Planet 16-Port 10/100/1000T 802.3bt PoE + 8-Port 10/100/1000T + 4-Port 10G SFP+ Managed Ethernet Switch | GS-4210-16UP8T4X

High-Power 802.3bt PoE++ Switch for Enterprise Networks

Perfect Managed PoE++ Switch with Advanced L2/L4 Switching and Security
PLANET GS-4210-16UP8T4X Gigabit 802.3bt PoE++ Managed Switch features PLANET intelligent PoE functions to improve the availability of critical business applications. It provides IPv6/IPv4 dual stack management and a built-in L2/L4 Gigabit switching engine. The GS-4210-16UP8T4X comes with 16 10/100/1000BASE-T 802.3bt PoE++ ports, 8 additional Gigabit copper ports, and 4 10 Gigabit fiber ports, with a total power budget of 420 watts. The GS-4210-16UP8T4X offers a quick, safe, and cost-effective 802.3bt PoE++ network solution for small businesses and enterprises.

Cybersecurity Network Solution to Minimize Security Risks
The cybersecurity feature included to protect the switch management in a mission-critical network virtually needs no effort and cost to install. Both SSHv2 and TLSv1.2 protocols are utilized to provide strong protection against advanced threats. The network administrator can now construct highly-secure corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.

Redundant Ring, Fast Recovery for Critical Network Applications
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X supports redundant ring technology and features strong, rapid self-recovery capability to prevent interruptions and external intrusions. It incorporates advanced ITU-T G.8032 ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching) technology, Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s MSTP) into customer’s network to enhance system reliability and uptime in various environments.

802.3bt PoE++ 95-watt Power over 4-pair UTP Solution
As the GS-4210-16UP8T4X adopts the IEEE 802.bt PoE++ standard technology, it is capable to source up to 95 watts of power by using all the four pairs of standard Cat5e/6 Ethernet cabling to deliver power and full-speed data to each remote PoE compliant powered device (PD). Its power capability is three times more than that of the conventional 802.3at PoE+ and it is an ideal solution for those high power consuming network PDs, such as:

PoE PTZ speed dome cameras
Network devices 
Thin clients
AIO (all-in-one) touch PCs, point of sale (POS) and information kiosks
Remote digital signage displays
PoE lightings

802.3bt PoE++ and Advanced PoE Power Output Mode Management
To meet the demand of various powered devices consuming stable PoE power, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X supports multi-PoE operation modes that include 95-watt 802.3bt type-4 PoE++ mode and 4-pair legacy mode to solve the incompatibility of non-standard 4-pair PoE PDs in the field.

95W 802.3bt PoE++ Power Output Mode
36W End-span 802.3at PoE+ Power Output Mode

Built-in Unique PoE Functions for Powered Devices Management
As it is the managed PoE++ switch for surveillance, wireless and VoIP networks, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X features the following special PoE management functions:

PD Alive Check
Scheduled Power Recycling 
PoE Schedule
PoE Usage Monitoring
PoE Extension

Intelligent Powered Device Alive Check
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X can be configured to monitor connected PD status in real time via ping action. Once the PD stops working and responding, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X will resume the PoE port power and bring the PD back to work. It will greatly enhance the network reliability through the PoE port resetting the PD’s power source and reducing administrator management burden.

Scheduled Power Recycling
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X allows each of the connected PoE IP cameras or PoE wireless access points to reboot at a specified time each week. Therefore, it will reduce the chance of IP camera or AP crash resulting from buffer overflow. 

PoE Schedule for Energy Savings
Under the trend of energy savings worldwide and contributing to environmental protection, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X can effectively control the power supply besides its capability of giving high watts power. The “PoE schedule” function helps you to enable or disable PoE power feeding for each PoE port during specified time intervals and it is a powerful function to help SMBs or Enterprises save power and money. It also increases security by powering off PDs that should not be in use during non-business hours.

PoE Usage Monitoring
Via the power usage chart in the web management interface, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X enables the administrator to monitor the status of the power usage of the connected PDs in real time. Thus, it greatly enhances the management efficiency of the facilities.

802.3at PoE+ Power and Ethernet Data Transmission Distance Extension
In the “Extend” operation mode, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X operates on a per-port basis at 10Mbps duplex operation but can support 50-watt PoE power output over a distance of up to 250 meters overcoming the 100m limit on Ethernet UTP cable. With this brand-new feature, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X provides an additional solution for 802.3at/af PoE distance extension, thus saving the cost of Ethernet cable installation. 

