SWITCHINGDATA SHEETOVERVIEWThe "smart" voice-ready 3Com® Baseline Plus Switch2900 Gigabit Family delivers Layer 2 enterprise-classGigabit switching solutions along with layer 3 staticroutes, customized and priced for small and mid-sizedorganizations.These managed switches offer tremendous value tosmall and medium businesses looking for a low costsolution who need a level of control over their networknot offered by unmanaged switching products, withoutsacrificing the advanced functionality normally foundon higher-end managed switching products.KEY BENEFITSLAYER 2 SWITCHING WITH ADVANCED FEATURESThe Baseline Plus Switch 2900 Gigabit Family helpsbuild a voice ready network—with 3Com’s uniqueauto-voice VLAN, advanced voice QoS, SNMP-basedmanagement, Power over Ethernet (PoE) and otherfeatures.To ensure optimal use of the network bandwidth anddeliver maximum voice and data quality, traffic flowcan be directed according to the needs of the businessusing Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree, trafficprioritization, priority queuing and VLANs.Link aggregation can be done via IEEE 802.3ad LACPor manually, allowing ports to be grouped together toform an ultra-high-bandwidth connection that greatlyexpands bandwidth capacity to the network core orother parts of the network.Baseline Plus Switch 2900 models are available with20, 28, and 52 ports; two 28 port PoE models (one with170W budget and the other with 365W power budget)deliver data and power over the same cabling. Eachswitch also has four dedicated SFP ports for fiberuplinks over longer distances.ENTERPRISE-QUALITY SECURITYEnterprise-quality security is provided with IEEE802.1X network login and advanced Access ControlLists (ACLs), which enable usage policies via theswitch at each point of access to the network. Timebased policies can also be configured on theseswitches. All management communications areencrypted with HTTPS.POWER OVER ETHERNETThe Baseline Plus Switch 2928 PWR and 2928 HPWRprovides inline power to attached devices—accesspoints, Voice over IP (VoIP) phones, IP securitycameras, etc.—via industry-standard IEEE 802.3af PoEover a single Ethernet cable, resulting in significantdeployment cost savings. These switches also supportpre-std PoE plus functionality that will enable the switchto deliver 30W of power on each port.NO SWITCH SETUP REQUIREDBaseline Plus Gigabit switches are operational straightout-of-the-box; as long as default settings areacceptable, there is no need to configure the switch. Ifdesired, the switch can be configured using a webbrowser, console port, or SNMP management software.ENHANCED INTUITIVE MANAGEMENT OPTIONSFor networks that require more control, the switchweb management interface provides an intuitive,menu-driven process for even novice users to quickly3COM®BASELINE PLUSSWITCH 2900 GIGABITFAMILYSWITCHINGDATA SHEETfrom top to bottom: 3Com Baseline Plus, Switch 2920, Switch 2928,Switch 2952, Switch 2928 PWR, Switch 2928 HPWREnterprise-class, Gigabit switches forsmall and medium businesses, voice readywith PoE and advanced features for networkcontrol and flexibility