Planet Layer 3 48-Port 10G SFP+ + 2-Port 40G QSFP+ + 4-Port 100G QSFP28 Managed Switch

Powerful 100Gbps Solution for All Long-Reach Networks
PLANET XGS-6350-48X2Q4C is a High-performance Layer 3 Managed Switch that meets the next-generation Metro, Data Center, Campus and Enterprise network requirements. It has high-density 48 10G SFP+, 2 40G QSFP+ and 4 40G/100GbE QSFP28 fiber interfaces delivered in a 1RU rugged case. 

The administrator can flexibly choose the suitable transceivers according to the transmission distance or the transmission speed required to extend the 1G/10G/40G/100G network efficiently. Besides, with 1.92Tbps switching capacity, the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C can handle extremely large amounts of data in a secure topology linking to backbone or high capacity servers where audio, video streaming and multicast applications are utilized.

Extractive Power Supply Design to Increase Flexibilty
The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C is equipped with one extractive 100~240V AC power supply unit, so it is easy to replace the power for users. Besides, the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C reserves another backup power slot on the rear panel where the second AC or DC power can be added to make it a redundant power supply. The redundant power system is specifically designed to handle the demands of high-tech facilities requiring the highest power integrity. 

Rich Multi-layer Networking Protocols
The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C comes with the complete Layer 3 managed function with comprehensive protocols and applications to facilitate the rapid service deployment and management for both the traditional L2 and L3 networks. With support for advanced features, including RIP, RIPng, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, BGP, BGP4+, etc., this switch is ideal for the traditional or fully-virtualized data center.

Strong Multicast 
The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C supports abundant multicast features. In Layer 2, it features IPv4 IGMPv1/v2/v3 snooping and IPv6 MLD v1/v2 snooping. With Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR), multicast receiver/sender control and illegal multicast source detection functions can be had. In Layer 3 multicast protocols, it features PIM-DM, PIM-SM and PIM-SSM which make the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C great for any robust networking.

Full IPv6 Support 
The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C supports IPv4-to-IPv6 technologies including IPv4 manual/automatic tunnel, IPv6-to-IPv4 tunnel, and Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) tunnel. It comprehensively supports IPv6 Neighbor Discovery, DHCPv6, Path MTU Discovery, IPv6-based Telnet, SSH and ACL, meeting the need of IPv6 network device management and service control. 

High Reliability
The key components of the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C are management module, power system and the fan system with redundancy design. All system modules support hot-swap and seamless switching without manual intervention. 

It supports In-service Software Upgrade (ISSU) and Graceful Restart (GR) for OSPF/BGP routing protocol, guaranteeing the user non-stop data transmission when the system is upgraded. It supports Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) that realizes fault detection and service recovery in seconds through linking with Layer 2 or Layer 3 protocol.

Excellent and Secure Traffic Control
The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C is loaded with powerful traffic management and WRR features to enhance services offered by telecoms and enterprises. The WRR functionalities include wire-speed Layer 4 traffic classifiers and bandwidth limitation which are particularly useful for multi-tenant unit, multi-business unit, Telco, or network service applications. 

Powerful Security from Layer 2 to Layer 4
The ACL policies supported can classify the traffic by source/destination IP addresses, source/destination MAC addresses, IP protocols, TCP/UDP, IP precedence, time ranges and ToS. Moreover, various policies can be conducted to forward the traffic. The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C also provides IEEE 802.1x port-based access authentication, which can be deployed with RADIUS, to ensure the port level security and block illegal users. Thus, the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C empowers enterprises and campuses to take full advantage of the limited network resources and guarantees the best performance in VoIP and video conferencing transmissions.

Robust Layer 2 Features
The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C can be programmed for basic switch management functions such as port speed configuration, port aggregation, VLAN, Spanning Tree Protocol, WRR, bandwidth control and IGMP snooping. It also supports 802.1Q tagged VLAN, Q-in-Q, voice VLAN and GVRP Protocol. In addition, the number of VLAN interfaces is 1K and the number of VLAN IDs is 4K. By supporting port aggregation, the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C allows the operation of a high-speed trunk combined with multiple ports, making it an LACP link aggregation.

Efficient and Secure Management
For efficient management, the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C Managed 100Gigabit Switch is equipped with console, Web and SNMP management interfaces. 

With its built-in Web-based management interface, the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C offers an easy-to-use, platform-independent management and configuration facility. 
The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C supports standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and can be managed via any standard-based management software. 
For reducing product learning time, the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C offers Cisco-like command via Telnet or console port. Moreover, the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C offers secure remote management by supporting SSH connection which encrypts the packet content at each session.
 
Centralized Hardware Stacking Management
Several XGS-6350-48X2Q4C switches can be used to build a virtually logical facility. The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C gives the enterprises, service providers and telecoms flexible control over port density, uplinks and switch stack performance. The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C can connect as a ring for redundancy and ensures that data integrity is retained even if one switch in the stack fails. You can even hot-swap switches without disrupting the network, which greatly simplifies the tasks of upgrading the LAN for catering to increasing bandwidth demands.

Flexibility and Extension Solution
The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C provides forty-eight 10Gbps SFP+, two 40Gbps QSFP+ and four 100Gbps QSFP28 Fiber interfaces. Each of the SFP+ slots support Dual Speed, 10GBASE-SR/LR or 1000BASE-SX/LX and each of the QSFP28 slots supports native 100 Gigabit Ethernet, 40G and 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet modes. Therefore, the administrator can flexibly choose the suitable SFP transceiver according to not only the transmission distance, but also the transmission speed required. The distance can be extended from 550 meters to 2km (multi-mode fiber) or up to 10/20/30/40/50/70/120 km (single-mode fiber or WDM fiber). They are well suited for applications within the enterprise data centers and distributions.

