At the end of 2010, software version 7.1 integrated the Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture (VENA) into the system, thus expanding the capabilities of this product to include network virtualization, cloud computing and IEEE Shortest Path Bridging (IEEE 802.1aq).

[14] In June 1997, Bay Networks agreed to acquire Rapid City for $155 million in stock.

[18] When Nortel acquired Bay Networks in 1998, work had already begun on the next-generation routing switch, the 8000 series.

[19] In May 2001, Nortel introduced one of the first 10 gigabit Ethernet switch modules at the N + I convention in Las Vegas.

[22][23][24] On 5 October 2015 it was announced that Avaya would stop manufacturing and selling the ERS 8600 platform by the end of 2016.