Perfect Managed Switches with Advanced L2/L4 Switching and Security PLANET GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR are the ideal Gigabit Switches which provide cost-effective advantage to local area networks and are widely accepted in the SMB office network. They offer intelligent L2/L4 data packet switching and management functions, friendly web user interface and stable operation. Besides the popular IPv6/IPv4 management and abundant L2/L4 switching functions, the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR come with fanless feature and green technology to provide a quiet, energy-saving, high-speed and reliable office network environment. The GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR are equipped with 24 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet ports and 4 additional 100/1000BASE-X SFP interfaces with built-in AC or AC+DC redundant power system. They offer a rack-mountable, affordable, safe and reliable Gigabit network switch solution for SMBs deploying networks, or requiring enhanced data security and network traffic management. Cybersecurity Network Solution to Minimize Security Risks The GS-4210-24T4S(R) 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, dynamic 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 GS-4210-24T4S(R) 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. Redundant AC/DC Power Supply to Ensure Continuous Operation The GS-4210-24T4SR is particularly equipped with one 100~240V AC power supply unit and one 36~72V DC power supply unit to provide an enhanced reliable and scalable redundant power supply, the continuous power system is specifically designed to fulfill the demands of high-tech facilities requiring the highest power integrity. With the 36~72V DC power supply, the GS-4210-24T4SR is able to act as a telecom-level device that can be located in the electronic room. IPv6/IPv4 Dual Stack Management Supporting both IPv6 and IPv4 protocols, the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR help the SMBs to step in the IPv6 era with the lowest investment as their network facilities need not be replaced or overhauled if the IPv6 FTTx edge network is set up. Robust Layer 2 Features The GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR 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-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR allow 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-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR are 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. They guarantee the best performance for VoIP and video stream transmission, and empowers the enterprises to take full advantage of the limited network resources. Powerful Security PLANET GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR offer comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 Layer 2 to Layer 4 Access Control List (ACL) for enforcing security to the edge. They 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. Their protection mechanism also comprises 802.1X port-based user and device authentication, which can be deployed with RADIUS and TACACS+ to ensure the port level security and block illegal users. With the protected port function, communication between edge ports can be prevented to guarantee user privacy. Furthermore, Port security function allows to limit the number of network devices on a given port. Friendly and Secure Management For efficient management, the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR are equipped with web, Telnet and SNMP management interfaces. With the built-in Web-based management interface, the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR offer an easy-to-use, platform-independent management and configuration facility. For text-based management, the switches can be accessed via Telnet and the console port. By supporting the standard SNMP, the switches can be managed via any standard management software Moreover, the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR offers secure remote management by supporting SSHv2, TLSv1.2 and SNMP v3 connections which encrypt the packet content at each session. Flexibility and Long-distance Extension Solution The GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR provide 4 extra Gigabit SFP interfaces supporting 100BASE-FX/1000BASE-SX/LX SFP (small form-factor pluggable) fiber transceiver to uplink to backbone switch and monitoring center in long distance. The distance can be extended from 550 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. Fanless Design Adopting the latest chip process and green technology, the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR successfully reduce substantial power consumption with the fanless and noiseless design collocating with the effective cooler. Therefore, the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR are able to operate stably and quietly in any environment without affecting their performance. Department/Edge Security and QoS Switch The GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR connect up to 24 high-speed workstations in the Ethernet environment, in which their four SFP mini-GBIC interfaces provide an uplink to a department backbone. Moreover, the Switches provide 56Gbps switch fabric and high bandwidth for backbone connection. The GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR improve the network efficiency and safeguard the network clients with their powerful features: IPv6/IPv4 management Layer 2 to Layer 4 security QoS 802.1x port-based and MAC-based network access authentication security Multicast IGMP snooping The advanced functionality of the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR eliminates traditional issues associated with the use of Ethernet. Users can be separated with advanced VLAN functionality to enhance security. It makes the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR one of the best and most cost-effective switch solutions for SMBs. High-performance Backbone/Server Farm Switch Gigabit Ethernet supported equipment has become the fundamental unit of enterprises and network servers. With up to 56Gbps non-blocking switch fabric, the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR can easily provide a local high bandwidth Gigabit Ethernet network for backbone of enterprises or telecoms. With its port trunking function, a 16 GB fat pipe is provided to connect to the backbone if required. It is ideal to be used as a server farm switch connecting to servers. The GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR can offer the uplink to the edge network through Gigabit Ethernet LX/SX SFP modules with the two SFP ports. FTTX/MAN Application The GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR apply the double tag VLAN (Q-in-Q) technology to providing low cost and easy operation for service providers carrying traffic for multiple customers across their networks. It features SNMP v3 and RMON Groups. The SNMPv3 security structure consists of security models, with each model having its own security levels. With two dual-speed SFP slots built in, the deployment distance of the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR can be extended up to 120 kilometers (single-mode fiber), which provides a high-performance edge service for FTTx solutions. To build a network solution of FTTH (Fiber to the Home) or FTTC (Fiber to the Curb) for ISPs, and FTTB (Fiber to the Building) for enterprises, the various distances of SFP and Bidi (WDM) transceivers are optional for customers’ choices. For security and various applications, the 24 Gigabit ports of the GS-4210-24T4S and GS-4210-24T4SR can be configured with VLAN settings and connected to different units, offices, floors, houses and departments. Physical Port 24-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit RJ45 copper 4 100/1000BASE-X mini-GBIC/SFP slots RJ45 console interface for switch basic management and setup Reset button for system factory default Switching Hardware-based 10/100Mbps, half/full duplex and 1000Mbps full duplex mode, flow control and auto-negotiation, and auto MDI/MDI-X Features Store-and-Forward mode with wire-speed filtering and forwarding rates IEEE 802.3x flow control for full duplex operation and back pressure for half duplex operation 10K jumbo frame Automatic address learning and address aging Supports CSMA/CD protocol Layer 2 Features Prevents packet loss with back pressure (half-duplex) and IEEE 802.3x pause frame flow control (full-duplex) High performance Store and Forward architecture, broadcast storm control, runt/CRC filtering eliminates erroneous packets to optimize the network bandwidth Supports VLAN IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLAN Provider Bridging (VLAN Q-in-Q) support (IEEE 802.1ad) Protocol VLAN Voice VLAN Private VLAN 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 Provides port mirror (many-to-1) Loop protection to avoid broadcast loops Supports ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching) Quality of Service Ingress/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 IEEE 802.1X Port-based network access authentication Built-in RADIUS client to co-operate with the RADIUS servers DHCP Option 82 RADIUS/TACACS+ login user access authentication 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/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 BOOTP and DHCP for IP address assignment System Maintenance Firmware upload/download via HTTP/TFTP Configuration upload/download through Web interface Dual Images Hardware reset button for system reboot or reset to factory default SNTP Network Time Protocol Network Diagnostic