Environment-friendly, Smart Fan Design for Silent Operation
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X feature a rack-mount metal housing, a low noise design and an effective ventilation system. It supports the smart fan technology that automatically controls the speed of the built-in fan to reduce noise and maintain the temperature of the PoE switch for optimal power output capability. They are able to operate reliably, stably and quietly in any environment without affecting their performance.

IPv6/IPv4 Dual Stack Management
Supporting both IPv6 and IPv4 protocols, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X helps the SMBs to step in the IPv6 era with the lowest investment as its network facilities need not be replaced or overhauled if the IPv6 FTTx edge network is set up.

Robust Layer 2 Features
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X can be programmed for advanced switch management functions such as dynamic port link aggregation, 802.1Q VLAN and Q-in-Q VLAN, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), loop and BPDU guard, IGMP snooping, and MLD snooping. Via the link aggregation, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X allows the operation of a high-speed trunk to combine with multiple ports, and supports fail-over as well.  Also, the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is the Layer 2 protocol included to help discover basic information about neighboring devices on the local broadcast domain.

Efficient Traffic Control
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X is loaded with robust QoS features and powerful traffic management to enhance services to business-class data, voice and video solutions. The functionality includes broadcast/multicast storm control, per port bandwidth control, IP DSCP QoS priority and remarking. It guarantees the best performance for VoIP and video stream transmission, and empowers the enterprises to take full advantage of the limited network resources.

Powerful Security
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X offers comprehensive Layer 2 to Layer 4 Access Control List (ACL) for enforcing security to the edge. It can be used to restrict network access by denying packets based on source and destination IP address, TCP/UDP ports or defined typical network applications. Its protection mechanism also comprises 802.1x Port-based user authentication. With the private VLAN function, communication between edge ports can be prevented to ensure user privacy.

Advanced IP Network Protection
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X also provides DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard and Dynamic ARP Inspection functions to prevent IP snooping from attack and discard ARP packets with invalid MAC address. The network administrator can now build highly-secure corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.

Efficient Management 
For efficient management, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X is equipped with Command line, Web and SNMP management interfaces.

With the built-in Web-based management interface, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X offers an easy-to-use, platform-independent management and configuration facility.
For text-based management, it can be accessed via Telnet and the console port.
By supporting the standard SNMP protocol, the switch can be managed via any SNMP-based management software.

Remote Management Solution
PLANET's Universal Network Management System (UNI-NMS), NMSViewerPro and CloudViewerPro apps support IT staff by remotely managing all network devices and monitoring PDs' operational statuses. Thus, they're designed for both the enterprises and industries where deployments of PDs can be as remote as possible, without having to go to the actual location once a bug or faulty condition is found. With the UNI-NMS, NMSViewerPro or CloudViewerPro apps, all kinds of businesses can now be speedily and efficiently managed from one platform.

Flexibility and Long-distance Extension Solution
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X provides 8 additional Gigabit TP interfaces supporting 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 copper for connecting surveillance network devices such as NVRs, Video Streaming Servers, or NAS systems to facilitate surveillance management. Alternatively, through its dual-speed fiber SFP slots, it features 100BASE-FX, 1000BASE-SX/LX, 2.5G, and 10G SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) fiber transceivers for uplinking to backbone switches and monitoring centers over long distances. The distance can be extended from 550 meters to 2 kilometers (multi-mode fiber) and up to 10/20/40/60/80/120 kilometers (single-mode fiber or WDM fiber). These models are well suited for enterprise data centers and distribution applications.

Intelligent SFP Diagnosis Mechanism
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X supports SFP-DDM (Digital Diagnostic Monitor) function that can easily monitor real-time parameters of the SFP for network administrator, such as optical output power, optical input power, temperature, laser bias current and transceiver supply voltage.

Applications

ITU-T G.8032 ERPS with PoE IP Surveillance System for SMBs/Workgroups
The GS-4210-16UP8T4X features strong rapid self-recovery capability to prevent interruptions and external intrusions. It incorporates ITU-T G.8032 ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching) technology into customer’s automation network to enhance system reliability and uptime. Applying the IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet standard, the GS-4210-16UP8T4X can directly connect with any IEEE 802.3at end nodes like PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) network cameras and speed dome cameras. The GS-4210-16UP8T4X can easily build a power that can centrally control a wireless AP, IP camera and VoIP system for SMBs and workgroups in the enterprises with high availability network infrastructure.

