Introduction

The “smart” voice-ready 3Com Baseline Switch Plus Family delivers Layer 2 enterprise-class Gigabit switching solutions, customized and priced for small and mid-sized organizations. These managed switches offer tremendous value to small and medium businesses looking for a low cost solution who need a level of control over their network not offered by unmanaged switching products, without sacrificing the advanced functionality normally found on higher-end managed switching products.

If these switches fail, the business-critical services might become inaccessible to end-users, thus causing the business to lose revenue and reputation. By periodically monitoring these switches for faults, and by proactively resolving the issues that surface, administrators can ensure that users receive continued connectivity to the services of interest.

Any issues with the switch could be the possible source of critical problems like abnormal temperature, high resource utilization, or unauthorized user access! To avoid such issues, the performance of the 3Com Switch has to be monitored 24x7. The eG Enterprise helps network administrators to continuously monitor the 3Com Switches in the target environment.