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3Com SuperStack II
Switches
Flexible, affordable 10/100/1000 Mbps
stackable switches for boosting performance
at the desktop, workgroup, and backbone
The SuperStack II family of switches
makes high-performance, low-cost
switching a reality at the desktop,
workgroup, and backbone.
Key Benefits
Protects your investment. The
3Com SuperStack II switching
The only certainty in networks today in one area of your network, you can
family protects your investment
by delivering low cos
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SuperStack II In This Guide: Switches for All Your SuperStack II Switches for All Your Technology Needs .......................................................2 Technology Needs Features Supported for SuperStack II Switches .................................................................4 Today, your desktop population Product Configurations (Diagrams) ................................................................................6–7 probably requires a mix of 10 Mbps and New Products 100 M
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L L A A N N S S w w i i t t c c h h e e s s ® SuperStack II Systems ® ® The 3Com SuperStack II system gives you a flexible, cost-effective connectivity solution for local, wide area, and SNA networks. You can combine diverse technologies and network services in one stacked system, strengthen it with uninterruptible and redundant power systems, and ® manage it all with Transcend network management and control solutions. Hubs Switches As an important part of the 3Com Transcend Networking Routers
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Features Supported for SuperStack II Switches SuperStack II Baseline 10/100 Switch SuperStack II Switch 610 SuperStack II Switch 2200 SuperStack II Switch 2700 SuperStack II Switch 1100 SuperStack II Switch 3300 SuperStack II Switch 3300 XM SuperStack II Switch 3300 FX SuperStack II Switch 3800 SuperStack II Switch 3900 SuperStack II Switch 9000
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L L A A N N S S w w i i t t c c h h e e s s VLANs VLANs allow PCs, workstations, and other resources, including printers and file servers, to be organized into logical, broadcast domains so that only devices within the same domain can commu- nicate with each other. 3Com switches allow users to implement VLANs on their network using one of two schemes: IEEE 802.1Q, includ
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* For fiber connectivity, use the SuperStack II Switch 3300 FX. 100 Mbps 10 Mbps On the first floor, a stack of SuperStack II Switch 1100s provides Fast Ethernet LAN and WAN connectivity dedicated switched 10 Mbps for those users using simple appli- A medium-sized corporation supporting a mixture of switched cations such as mail. and shared workgroups has a central Fast Ethernet backbone. On the second floor, the SuperStack II Dual Speed Hub 500 with In the basement, a stack of SuperStack I
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L L A A N N S S w w i i t t c c h h e e s s * For 10/100/1000 Mbps Layer 3 switching, use the SuperStack II Switch 3800. 1000 Mbps 100 Mbps ** For Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3 switching, 10 Mbps use the SuperStack II Switch 9000. On the first floor, the SuperStack II Switch 3900 provides line- Gigabit Ethernet LAN and WAN connectivity rate services to power users directly connected to switched Fast An organization supporting a mixture of 10/100 Mbps switched Ethernet ports. and shared desktop
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SuperStack II Baseline 10/100 Switches The 3Com SuperStack II Baseline SuperStack II Baseline 10/100 Switches 10/100 switches provide the highest Front view of 12 port performance product in the SuperStack II Baseline family. Delivering the power of switched Fast Ethernet while automati- cally sensing the speed of the connected devices, the SuperStack II Baseline switches are ideal for any environment where raw power and performance are 12 ports (RJ-45) LEDs for link status MDI/MDIX needed, but
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L L A A N N S S w w i i t t c c h h e e s s SuperStack II Switch 610 for Ethernet and Fast Ethernet When you need low-cost 10 Mbps and SuperStack II Switch 610 10/100 Mbps switching coupled with high levels of performance and man- Front view of 24 port ageability, then look no further than the SuperStack II Switch 610. The SuperStack II Switch 610 is based on the high-performance ™ BRASICA II architecture found in the SuperStack II Switch 1100 and 3300, 24 switched 10BASE-T/RJ-45 ports 2
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SuperStack II Switch 1100/3300 Family for Ethernet, 10/100 Fast Ethernet, and Fiber Switching Companies today realize that the switched ports that is manageable as a • Dual queues to help prioritize multi- booming e-business marketplace is pro- single entity with a single IP address media traffic viding them with amazing growth (note: multiple IP addresses can be sup- • Multicast filtering using IGMP opportunities. To take advantage of ported to provide resilient stack snooping/GMRP for more ef
