High-Density Multigigabit switching with 480W PoE++ Power for Industrial Edge Deployment
Engineered to excel in demanding environments, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X is PLANET’s latest industrial-grade, DIN-rail Layer 2+ Managed Multigigabit Ethernet switch, delivering an optimal balance of high performance, power efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Built with full PoE++ PSE (Power Sourcing Equipment) capabilities, it provides up to 480W of power budget, making it purpose-built to power high-bandwidth edge devices such as Wi-Fi 6/7/8 access points, high-speed IP cameras, NAS, and 2.5GBASE-T workstations.
Featuring models such as the IMGS-5215-16UP4X, the series incorporates an advanced L2/L4 switching engine alongside robust IPv6/IPv4 dual-stack management to ensure reliable, high-speed connectivity for next-generation industrial applications. The models feature 16 10/100/1G/2.5GBASE-T ports and 4 10GBASE-X SFP+ fiber slots, ensuring dependable operation across a wide temperature range of -40 to 75°C. In comparison, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X is a PoE++ solution, featuring 16 IEEE 802.3bt PoE++ ports, a 480-watt power budget, support for up to 95W per port., and a rugged IP30 aluminum casing.
| Model | 10/100/1G/2.5G GT Copper Port | 100/1G/2.5G/10G SFP+ Port | PoE Standard | PoE Budget | Power Input |
| IMGS-5215-16UP4X | 16 | 4 | IEEE 802.3bt PoE++ | 480-watt | Dual 48~54V DC |
All switches include a USB Type-C console port for seamless management, ensuring durability and reliability in challenging industrial environments.
2.5Gbps Capability for Diversified Bandwidth Applications
With the terminal access rates of Wi-Fi 6/7/8 (802.11ax/be/bn) wireless APs reaching as high as 3.6Gbps, Gigabit ports have been unable to satisfy the demand. Supporting 2.5Gbps capability and 802.3bt PoE++ output, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X can deliver not only high-speed data to Wi-Fi 5/6/7 wireless APs, but also power over existing CAT5e Ethernet cables to other powered devices such as APs and IP cameras. It can deliver the speed you demand, while its Plug and Play design makes installation easy.
Cybersecurity Network Solution to Minimize Security Risks
The IMGS-5215 Series supports secure management protocols such as SSHv2 and TLSv1.3, with TLS Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) to enhance cryptographic security against emerging quantum computing threats. It also provides a comprehensive suite of cybersecurity features, including DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), RADIUS/TACACS+ authentication, and SNMPv3 authentication, helping safeguard industrial networks against evolving cyber threats.
Modbus TCP Provides Flexible Network Connectivity for Factory Automation
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X supports the Modbus TCP protocol, allowing for easy integration with SCADA systems, HMI systems, and other data acquisition systems in factory floors. This enables administrators to remotely monitor the industrial Ethernet switch’s operating information, port information, communication status, and DI/DO status, thereby enhancing monitoring and maintenance of the entire factory.
Redundant Ring, Fast Recovery for Critical Network Applications
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X 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 various environments.
High Power and High-speed Data Delivered over 4-pair UTP Cabling
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X meets the standards of IEEE 802.bt PoE++ technology and has a total power capacity of 480 watts. This allows it to supply up to 95 watts of power to each remote PoE-compliant powered device (PD) using all four pairs of standard Cat5e/6 Ethernet cabling, ensuring high power and high-speed data transmission. Compared to the conventional 802.3at PoE+, it offers triple power capacity, making it the perfect solution for higher power consuming PDs, including:
- 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
ONVIF Support Allows Effective and Centralized Control Over IP-based Security Products
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X switch offers ONVIF support as part of its versatile feature set for seamless integration with IP surveillance cameras. Through the switch’s web GUI, users can easily search for and display all ONVIF-compliant devices on their LAN.
Users can also upload floor plans to the switch and place IP surveillance cameras on the plan for more intuitive planning and faster inspection in the future. Additionally, the web GUI provides real-time surveillance information, online/offline status, and the ability to remotely reboot cameras.
Intelligent PD Alive Check for Automatic Device Recovery
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X features an intelligent Powered Device (PD) Alive Check function, enabling real-time monitoring of connected PoE devices via ping detection. When a connected PD becomes unresponsive, the switch automatically reboots the PoE port to restore device operation.
This self-healing mechanism enhances network reliability by automatically recovering failed devices, reducing downtime and minimizing the need for manual intervention—ultimately lowering maintenance effort for administrators.
Scheduled Power Recycling
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X allow 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 global trend of energy savings and contributing to environmental protection, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X can effectively control the power supply besides its capability of giving high watts power. The “PoE schedule” function helps you enable or disable PoE power feeding for each PoE port during specified time intervals, which is a powerful function to help SMBs or enterprises save power and budget. It also increases security by powering off PDs that should not be in use during non-business hours.
