Features, Benefits & Product Specifications:

Enterprise-Class Telephony
The 3Com SuperStack 3 NBX networked telephony solution delivers a robust call processing feature set and suite of applications right over your local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN). Ideal for businesses and branch offices with up to 600 phones per location, this business communications solution features third-generation NBX software and a new, robust Ethernet/Fast Ethernet (10/100BASE-T) hardware platform. The SuperStack 3 NBX solution builds on the capabilities of the industry- leading 3Com NBX 100 Communications System with high network performance, high-availability hardware, and support for leading edge applications.

• Supports up to 750 devices, including up to 360 central office (CO) lines
• Standards-based architecture supports legacy PSTN and LAN/WAN standards; also, easily integrates with third-party applications
• Powerful, built-in call processing features include voice mail, automated attendant, hunt/call groups, call detail reporting, computer telephony integration (CTI), and unified messaging
• Robust end-to-end architecture uses Wind River's VxWorks real-time operating system for maximum system availability; VxWorks is the same operating system that runs life-critical pacemakers and artificial hearts, so it ensures communications remain operational at all times
• User-friendly interfaces and Web-based administration facilitate administrator and user programming
• Supports 72 automated attendant ports (each with support for up to 20 menu layers), 1,000 voice mailboxes, and up to 400 hours of voice mail storage
• Supports Ethernet and Fast Ethernet performance
• Enhanced availability features include resilient 10/100 Mbps Ethernet uplink ports with fail over, optional redundant power supplies and disk mirroring
• Offers a wide range of worktop choices, including the NBX Business phone family -- the 1102 (10 Mb shared LAN uplink & device port) and the second generation 2102 (10/100 switched LAN uplink and device port), and the 2102-IR (infrared beaming port)—plus NBX pcXset (softphone client) and legacy analog devices (2500 series compatible)
• Compatible with the NBX Call Center application and Contact Advantage, a contact-center solution from 3Com and marchFIRST
• Language Support—Australian English, Cantonese Chinese, Castilian Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Mexican Spanish, Parisian French, UK English, and US English
• Supports telecommuters and remote access users with NBX IP License software
• Supports multi-site connectivity with NBX ConneXtions gateway software

Product Specifications:

• WAN port connections: Via external router with IP-ToS support
• LAN port connections: 8-port 10BASE-T (LAN) hub card; 2 10/100 Mbps uplink ports on the processor and 1 on the 10BASE-T hub card
• Diagnostic port connections: 1 USB
• System capacity: Supports up to 750 devices (lines and stations), including up to a maximum of 360 CO lines
• PSTN gateway options: Loop start analog, ISDN BRI-ST, T1/PRI, E1/PRI
• Ethernet Network standards: 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, 10BASE2, 802.1p/Q, 802.2, 802.3, 802.11, IP, IP-TOS
• Application standards: TAPI 2.1, TAPI/WAV; IMAP4, .HTTP, H.323
• Management: Built-in 3Com NBX NetSet browser-based administration utility

System Requirements:

• 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, or 10BASE2 Ethernet LAN

Please Note:

• Base system requirements are the SuperStack 3 NBX V5000 call processor and Chassis and two NBX business phones, and at least 1 PSTN interface card if connecting to the PSTN
• Telecommuter applications require an external router with IP-ToS support. Linking multiple sites via a WAN and ConneXtions gateways requires a Windows NT/Win 2000 workstation to operate the ConneXtions gateway application at each location.