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Westcon unveils 3Com Switch 4007

By Westcon-Comstor
Johannesburg, 10 Oct 2000

managers are under tremendous pressure to create more powerful, adaptable, intelligent and reliable local area networks (LANs), because they must support a wealth of new, converged e-business applications as well as a greater diversity of users. With limited IT resources at their disposal, the key to success in choosing, implementing, and managing networks is radical simplicity.

The 3Com Switch 4007 offers a straightforward backbone-in-a-box, high-speed LAN solution to meet the needs of today`s commercial businesses. With the 3Com Switch 4007, your business can support new applications, provide guaranteed network availability, and ensure access to the network from anywhere.

Most importantly, the Switch 4007 can support your business quickly, thanks to its preconfigured yet customisable chassis packages that give you the advantages of rapid implementation and network control.

The Switch 4007 is designed with the flexibility to support you where you need it most - as the ideal backbone or aggregator for SuperStack II switches. The Switch 4007 lets you localise, prioritise, and secure traffic flows to serve user needs and adapt quickly to growth and change. For more demanding networks, the Switch 4007 not only delivers superior capacity and control, it also ensures a high level of network availability with hardware redundancy and software resilience features.

Switch 4007 features

  • 7 slots

  • 6 Payload slots

  • 120 Gbps Backplane Capacity

  • 36 million pps Layer 2 throughput

  • 28.8 million pps Layer 3 throughout

  • 54 Maximum Gigabit Ethernet ports

  • 216 Maximum Fast Ethernet ports

  • IEEE 802.1Q

  • 802.1p CoS

  • FEN & GEN Link aggregation

  • 4 Groups RMON

  • IGMP Snooping Multicast Support

  • IP, IPX, AT Multilayer Protocols

This intelligent management of mission-critical and time-sensitive applications allows the Switch 4007 to meet the varied applications of next-generation networks.

Current and prospective resellers can contact Chris Reeller at Westcon chrisr@westcon.co.za for more detailed product information. Westcon South Africa is a channel provider of technology products, and is a division of the global Westcon Group. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, the company operates in North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and South America. The company remains customer-focused and is a recognized industry leader in value-add service, support and training. Westcon South Africa is located at 8 Harrowdene Office Park, Western Service Road, Woodmead; Tel: (011) 233 3333; Fax: (011) 233 3223; www.westcon.co.za

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