802.3bt PoE++ Power and Ethernet Data Transmission Distance Extension
In the “Extend” operation mode, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X functions on a per-port basis with a 10Mbps duplex operation. Remarkably, it can deliver a 40-watt PoE power output over a distance of up to 250 meters, surpassing the standard 100m limit on Ethernet UTP cables. Thus, PoE power can be supplied over a long distance without the need of additional Ethernet cabling and electrical outlets, resulting in cost savings.
Effective Alarm Alert for Better Protection
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X incorporates a Fault Alarm feature that promptly notifies users of any issues with the switches. This valuable feature eliminates the need for users to spend time locating the problem, resulting in significant time and human resource savings.
Digital Input and Digital Output for External Alarm
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X supports Digital Input and Digital Output through a terminal block located on its upper panel. This external alarm enables users to use Digital Input to detect and log external device status (such as door intrusion detector), and send event alarm to the administrators. The Digital Output could be used to alarm the administrators if the IMGS-5215-16UP4X port shows “link down”, “link up” or “power failure”.
Environmentally Hardened Design
With the IP30 aluminum industrial case, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X provides a high level of immunity against electromagnetic interference and heavy electrical surges which are usually found on plant floors or in curb-side traffic control cabinets without air conditioner. Being able to operate under the temperature range from -40 to 75 °C, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X can be placed in almost any difficult environment.
Robust Protection
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X provides contact discharge of ±6KV DC and air discharge of ±8KV DC for Ethernet ESD protection. It also supports ±4KV surge immunity to improve product stability and protects users’ networks from devastating ESD attacks, making sure the flow of operation does not fluctuate.
Layer 3 IPv4 and IPv6 VLAN Routing for Secure and Flexible Management
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X delivers high-performance transmission and advanced Layer 2 and Layer 4 functionalities, along with Layer 3 IPv4 and IPv6 static routing. This capability enables efficient routing between different VLANs and IP addresses, offering a secure, flexible, and straightforward networking solution for diverse applications.
Robust Layer 2 Features
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X can be programmed for advanced switch management functions such as dynamic port link aggregation, 802.1Q VLAN, Q-in-Q VLAN, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), loop and BPDU guard, IGMP snooping, and MLD snooping. With dynamic port link aggregation, the switch enables the creation of a high-speed trunk. For instance, it can combine four 10G ports, creating a resilient 40Gbps connection with fail-over support. Additionally, the inclusion of Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) enhances Layer 2 functionality by providing essential information about neighboring devices within the local broadcast domain.
Efficient Traffic Control
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X 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/unicast storm control, per port bandwidth control, 802.1p/CoS/IP DSCP QoS priority and remarking. It guarantees the best performance in VoIP and video stream transmission, and empowers the enterprises to take full advantage of the limited network resources.
Enhancing Network Security
PLANET IMGS-5215-16UP4X offers comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 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. 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. The network administrators can now construct highly-secure corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.
Ensuring Network Integrity
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X 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. Its accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data can be transmitted across a network. Moreover, it ensures that information remains unaltered during transmission and that the network itself is secure from unauthorized access or attacks.
User-friendly and Secure Management
For efficient management, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X is equipped with Command line, Web and SNMP management interfaces.
- With the built-in Web-based management interface, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X offers an easy-to-use, platform-independent management and configuration facility.
- For text-based command line management, it can be accessed via Telnet, SSH and the console port.
- By supporting the standard SNMP protocol, the switch can be managed via any SNMP-based management software.
Moreover, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X offers secure remote management by supporting SSHv2, TLSv1.3 and SNMPv3 connections which encrypt the packet content at each session.
Flexible Long-distance Extension Solution
The emergence of 10G Ethernet marks a significant advancement in Ethernet technology. The IMGS-5215-16UP4X is a powerful networking device that offers four 10G SFP+ slots capable of supporting three different speeds. These slots can operate at 10GBASE-SR/LR or 100M/1G/2.5GBASE-SX/LX backwards, providing administrators with flexibility in choosing the most suitable SFP/SFP+ transceiver based on the required transmission distance and speed. With ample bandwidth and robust processing capacity, the IMGS-5215-16UP4X provides an efficient solution for administrators seeking to enhance their network infrastructure.
Intelligent SFP Diagnosis Mechanism
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X supports SFP-DDM (Digital Diagnostic Monitor) function that can easily monitor real-time parameters of the SFP for the network administrator, such as optical output power, optical input power, temperature, laser bias current, and transceiver supply voltage.
PLANET CloudNMS – Cloud-Based Universal Network Management
PLANET’s CloudNMS platform and mobile app empower IT staff to remotely manage all network devices and Powered Devices (PDs) in real time. Designed for enterprises and industries, CloudNMS minimizes the need for on-site troubleshooting by providing centralized monitoring, fault detection, and instant alerts.
The IMGS-5215-16UP4X also supports CloudNMS, enabling businesses to manage diverse network deployments more efficiently, securely, and intelligently—all from a single cloud-based platform.
