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3Com®Baseline Switch 2250 Plus

Enterprise-class,
Layer 2 10/100 switch
for small and medium
businesses, with
advanced features for
network control and
flexibility

OVERVIEW

The “smart” 3Com®Baseline Switch 2250 Plus is a web-managed Layer
2 10/100 Ethernet switch that delivers enterprise-class features, cus-

omized and priced for small- and mid-sized organizations. With an

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easy-to-use switch interface and advanced features (VLANs, IEEE

802.1X authentication and Rapid Spanning Tree), forty-eight 10/100
ports and two dual-purpose Gigabit ports, the Baseline Switch 2250
Plus is the most cost-effective way to provide a managed network.

KEY BENEFITS

LAYER 2 SWITCHING WITH ADVANCED FEATURES

The Baseline Switch 2250 Plus has forty-eight 10/100 ports and two
dual-purpose Gigabit ports (copper or SFP-based fiber) to connect to
high-performance computers, servers, or core network backbones.

The switch provides non-blocking performance—all ports perform at
wirespeed which helps to eliminate network traffic bottlenecks. Manual
link aggregation allows ports to be grouped together to form an ultra­high-bandwidth connection that greatly expands bandwidth capacity to
the network backbone.

This “smart” switch has the features that help build a voice ready
network, with support for auto-voice VLAN, SNMP-based management,
IGMP snooping and query and IEEE 802.1X for strengthening security.

The Baseline Switch 2250 Plus also supports Spanning Tree and Rapid
Spanning Tree, traffic prioritization, priority queuing and VLANs.
These switching features ensure optimal use of available bandwidth as
traffic flow is directed according to the needs of the business.

NO SWITCH SETUP REQUIRED

This Baseline Plus switch is operational straight out-of-the-box; as long
as default settings are acceptable, there is no need to configure the
switch. If desired, the switch can be configured using a web browser

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SMART BROWSER-BASED USER INTERFACE

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KEY BENEFITS

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THREE YEAR HARDWARE WARRANTY

3Com gives a Three Year Limited Hardware Warranty on the Baseline
Switch 2250 Plus. Advance Hardware Replacement, with Next Business

ay shipment in most regions, is provided upon product registration.

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See www.3com.com/warranty for details.

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Com products are backed by 3Com Global Services and authorized

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partners with demonstrated expertise in network assessment, implemen­tation and maintenance. Ask about which 3Com Network Health Check,
installation services and maintenance service packages are available in
your area.

FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS

Feature Description

Outstanding value Take advantage of flexible, configurable and powerful switching that costs

Flexible Gigabit uplinks Choose to daisychain multiple units together via the built-in copper

Enhanced browser-based user Extremely easy-to-use user interface allows even the most novice users
interface to configure the switch during initial setup and monitor it during normal

VLANs Segment the network by grouping users based on their data or traffic

Manual link aggregation Group together any number of ports to form an ultra-high-bandwidth
(trunking) connection to the network backbone; help prevent traffic bottlenecks.

Traffic monitoring Administrators can examine suspect data streams received on any port
(port mirroring) by mirroring the data stream to a monitoring port.

IEEE 802.1X network access control Provides standards-based security combined with local authentication.

SNMP support Switch can be managed with SNMP-compatible tools.

Rapid Spanning Tree Improves network compatibility, scalability and availability.
Protocol (RSTP) support

IGMP snooping and query Multicast filtering optimizes network performance, instead of

Cable diagnostics Easy-to-use browser based tools, allowing the users to remotely detect

Fanless design Silent operation whether used in a rack or desktop situation.

not much more than an unmanaged switch.

Gigabit uplink ports or connect to a network backbone via SFP-based
fiber modules.

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exchange requirements. This ensures optimal use of available bandwidth
as traffic flow is directed according to the needs of the business.

flooding traffic to all ports.

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