3Com Unified Gigabit Switch manual Overview, Key Benefits, Delivers Gigabit Speeds

3Com® Unified Gigabit Switch

DATA SHE ET

Unified architecture delivers a single point of management for secure control of a voice-ready wired and wirelessnetwork, with 24 ports of Layer 2 Gigabit PoE switching and control of up to 24 wireless access points

OVERVIEW

The 3Com® Unified Gigabit Switch is the industry’s first truly integrated and cost-effective Layer 2 Gigabit Power over Ethernet (PoE) switch that provides centralized management of both a wired and wireless network. This unified switch offers small-to-medium-sized businesses with 20 to 250 users a one-box solution that securely and efficiently supports mobile workers and fixed LAN connections.

KEY BENEFITS

CENTRALIZES MANAGEMENT OF WIRED AND WIRELESS IN ONE PLATFORM

The entire wired and wireless network can be managed through a single web management interface, with support for automatic discovery and configuration of access points (APs).

OFFERS COST-EFFECTIVE LAYER 2 SWITCHING FOR BOTH WIRED AND WIRELESS NETWORKING

No need to add specialized wireless switches or controllers—at extra cost—to the network, as the Unified Gigabit Switch controls both types of networks, autosensing the PoE power requirements of the device connected to the port.

This switch ships standard with full support for wireless access points and PoE on all 24 ports. There are no licensing fees or port fees ever required to utilize the full functionality.

DELIVERS GIGABIT SPEEDS

For top performance, this unified switch delivers 24 ports of wirespeed Gigabit throughput.

PROVIDES POWER OVER ETHERNET

The Unified Gigabit Switch provides inline power to attached devices— access points, Voice over IP (VoIP) phones, IP security cameras and more—via industry-standard IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet over a single Ethernet cable, resulting in significant cabling deployment cost savings. All 24 ports are supplied with full PoE.

PRIORITIZES VOICE TRAFFIC AUTOMATICALLY

Voice traffic from 3Com and other IP telephony systems can be auto- matically assigned to a voice-dedicated VLAN, helping to optimize this delay-sensitive traffic. Support for Wi-Fi®Multimedia (WMM®) assures quality of service for wireless VoIP traffic.

3Com Unified Gigabit Switch