] Additionally the ports on the switches incorporates the Avaya Energy Saver (AES) which can manage and dim down (reduce the wattage requirements of each port and/or the PoE wattage) the power requirements to save energy across all switches in the enterprise. [8] [9]
The switches have an integrated time-domain reflectometer (TDR) built into every copper port, providing the ability to accomplish diagnostic monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities of the connected cables. This allows the equipment manager the ability to test and troubleshoot the cables for defects (crimped, cut, shorted or damaged cables) without going out to the switch room to test the cables from the switch to the end equipment. The tests can be accomplished on a single port or on multiple ports at the same time.[10] The test can be accomplished through the command line or through one of several Graphical user interfaces called Device Manager (DM), Java Device Manager (JDM) or Enterprise Device Manager (EDM).
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- ^ "Avaya Energy Saver" (PDF). Avaya. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ Configuration — System Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series, Avaya, December 2010, pp. 89–90, 239, retrieved 2 January 2012