D-Link DSS 16 Product Manual - Page 14

WARRANTY AND REGISTRATION D-Link Systems, Inc. ("D-Link") provides this 5-Year limited warranty for its product only to the person or entity that originally purchased the product from: • D-Link or its authorized reseller or distributor. • Products purchased and delivered within the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, US Possessions or Protectorates, US Military Installations, addresses with an APO or FPO. 5-Year Limited Hardware Warranty: D-Link warrants that the hardware portion of the D-Link products described below ("Hardware") will be free from material defects in workmanship and materials from the date of original retail purchase of the Hardware, for the period set forth below applicable to the product type ("Warranty Period"). 3-Year Limited Warranty for the Product(s) is defined as follows • Hardware (excluding power supplies and fans) • Spare parts and spare kits Ninety (90) days. D-Link's sole obligation shall be to repair or replace the defective Hardware at no charge to the original owner. Such repair or replacement will be rendered by D-Link at an Authorized D-Link Service Office. The replacement Hardware need not be new or of an identical make, model or part; D-Link may in its discretion replace the defective Hardware (or any part thereof) with any reconditioned product that D-Link reasonably determines is substantially equivalent (or superior) in all material respects to the defective Hardware. The Warranty Period shall extend for an additional ninety (90) days after any repaired or replaced Hardware is delivered. If a material defect is incapable of correction, or if D-Link determines in its sole discretion that it is not practical to repair or replace the defective Hardware, the price paid by the original purchaser for the defective Hardware will be refunded by D-Link upon return to DLink of the defective Hardware. All Hardware (or part thereof) that is replaced by DLink, or for which the purchase price is refunded, shall become the property of DLink upon replacement or refund. Limited Software Warranty: D-Link warrants that the software portion of the product ("Software") will substantially conform to D-Link's then current functional specifications for the Software, as set forth in the applicable documentation, from the 12