Product Retirement BulletinBulletin Number: R-2005-0169-GlobalCustomer Notification Date: 31, May 2005VPN Router (Contivity) 1700, Manufacturing DiscontinueVPN Router (Contivity) 1740, Manufacturing DiscontinueFormerly known as the Contivity 1700 and Contivity 1740, these platforms will be replaced with theVPN Router 1750.Customer Notification of the decision to Manufacture Discontinue the Productnoted above:Last Time Order Date: July 29, 2005Manufacture Discontinue (MD) Date: December 31, 2005End of Life (End of Support) Date: December 31, 2010Last Supported Software Release: 8_00, and 8_05.xxx sustaining releases will be thelast new versions of software that will besupported on the 1700 and 1740 platforms. Asof version 9_00 of VPN Router software the1700 and 1740 platforms will no longer bequalified against new feature releases. For moreinformation see “Software Dependencies”below.Market Regions Affected: GlobalIntroductionThis document is the official notification for the Manufacturing Discontinuation of the VPN Router(Contivity) 1700 and 1740 platforms. This notice includes information regarding their successor theVPN Router (Contivity) 1750.All versions of the Nortel VPN Router (formerly known as Contivity) 1700 and 1740 product arebeing replaced in the Nortel VPN Router product line with the VPN Router 1750. The VPN Router1750 provides similar performance to both the VPN Router 1700 and 1740. The VPN Router 1750provides dual 10/100 Base T Ethernet ports on the base system as well as providing 4 open slots forI/O expansion. The chassis footprint of the VPN Router 1750 is identical to the VPN Router 1740.The 1750 utilizes a 3U chassis; the 1700 utilized a 2U chassis. The power requirements of the VPNRouter 1750 are identical to both the 1700 and 1740.Like its predecessors the VPN Router 1750 is offered in both a 5 tunnel version suitable for“routing” applications and a 500 tunnel version suitable for Remote Access VPN applications.The VPN Router 1750 can be considered a functional replacement for either the VPN Router 1700or the VPN Router 1740; however there is a configuration file difference due to the new slotNortel Networks Page 1 of 3