Avaya 4610SW and IP Office R7 or R8

[pvision]

We are thinking about picking up some inexpensive used IP telephones for a customer of ours running IP Office 500 R8. I noticed that refurb Avaya 4610SW IP Business Telephones are relatively inexpensive. I have three quick questions:

1) Are these phones compatible with newer versions of IPO?
2) Other than PoE or a power supply, any other equipment required?
3) What is the reliability of these phones?

Thank you!

 

[Okkie26]

1) Are these phones compatible with newer versions of IPO?
Yes

2) Other than PoE or a power supply, any other equipment required?
Switch

3) What is the reliability of these phones?
Except for some series with the hookswitch issue, very good...

 

[ipohead]

2) Endpoint licences ...

 

[pvision]

Thank you both. Okkie26, for some of my clients, your answer to #2 definitely would have been necessary!
We are a relatively new Avaya reseller - I definitely forgot about the endpoint licenses - thanks!

 

[AndrePa]

You need is 4610SW Phone(s), switch, and endpoint license(s)
4610SW IP is a good phone, it has better audio ( in My opinion ) than the 16xx series.
It will work no problem with R7 & R8. I can tell You it also works on R8.1, haven't tried it on R9, but I believe it is supported.

 

[tlpeter]

When you pay peanuts then you will get monkeys.
These phones are old and you will be lucky if they last for 3 years.
Some will but some will break too.
I see this every day where these phones just break and need to be replaced.
Some customers do not want to upgrade and even refurbished is getting harder to find.
I do not say that you should not do it, the phones are great but keep in mind that they are old.

BAZINGA!

I'm not insane, my mother had me tested!

 

[pvision]

Thank you all for your input. If the price is right, I may give them a try.

 

[FFrey]

I have a mix of 4610SW's and 9608's on my R8.1 Server edition. The 4610SW are dying on a daily basis. Hook switch, headset ports and sticking keys to name a few issues with them. I have noticed the majority of them have a Serial number from 2006.