3Com 3C6002A Data Sheet - Page 1

3Com NETBuilder® data sheet NETBuilder II® Intelligent Routers Scalability, high bandwidth, and port capacity for today's mission-critical networks NETBuilder II routers provide high performance, network availability, and scalable growth, along with VPN tunneling and security applications to build secure remote access, intranets, and extranets. The platforms offer flexibility with 4-slot, 8-slot, and 8-slot extended chassis that all accept regular and extended format modules Key Benefits: High performance. Multiprocessing architecture in the Dual-Processor Engine (DPE) plus module provides added intelligence by offloading the WAN grooming tasks to the coprocessor, and adds control over the WAN links without compromising packet-processing performance. Hardware and software resiliency for high availability. Dual power supplies, hot swap, hot plug and play, and dual PC Card slots provide the flexibility and reliability needed for mission-critical environments, and disaster recovery features provide quick network recovery, reducing costly downtime. Proven scalability. Boundary Routing® architecture provides a simple mechanism for network growth. Legacy support. The comprehensive suite of protocols to support IBM customers includes DLSw Version 2, APPN/HPR, SDLC, and BSC. Low cost of ownership. WAN grooming, which includes compression, lowers your WAN service cost, and VPN technology lets you set up a cost-saving public IP-based intranet/extranet infrastructure. 3Com's powerful NETBuilder II® routers combine leading-edge technology with a flexible, modular design to satisfy your internetworking needs today and in the future. The routers integrate both WAN (Frame Relay, ISDN, leased lines, and ATM) and LAN (Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, and ATM) technologies, delivering the most effective solution for LAN/WAN bandwidth mismatch. The platforms support virtual private network (VPN) applications for secure remote access and intranet/extranet connectivity. NETBuilder® feature-rich software provides the flexibility and intelligence required to meet today's rapidly changing internetworking requirements. It delivers a full set of protocols, including IP, IPX, AppleTalk, SNA, Vines, and DECnet. In addition, the valueadded functions such as compression, encryption, prioritization, and disaster recovery provide the most efficient options to maximize the utilization of WAN connectivity. With its selection of chassis sizes, hot-swappable interface modules, full-featured software packages, and management facilities, the NETBuilder II router provides unsurpassed WAN value. Routers Routing and VPN Tunneling