On 12 April 2010, Hewlett-Packard completed a previously announced acquisition of 3Com. Following the HP acquisition, 3Com was fully absorbed by HP and no longer exists as a separate entity. The article below explains the portfolio at the time of acquisition.
The corporation had three global brands: H3C, 3Com, and TippingPoint. Products sold under the 3Com brand include network switches, wireless access points, WAN routers, and IP voice systems.
Switches
Modular Switches
Switch 8800 - 7-, 10- and 14-slot configurations with optional dual load-sharing fabric modules. Of total slots, two reserved for fabrics. Backplane capacity 1.44 Terabit-per-second. Up to 48 10GE ports or 576 Gigabit ports, with optional PoE. Switch 7900E - 4-, 5-, 8-, and 12-slot configurations with optional dual fabric modules. One model with 8 vertical slots. Of total slots, two reserved for fabrics. Backplane capacity 2.88 Terabit-per-second. Up to 24 10GE ports or 480 Gigabit ports, with optional PoE. Switch 7550 - 4-, 7- and 8-slot configurations. 4- and 7- have a single fabric module, while 8-slot can have dual redundant fabric modules. Up to 292 Gigabit ports.