Multiple SFP Fiber Port Switch for Growing Long-Reach Networking of Enterprises, Telecoms and Campuses

PLANET MGSD-10080F Managed Metro Ethernet Switch is equipped with advanced management functions and provides 6 100/1000Mbps dual speed SFP Fiber ports, 2 100/1000/2500Mbps SFP ports and 2 10/100/1000Mbps TP ports delivered in a rugged strong case. It is capable of providing non-blocking switch fabric and wire-speed throughput as high as 26Gbps in the temperature range from -10 to 60 degrees C without any packet loss and CRC error, which greatly simplify the tasks of upgrading the enterprise LAN for catering to increasing bandwidth demands. The MGSD-10080F is specially designed for service providers to deliver profitable long-distance Ethernet network. The MGSD-10080F adopts “Front Access” design, making the wiring and maintenance of the MGSD-10080F placed in a cabinet very easy for technicians.

Cybersecurity Network Solution to Minimize Security Risks

The MGSD-10080F supports SSHv2 and TLS protocols to provide strong protection against advanced threats. It includes a range of cybersecurity features such as DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard, ARP Inspection Protection, 802.1x port-based network access control, RADIUS and TACACS+ user accounts management, SNMPv3 authentication, and so on to complement it as an all-security solution.

Redundant Ring, Fast Recovery for Critical Network Applications

The MGSD-10080F 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. 

AC and DC Redundant Power to Ensure Continuous Operation 

To enhance the operation reliability and flexibility, the MGSD-10080F is equipped with one 100 ~ 240V AC power supply unit and two additional 36 ~ 60V DC power input connectors for redundant power supply installation. The Redundant Power Systems are specifically designed to handle the demands of high tech facilities requiring the highest power integrity. Furthermore, with the 36~ 60V DC power supply implemented, the MGSD-10080F can be applied as the telecom level device that could be located in the electronic room.

Digital Input and Digital Output for External Alarm

The MGSD-10080F supports Digital Input, and Digital Output on the front panel. The external alarm offers technicians the ability to use Digital Input to detect, and log external device status (such as door intrusion detector) for the alarm as Digital Output could be used to alarm if the MGSD-10080F has port link down, link up or power failure.

Environmentally-friendly, Fanless Design for Silent Operation

The MGSD-10080F with a desktop-sized metal housing is designed to operate quietly and effectively as it is fanless and comes with optimal power output capability. Thus, the MGSD-10080F can be deployed in any environment without affecting its performance.

Cost-effective IPv6 Managed Gigabit Switch Solution for Metro Ethernet

To fulfill the demand for ISP to build the IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) network infrastructure speedily, the MGSD-10080F supports both IPv4 and IPv6 management functions. It can work with original IPv4 network structure and also support the new IPv6 network structure. With easy and friendly management interfaces and plenty of management functions included, the MGSD-10080F Metro Ethernet Switch is the best choice for ISP and service providers to build the IPv6 FTTx edge service and for Industries to connect with IPv6 network.

Layer 3 IPv4 and IPv6 Software VLAN Routing for Secure and Flexible Management

To help customers stay on top of their businesses, the MGSD-10080F not only provides ultra high transmission performance and excellent Layer 2 technologies, but also IPv4/IPv6 software VLAN routing feature which allows to crossover different VLANs and different IP addresses for the purpose of having a highly-secure, flexible management and simpler networking application.

Robust Layer 2 Features

The MGSD-10080F 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 MGSD-10080F 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 MGSD-10080F 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 MGSD-10080F 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. The network administrators can now construct highly-secure corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.

Friendly and Secure Management 

For efficient management, the MGSD-10080F is equipped with Command line, Web and SNMP management interfaces.

• 　With the built-in Web-based management interface, the MGSD-10080F 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.

Moreover, the MGSD-10080F offers secure remote management by supporting SSHv2, TLSv1.2 and SNMPv3 connections which encrypt the packet content at each session.

Flexibility and Extension Solution

The mini-GBIC slots built in the MGSD-10080F support multi-speed, 100BASE-FX, 1000BASE-SX/LX and 2500BASE-X SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) fiber-optic modules, meaning the administrator now 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 300 meters to 2 kilometers (multi-mode fiber) and up to above 10/20/40/60/80/120 kilometers (single-mode fiber or WDM fiber). They are well suited for applications within the enterprise data centers and distributions.

Intelligent SFP Diagnosis Mechanism

The MGSD-10080F  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.

1588 Time Protocol for Industrial Computing Networks

The MGSD-10080F is ideal for telecom and Carrier Ethernet applications, supporting MEF service delivery and timing over packet solutions for IEEE 1588 and synchronous Ethernet. 

Optimized Design for Metropolitan Area Network 

By means of improving the technology of Optical Fiber Ethernet with high-flexible, high-extendable and easy-installation features, the MGSD-10080F offers the data exchange speed of Optical Fiber up to 2.5Gbps (port 7 and port 8 only), and the distance of Gigabit Optical Fiber up to 120km. It supports service providers, such as ISP and Telecom, to install Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) based on Fiber technology to the WAN Internet Service.

Excellent Solution of Core/Department Switch

With 10 Gigabit ports, the MGSD-10080F is able to connect up to 10 edge switches in the Ethernet environment. Moreover, the MGSD-10080F provides 26 Gigabit per second switch fabric and high bandwidth for backbone connection. The MGSD-10080F is an excellent choice of core layer switch for a Gigabit network.