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COMPANY: A rapidly growing manufacturing business.
CHALLENGES: Support for current network needs and fast, costeffective
application and space expansion that will not disrupt
ongoing business activities; effective collaboration within the
main facility and with geographically dispersed colleagues, sales
people, suppliers, partners and customers; preserving investment
in existing equipment; support for business applications such as
CRM and ERP; economical systems deployment and management;
expectations for consistent secure, robust network performance
and remote access to network resources.
3COM SOLUTIONS: Integrated and easily expanded voice, data
and video communications that are easy to install, manage and
use; Power over Ethernet to simplify attaching equipment to the
network and eliminate the cost and inconvenience of additional
electrical wiring; secure, reliable and location-independent access
to network applications and collaboration tools; remote control
of security cameras and award-winning protection of network
data, equipment and network-attached devices; future-proofed,
standards-based infrastructure that can grow with seamless
ease and budget-saving affordability.
DATA/MOBILITY/SECURITY NETWORK COMPONENTS:
Router 5012 for secure connection to the Internet
X5 Unified Security Platform for protection from external/internal
threats with integrated IPS and firewall
Unified Gigabit Wireless PoE Switch 24 for Power over Ethernetenabled
centralized management of access points
Baseline Switch 2924-PWR Plus with 24 PoE ports connects PCs,
applications and peripherals
OfficeConnect Managed Gigabit PoE Switch connects PCs, IP phones,
applications and peripherals
Wireless 8760 11a/b/g PoE Access Points connect wireless devices,
e.g., laptops, to the Internet
Wireless 7760 11a/b/g PoE Access Points connect wireless devices,
e.g., laptops, to the Internet
3Com 11a/b/g Wireless PC Card with XJack Antenna wirelessly connects
laptops to the network VOICE NETWORK COMPONENTS:
VCX™ Connect 100 Platform with 50 User Licenses connects a fullfeatured
IP telephony system to the network
3Com V7111 Analog Media Gateway connects IP telephony services at
remote branch offices to the headquarters IP telephony system
3Com 3101 Basic Phone provides networked Voice over IP services
3Com 3102 Business Phone provides networked Voice over IP services
3Com 3105 Attendant Console provides networked Voice over IP services NETWORKED COMPONENTS:
PCs, laptops, printers, cameras and application servers