3Com 3C17206

Features & Benefits

New-Generation Stackable Workgroup Switching

Attractively priced enterprise-class 10/100 Ethernet switching in a reliable Layer 2 platform features an easy upgrade to Layer 4 capabilities.

Designed for all network sizes and applications, this new-generation switch offers comprehensive functionality ranging from plug-and-play installation to hot-swappable resilient stacking.

IEEE 802.1X Network Login and RADIUS support allows users to be assigned to designated VLANs. Secure Shell (SSH) encryption and trusted IP settings providing additional network security.

Optional plug-in modules let you expand the 3Com® SuperStack® 3 Switch 4400 SE to provide cost-effective, resilient, high-speed connections—such as Gigabit Ethernet copper and fiber backbone links and Fast Ethernet 100BASE-LX (Ethernet in the First Mile)—to ensure rapid access to important network resources.

To allow for increasing business needs in the future, you can upgrade the SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 SE to the enhanced functionality of the other products in the SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 family with the purchase of the 3Com® SuperStack® 3 Switch 4400 SE Enhanced Software Upgrade.

• User network login with IEEE 802.1X and RADIUS, combined with RADIUS Authenticated Device Access (RADA), based on MAC address,provide secure network access control at the network edge
• Authenticated users can be automatically placed into a specific VLAN, restricting access only to the data needed
• Secure Shell (SSH) encryption of login passwords, management VLANs, and management station "trusted IP address" lists help protect network from rogue management threats
• LACP (IEEE 802.3ad) intelligently detects configuration duplicity and uses it to trunk up to 4Gb of bandwidth across a stack, while nullifying single points of failure from the network's edge infrastructure
• Tolly tested wire-speed performance—forwarding at up to 6.6 million packets per second
• Hot-swappable resilient stacking for up to eight SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 SE units high, expandable up to 384 10/100 ports
• Spanning Tree Protocol, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol, resilient links, link aggregation, and the 3Com SuperStack Advanced Redundant Power System let you build robust, fault-tolerant networks
• Backup and restore functionality enables switch configurations to be captured and reapplied individually to a single switch or across a whole network at a push of a button
• Add optional switching modules to provide resilient high-speed connections, such as Gigabit Ethernet backbone links, or 100BASE-LX 10 links for Ethernet in First Mile over Point to Point Fiber (EFMF)
• 3Com® Network Supervisor management support enables easy network administration and reporting
• Separately sold software upgrade offers enhanced Layer 4 traffic classification and prioritization, plus adds the capability to stack with all members of the SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 family, thereby ensuring future-proof investment protection