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3Com Challenges Cisco with 3Com Challenges Cisco with 'Flex-Chassis' Switches
By Jennifer LeClaire
May 11, 2009 9:18AM

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3Com is challenging Cisco Systems with a "flex-chassis" family of network switches with up to 192 10-Gigabit ports or 640 gigabit Ethernet ports. 3Com said the H3C S5800 Series is based on open standards and can be deployed at any layer of the network. The H3C S5800 Series can reduce TCO by 33 percent, 3Com says.
 

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In a move to compete with Cisco Systems, 3Com on Monday added a "flex-chassis" family of network switches to its H3C portfolio. The H3C S5800 Series offers up to 192 10-Gigabit ports or 640 gigabit Ethernet ports and supports embedded extensible application services, including security Relevant Products/Services, wireless and monitoring.

With its latest product launch, 3Com is positioning its enterprise Relevant Products/Services Relevant Products/Services switches as a way to improve network reliability, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), and improve application delivery.

"The H3C S5800 is the industry's most cost-effective and innovative platform for meeting enterprise customers' networking needs today and in the future," said Saar Gillai, senior vice president of worldwide products and solutions at 3Com. "Our H3C portfolio is the most modern in the industry -- developed over the past four years -- so it delivers unmatched price and performance advantages."

Carving Out a Switch Niche

With the S5800, 3Com is working to establish a new category of enterprise switches. The S5800 functions as a modular chassis as well as a fixed-form stackable switch. 3Com said its latest innovation allows enterprises to deploy the switch at any layer of the network -- from the edge to the aggregation layer to the core, as well as top-of-rack in the data Relevant Products/Services center -- without compromising performance and functionality.

The S5800 is based on open standards, 3Com said, so customers can extend platforms to accommodate future innovations. On the energy Relevant Products/Services-usage front, the H3C portfolio features low-power chipsets. 3Com said this modern approach makes it possible for enterprise customers to save on the cost of the switch and the power to run them. Specifically, 3Com estimates customers will reduce TCO by an average of 33 percent using its H3C solutions.

"The H3C S5800 is simply a tour de force of switching and is -- hands down -- a true no-compromise solution," said Dave Foss, assistant director for information-technology services for the Research Laboratory of Electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "It provides us with every feature we want in a flexible edge and core switch at a total cost of ownership we've never seen from any other vendor. We need raw speed and it delivers."

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