Gigabit 802.3bt PoE++ and PoE+ Network Deployment Solution
PLANET GS-4210-16UP8T4X can easily build an 802.3bt PoE++ networking solution on the cybersecurity system for the enterprises. For instance, it can work with the POS system and thin client to perform comprehensive security protection for today’s businesses. The GS-4210-16UP8T4X and 802.3bt PoE++ Splitter-POE-173S operate as a pair to provide the easiest way to power your Ethernet devices which need high power input. Receiving data and power from the GS-4210-16UP8T4X, the POE-173S separates digital data and power into three optional outputs (12V, 19V or 24V DC) to non-PoE devices such as laptops, Thin Client, POS System, PTZ (pan, tilt & zoom) network cameras, PTZ speed dome, color touch-screen IP phones, multi-channel wireless LAN access points and other network devices at distance up to 100 meters. 

Key Features

Physical Port
16 10/100/1000BASE-T ports with 95W 802.3bt PoE++ injector function (Ports 1 to 16)
8 10/100/1000BASE-T ports (Ports 17 to 24)
4 10GBASE-SR/LR SFP+ slots, backward compatible with 100/1G/2.5GBASE-X SFP transceivers (Ports XG1 to XG4)
RJ45 to DB9 console interface for switch basic management and setup
 
Switching
Hardware-based 10/100Mbps (half/full duplex), 1000Mbps (full duplex), auto-negotiation and auto MDI/MDI-X
IEEE 802.3x flow control for full duplex operation and back pressure for half duplex operation
16K MAC address table size
12K jumbo frame
Automatic address learning and address aging
 
Power over Ethernet
Compliant with IEEE 802.3bt Power over Ethernet Plus Plus 
16 ports supporting IEEE 802.3bt PoE++ with each offering up to 95 watts (ports 1-16)
Total PoE power budget of 420 watts
Automatic detection of powered devices (PD)
Built-in circuit protection to prevent power interference between ports
Remote power feeding up to 100 meters in standard mode and 250 meters in extend mode
Advanced PoE management capabilities:
Total PoE power budget control
Per port PoE function enable/disable
PoE port power feeding priority
Per PoE port power limitation
Detection of PD classification
Intelligent PoE features
PD alive check
PoE schedule
Scheduled power recycling
 
Layer 2 Features
Supports VLAN
IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLAN
Provider bridging (VLAN Q-in-Q, IEEE 802.1ad) support
Protocol VLAN
Private VLAN (Protected port)
Management VLAN
GVRP
Supports Spanning Tree Protocol
STP (Spanning Tree Protocol)
RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol)
STP BPDU Guard, BPDU Filtering and BPDU Forwarding
Supports Link Aggregation
IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
Cisco ether-channel (static trunk)
Maximum 8 trunk groups, up to 8 ports per trunk group 
Supports port mirror (many-to-1)
Loop protection to avoid broadcast loops
Supports ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching)
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) 
 
Quality of Service
Ingress and egress rate limit per port bandwidth control
Storm control support
Broadcast/Unknown unicast/Unknown multicast
Traffic classification
IEEE 802.1p CoS
TOS/DSCP/IP precedence of IPv4/IPv6 packets
Strict priority and Weighted Round Robin (WRR) CoS policies
 
Multicast
Supports IPv4 IGMP snooping v2 and v3
Supports IPv6 MLD snooping v1, v2
IGMP querier mode support
IGMP snooping port filtering
MLD snooping port filtering
 
Security
Authentication
Built-in RADIUS client to cooperate with the RADIUS servers
RADIUS/TACACS+ login user access authentication
DHCP Option 82
Access control list
IPv4/IPv6 IP-based ACL
IPv4/IPv6 IP-based ACE
MAC-based ACL
MAC-based ACE
MAC security
Static MAC
MAC filtering
Port security for source MAC address entries filtering
DHCP snooping to filter distrusted DHCP messages
Dynamic ARP Inspection discards ARP packets with invalid MAC address to IP address binding
IP source guard prevents IP spoofing attacks
DoS attack prevention
 
Management
IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack management
Switch management interface
Web switch management 
Console and telnet command line interface
SNMP v1 and v2c switch management
SSHv2, TLSv1.2 and SNMP v3 secure access
SNMP Management
Four RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms and events) 
SNMP trap for interface link up and link down notification
User privilege levels control
Built-in Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) client
Static and DHCP for IP address assignment
System maintenance
Firmware upload/download via HTTP/TFTP
Configuration upload/download through HTTP/TFTP
Dual images
Hardware-based reset button for system reboot or reset to factory default
SNTP Network Time Protocol
Network Diagnostic
SFP-DDM (digital diagnostic monitor)
Cable diagnostics
ICMPv4/ICMPv6 remote ping
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and LLDP-MED
Event message logging to remote syslog server
PLANET Smart Discovery Utility for deployment management
PLANET NMS, NMSViewerPro and CloudViewerPro for deployment management