3Com 10002211 3Com Corporation LIMITED WARRANTY, Hardware, Software, Standard Warranty Service

3Com Corporation LIMITED WARRANTY

The duration of the warranty for the CoreBuilder™ 6000 Extended Switching Software, 3C96270B2, is ninety (90) days.

HARDWARE	3Com warrants its hardware products to be free from defects in workmanship and materials, under normal
	use and service, for the following lengths of time from the date of purchase from 3Com or its Authorized
	Reseller:
	Network interface cards	Lifetime
	Other hardware products (unless otherwise specified in the warranty statement above)	1 year
	Spare parts and spares kits	90 days
	If a product does not operate as warranted above during the applicable warranty period, 3Com shall, at its
	option and expense, repair the defective product or part, deliver to Customer an equivalent product or part
	to replace the defective item, or refund to Customer the purchase price paid for the defective product. All
	products that are replaced will become the property of 3Com. Replacement products may be new or
	reconditioned. Any replaced or repaired product or part has a ninety (90) day warranty or the remainder of
	the initial warranty period, whichever is longer.
	3Com shall not be responsible for any software, firmware, information, or memory data of Customer
	contained in, stored on, or integrated with any products returned to 3Com for repair, whether under
	warranty or not.
SOFTWARE	3Com warrants that the software programs licensed from it will perform in substantial conformance to the
	program specifications therefor for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase from 3Com or its
	Authorized Reseller. 3Com warrants the media containing software against failure during the warranty

period. No updates are provided. The sole obligation of 3Com with respect to this express warranty shall be (at the discretion of 3Com) to refund the purchase price paid by Customer for any defective software products, or to replace any defective media with software which substantially conforms to applicable 3Com published specifications. Customer assumes responsibility for the selection of the appropriate applications program and associated reference materials. 3Com makes no warranty or representation that its software products will work in combination with any hardware or applications software products provided by third parties, that the operation of the software products will be uninterrupted or error free, or that all defects in the software products will be corrected. For any third-party products listed in the 3Com software product documentation or specifications as being compatible, 3Com will make reasonable efforts to provide compatibility, except where the noncompatibility is caused by a “bug” or defect in the third party’s product.

STANDARD WARRANTY SERVICE

Standard warranty service for hardware products may be obtained by delivering the defective product, accompanied by a copy of the dated proof of purchase, to the 3Com Corporate Service Center or to an Authorized 3Com Service Center during the applicable warranty period. Standard warranty service for software products may be obtained by telephoning the 3Com Corporate Service Center or an Authorized 3Com Service Center, within the warranty period. Products returned to the 3Com Corporate Service Center must be preauthorized by 3Com with a Return Material Authorization (RMA) number marked on the outside of the package, and sent prepaid, insured, and packaged appropriately for safe shipment. The repaired or replaced item will be shipped to Customer, at the expense of 3Com, not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the defective product by 3Com.

WARRANTIES EXCLUSIVE	IF A 3COM PRODUCT DOES NOT OPERATE AS WARRANTED ABOVE, CUSTOMER’S SOLE REMEDY FOR
	BREACH OF THAT WARRANTY SHALL BE REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, OR REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE
	PAID, AT THE OPTION OF 3COM. TO THE FULL EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES
	AND REMEDIES ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, TERMS, OR CONDITIONS,
	EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EITHER IN FACT OR BY OPERATION OF LAW, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING
	WARRANTIES, TERMS, OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
	SATISFACTORY QUALITY. 3COM NEITHER ASSUMES NOR AUTHORIZES ANY OTHER PERSON TO ASSUME
	FOR IT ANY OTHER LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, OR USE OF
	ITS PRODUCTS.
	3COM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER THIS WARRANTY IF ITS TESTING AND EXAMINATION DISCLOSE THAT
	THE ALLEGED DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT DOES NOT EXIST OR WAS CAUSED BY CUSTOMER’S OR ANY THIRD
	PERSON’S MISUSE, NEGLECT, IMPROPER INSTALLATION OR TESTING, UNAUTHORIZED ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR
	OR MODIFY, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE INTENDED USE, OR BY ACCIDENT, FIRE,
	LIGHTNING, OR OTHER HAZARD.