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L L A A N N S S w w i i t t c c h h e e s s SuperStack II Switch 3300 About the Switches The SuperStack II Switch 3300: Front view of 12 port* The SuperStack II Switch 3300 pro- vides the smoothest migration to Fast Ethernet with 10/100 autosensing on all ports to adjust automatically to the speed of the attached devices. The SuperStack II Switch 3300 is available in 12- or 24-port versions and features 12 switched 10/100BASE-TX ports an optional expansion modules slot. The SuperStack II Switc
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The SuperStack II Switch 1100: SuperStack II Switch 1100 The SuperStack II Switch 1100 serves 10 Mbps Ethernet users and provides Front view of 12 port two 10/100 Fast Ethernet ports for high-speed access to servers, high per- formance workstations, or core switches. In addition, the switch fea- tures a transceiver slot for connecting to 2 10/100BASE-TX ports legacy networks. The SuperStack II 12 switched 10BASE-T/RJ-45 ports Switch 1100 is available in 12- or 24- port versions and offers an opt
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L L A A N N S S w w i i t t c c h h e e s s SuperStack II Switch 1100 and SuperStack II Switch 3300 Optional High-Speed Accessories SuperStack II Switch Matrix SuperStack II Switch The SuperStack II Switch 1000BASE- LX module offers multimode and Module and Matrix Cable 100BASE-FX Modules single-mode fiber interfaces over dis- The SuperStack II Switch matrix module The SuperStack II Switch 100BASE-FX tances certified by 3Com up to 10 and matrix cable let you mix and match module adds a fiber
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SuperStack II Switch 1100 and SuperStack II Switch 3300 Optional High-Speed Accessories (continued) SuperStack II Switch SuperStack II Switch 1100/3300 Layer 3 Module ATM Expansion Module The SuperStack II Switch Layer 3 The SuperStack II Switch 1100/3300 module lets you cost effectively add ATM expansion module provides one routing capabilities to your switched high-speed ATM port for connection to 10/100/1000 Mbps workgroups to boost a high-speed ATM backbone. The port intranet performance an
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L L A A N N S S w w i i t t c c h h e e s s SuperStack II Switch 3800 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Layer 3 Switching The SuperStack II Switch 3800 offers SuperStack II Switch 3800 affordable leading-edge Layer 3 Front view 24 x 10/100BASE-TX/RJ-45 ports switching technology for 10 times the performance of intranets. Wire-speed Layer 3 switching (IP routing) and Layer 2 switching are embedded in ASICs to forward at nonblocking speed any-to-any intranet traffic while broadcast/multicast traffic an
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SuperStack II Switch 3900 and SuperStack II Switch 9300 10/100 Mbps to 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Switching The SuperStack II Switch 3900 and SuperStack II Switch 3900 the SuperStack II Switch 9300 (Gigabit Front view of 24 port Ethernet switch) constitute an industry- leading solution for high-density 10/100 Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet switching. 3C39024 SuperStack II Switch 3900 The SuperStack II Switch 3900 24 switched 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX RJ-45 ports delivers full line-rate performance (
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L L A A N N S S w w i i t t c c h h e e s s SuperStack II Switch 9300 SuperStack II Switch 9300 The SuperStack II Switch 9300 enables Front view of 9300 SX practical, cost-effective, and high- 10BASE-T Console performance deployment of Gigabit Out-of-band management port port (management) Ethernet as an effective interswitch, switch-to-server, and general purpose backbone technology. As the highest den- sity Gigabit Ethernet (1000/1000 Mbps) switch available in a SuperStack II package, the Supe
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SuperStack II Switch 9000 Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3 Switching The SuperStack II Switch 9000 offers SuperStack II Switch 9000 affordable leading-edge Layer 3 Front view switching technology for 10 times the performance of intranets. Wire-speed Layer 3 switching (IP routing) and Layer 2 switching are embedded in ASICs to forward at nonblocking speed any-to-any intranet traffic while broad- cast/multicast traffic and fault propagation are kept under control in 8 x 1000BASE-SX ports appropriate subn
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L L A A N N S S w w i i t t c c h h e e s s SuperStack II Switch 9100 The SuperStack II Switch 9100 enables SuperStack II Switch 9100 practical, cost-effective, and high-per- Front view formance deployment of copper Gigabit Ethernet as an effective interswitch, switch-to-server, and general-purpose backbone technology. Key features include: Supports up to 128,000 MAC addresses for handling networks of virtually any size 6 x 100/1000BASE-T ports 2 x 1000BASE-SX ports (MTRS connectors) Back vi
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Ethernet to FDDI Switching SuperStack II Switch 2200 SuperStack II Switch 2200 The SuperStack II Switch 2200 is a Front view full-featured Ethernet/FDDI switch that employs state-of-the-art RISC and ASIC-based technology for high- end workgroup performance and server/backbone connectivity. The Console port SuperStack II Switch 2200 is the FDDI port (DAS/SAS) 16 switched 10BASE-T/RJ-45 ports price/performance leader in its class. It provides 16 switched 10BASE-T Ethernet ports and one high-s
