Carrier-class reliability helps enterprises meet the service level requirements of any application running on an enterprise network. H3C's switches offer carrier-grade reliability employing self-healing networking tools. The H3C S9500 is a next-generation switch with Scalable Terabit+backplane technology that is ideal for large-scale network deployments in both core and aggregate levels of many enterprise networks. The S9500 series switches are built with a redundant design for up to 99.999% availability and were the first to deliver innovative a 10G RRPP (rapid ring protection protocol) self-healing solution to the market. The H3C S7500 series large/medium enterprise backbone switches features a redundant core design and power supply for outstanding reliability and boasts a broad range of service features, including strong multicast replication support with a full set of multicast tools and simplified management for reduced network downtime and lower maintenance costs.

To achieve a highly secure network to satisfy service requirements, H3C designs its products with embedded security features that control access and protect against external intrusions and attacks with authentication tools built-in. H3C's SecPath Security solution is offered on the H3C S9500, S7500, S5600, S5100, S3600 switches and AR46 and AR28 routers to provide centralized deployment of network security policies to streamline the management of security components and ensure consistent application of the organization's network security policies. The H3C S3600 series switches forward packets one-by-one ensuring equal forwarding performance and to guard against virus attacks like 'Code Red' and 'Worm Blaster'. It also uses 802.1x authentication to identify users who attempt to access the network. The AR46 also supports hardware encryption for up to 600Mbps 3DES throughput and 4000 IPSec tunnels and data compression to ensure a secure and cost-effective network.

High efficiency is another key element of H3C's vision of an ideal enterprise network. To achieve this, all of its switch and router products come with a powerful QoS guarantee and built-in tools for service management and quality control. The H3C AR46 routers provide embedded application layer QoS functionality via NQA (Network Quality Analysis) technology, while the H3C AR28 series routers adopt the Comware platform to provide abundant software features, backup schemes and QoS features. The S9500 and S7500 series switches boast strong QACL (QoS and ACL) functionality with a powerful QoS assurance for different services, ACLs across all lines and complete security management tools for flexible service capabilities.

H3C's high-end multi-service switches, routers and wireless controllers are designed to support flexible bandwidth and capacity growth to accommodate the actual networking requirements of the large variety of IP-based applications used by their customers. With its Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology, multiple H3C S5600 or S3600 switches can be interconnected to behave as a single logical switching entity called a Distributed Fabric, which enables network managers to build adaptable networks with 'pay as you go' scalability. The H3C S7500 series switch supports three different switching engines whose capacity ranges from 96Gbps to 768Gbps, with wire-speed per slot ranging from 8Gbps to 48Gbps, and a signal box offering a switching capacity of 288Gbps. The S5600 series has abundant specifications for flexible choices and a stacking bandwidth of up to 96 Gbps. The H3C AR46 router's innovative dual processor design allows for two fixed FE port, three fixed GE ports and provides 350Kpps and 1000Kpps forwarding capability, respectively.