Redundant Ring, Fast Recovery for Critical Network Applications
The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C 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 and Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s MSTP) into customer’s network to enhance system reliability and uptime in harsh environments. In a certain simple Ring network, the recovery time could be less than 50ms to quickly bring the network back to normal operation.

Applications

High Availability Mesh Networking Solution for Big Data System
By means of improving the technology of Optical Fiber Ethernet with highly-flexible, highly-extendable and easy-to-install features, the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C offers up to 1.92Tbps data exchange speed via Optical Fiber interface and the transmission distance can be extended to 120km (single-mode fiber). The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C features strong rapid self-recovery capability to prevent interruptions and external intrusions. It incorporates Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s MSTP) into customer’s automation network to enhance system reliability and uptime. The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C is the ideal solution for data centers, service providers and telecoms to build redundant connection and establish high bandwidth for Big Data server farm.

Reliable, High-performance and High-density Enterprise Backbone Switch
40/100 Gigabit Ethernet supported equipment has become the fundamental unit of enterprises and network servers. PLANET XGS-6350-48X2Q4C is the cost-effective, high-density and high-bandwidth chassis switch, which meets today’s market requirements. Its dedicated chassis architecture feature makes all modules in the platform operate together as one much larger switch providing multiple high-performance 40/100-Gigabit Ethernet network for backbone of enterprises, campuses or telecoms. 

The redundant management modules and three power supplies provide the XGS-6350-48X2Q4C with nonstop network service ability. Moreover, all modules are hot-swappable. They can be added or exchanged without interrupting the operation of the whole system. The XGS-6350-48X2Q4C is ideal for being a server farm switch connecting to servers and perfectly suitable for those networking environments requiring constant access to critical business applications.

Key Features

Physical Ports
48 10GBASE-SR/LR SFP+ slots, compatible with 1000BASE-SX/LX/BX SFP
2 QSFP+ slots with each supporting 40G and 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet modes
4 QSFP28 slots with each supporting native 100 Gigabit Ethernet, 40G and 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet modes
RJ45 to DB9 console interface for switch basic management and setup
MNG port for HTTP server access
USB port
 
IPv4 Features
Static Routing, RIP v1/v2, OSPF and BGP
Policy Routing
BFD for OSFP and BGP
 
IPv6 Features
ICMPv6, DHCPv6, ACLv6,IPv6 Telnet
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
Path MTU Discovery
MLD and MLD Snooping
IPv6 Static Routing, RIPng, OSPFv3 and BGP4+
Manual Tunnel, ISATAP Tunnel and 6-to-4 Tunnel
 
Multicast Routing Features
Supports Multicast Routing Protocols:
PIM-DM (Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode)
PIM-SM (Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode)
PIM-SSM (Protocol Independent Multicast - Source-Specific Multicast Mode)
Supports IGMP v1/v2/v3
 
Layer 2 Features
Supports VLAN
IEEE 802.1Q tag-based VLAN
Provider Bridging (VLAN Q-in-Q, IEEE 802.1ad) supported
GVRP for dynamic VLAN management
Private VLAN
Supports Link Aggregation
802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
Cisco ether-channel (static trunk)
Supports Spanning Tree Protocol
STP, IEEE 802.1D (Classic Spanning Tree Protocol)
RSTP, IEEE 802.1w (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
MSTP, IEEE 802.1s (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol, spanning tree by VLAN)
Port mirroring to monitor the incoming or outgoing traffic on a particular port (many to 1)
Loop protection to avoid broadcast loops
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Ethernet OAM 802.3ah/802.1ag/ITU-Y.1731
Supports G.8032 ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching)
 
Quality of Service
Ingress shaper and egress rate limit per port bandwidth control
8 priority queues on all switch ports
IEEE 802.1p CoS/DSCP/Precedence
VLAN ID
Policy-based ingress and egress QoS
 
Multicast
Supports IPv4 IGMP snooping v1, v2 and v3
Supports IPv6 MLD snooping v1 and v2
Querier mode support
MVR (Multicast VLAN Registration)
 
Security
Authentication
IEEE 802.1x port-based network access authentication
Built-in RADIUS client to cooperate with the RADIUS servers
RADIUS/TACACS+ users access authentication
Access Control List
IP-based Access Control List (ACL)
MAC-based Access Control List (ACL)
Time-based ACL
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
 
Management
IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack management
Switch Management Interfaces
Console and Telnet Command Line Interface 
HTTP web switch management
SNMP v1 and v2c switch management
SSHv2, SSLv3, TLSv1.0 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
Built-in Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) client
BOOTP and DHCP for IP address assignment
System Maintenance
Firmware upload/download via HTTP
Reset button for system reboot or reset to factory default
Dual images
DHCP Functions:
DHCP Relay
DHCP Option 82
DHCP Server
User Privilege levels control
Network Time Protocol (NTP), SPAN, RSPAN
Network Diagnostic
SFP-DDM (Digital Diagnostic Monitor)
ICMP remote IP ping
Syslog remote alarm
System Log
 
Stacking Management
Virtualized multiple XGS-6350-48X2Q4C switches integrated into one logical device
Single IP address stack management, supporting up to 4 hardware units stacked together
Stacking architecture supports redundant Ring mode