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                                                                   Exhibit 10.31

          Summary of Equity Appreciation Rights Plan - H3C Technologies

On October 13, 2004, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of H3C Technologies
Co., Limited (formerly Huawei-3Com Co. Limited ), or H3C, established an Equity
Appreciation Rights Plan (the "EARP") for the purpose of attracting and
retaining high quality personnel by offering individual incentives linked to the
success of H3C. At the time the EARP was approved, H3C was a China-based joint
venture between Huawei Technologies, or Huawei, and 3Com Corporation, or 3Com.
On March 29, 2007, H3C became a wholly-owned subsidiary of 3Com when 3Com bought
the remaining 49% stake it did not then own in H3C from Huawei (the "Buyout").
The Board amended the EARP on October 21, 2005 and again on March 29, 2007. The
material terms of the EARP, as amended, are as follows:

     -    Eligibility. All employees (except assemblers) and consultants of H3C
          during calendar years 2004 through 2006 were eligible to participate
          in the EARP. Dr. Shusheng Zheng, a current executive officer of 3Com
          and the Chief Operating Officer of H3C, was eligible to participate in
          the EARP.

     -    Pool. There are two components to the EARP, which was intended to be a
          limited duration incentive. The first element was designed to reward
          H3C employees based on increases in the value of H3C from plan
          inception to the date on which one of the shareholders bought out the
          other (also known as a "liquidity event"). A liquidity event under the
          EARP occurred on March 29, 2007, as described above, due to the Buyout
          transaction. The second element was intended to reward employees for
          positive cash flow generation, or earnings before interest and taxes
          (also known as "EBIT"). More specifically, the funding pool for the
          EARP consists of 10% of the appreciated value of H3C at the time of
          liquidity (the "Liquidity Pool") plus 15% of accumulated EBIT for
          calendar years 2004 through 2006 (the "EBIT Pool"). The Liquidity Pool
          was calculated to be $155,996,920 and the EBIT Pool was calculated to
          be $27,557,416.

     -    Share Grants. Grants of shares in the Liquidity Pool were made to
          participants for calendar years 2004, 2005 and 2006. The EBIT Pool was
          allocated to participants in 2007 based upon the level of their
          participation in the Liquidity Pool. Both the Liquidity Pool and EBIT
          Pool shares were distributed under terms and procedures approved by
          the Board, which approved and ratified the share distribution on March
          29, 2007.

     -    Vesting/Liquidity Pool. The vesting schedule of the shares from the
          Liquidity Pool is as follows: the 2004 shares vested 75% on the date
          of the closing of the Buyout, March 29, 2007, and the remaining 25%
          will vest on the first anniversary; the 2005 shares vested 50% on
          March 29, 2007, and 25% will vest on each of the next two
          anniversaries; and the 2006 shares vested 25% on March 29, 2007, and
          25% will vest on each of the next three anniversaries. Vesting of EARP
          shares on the anniversaries of the Buyout, or Liquidity Event, is
          contingent upon the continued employment of the participant through
          such anniversary dates. However, certain key executives and managers,
          including Dr. Zheng, continue to vest in the EARP if they are no
          longer employed by H3C but

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          if, and only if, they are terminated at the Company's election without
          a "Valid Reason," as that term is defined in their employment
          contracts.

     -    EBIT Pool. The EBIT Pool was payable after the close of calendar year
          2006.

     -    Reserve Pool. A portion of the Liquidity Pool was reserved for
          distribution prior to the initial payout of the EARP, subject to the
          approval of certain executives of 3Com (the "Reserve Pool"). The
          Reserve Pool vests on the same terms as the 2006 Liquidity Pool
          shares. 3Com's Chief Legal and Administrative Officer approved the
          Reserve Pool distribution recommendations of Dr. Zheng on April 20,
          2007, except for the Reserve Pool shares allotted to Dr. Zheng. On
          April 23, 2007 the Compensation Committee of the 3Com Board of
          Directors approved an award of shares in the Reserve Pool to Dr.
          Zheng.

The EBIT Pool was paid in substantial part to participants on April 19, 2007;
the Liquidity Event installments of the Liquidity Pool vested upon the closing
of the 3Com buyout of Huawei's interest in H3C on March 29, 2007, and were paid
in substantial part on May 31, 2007.