Wall-mounted PoE++ Managed Switch with Advanced L2/L4 Switching and Security
PLANET WGS-4215-8HP2S is an industrial wall-mount PoE++ managed switch that includes PLANET’s intelligent PoE functions to improve the availability of industrial applications. It supports IPv6/IPv4 dual stack management and has a built-in L2/L4 Gigabit switching engine, along with eight 10/100/1000BASE-T ports that support 95-watt 802.3bt PoE++ and 2 additional Gigabit TP/SFP combo ports.
This switch has a total power budget of up to 360 watts for different kinds of PoE applications and supports operating temperatures ranging from -40 to 75 degrees C, all in a compact and rugged IP30 metal housing. The WGS-4215-8HP2S is an ideal solution that meets the demands of all network applications.
802.3bt PoE++ – 90~95-watt Power over 4-pair UTP Solution
The WGS-4215-8HP2S adopts the IEEE 802.bt PoE++ standard, which allows it to supply up to 95 watts of power using all four pairs of standard Cat5e/6 Ethernet cabling to deliver power and full-speed data to each remote PoE compliant powered device (PD). This is three times the power capability of conventional 802.3at PoE+ and is an ideal solution for satisfying the growing demand for higher 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 WGS-4215-8HP2S provides five different PoE power output modes for selection.
- 95W 802.3bt PoE++ Power Output Mode
- 95W Force Power Output Mode
- 36W End-span PoE Power Output Mode
- 36W Mid-span PoE Power Output Mode
Innovative Wall-mount Installation
The WGS-4215-8HP2S with compact, flat and wall-mounted design is specially designed to be installed in a confined space, such as a wall enclosure or electric box. With an emphasis on user convenience, it features an intuitive “Front Access” design that streamlines installation, cable management, LED monitoring, and maintenance within enclosures. This convenience greatly benefits technicians. For added flexibility, the WGS-4215-8HP2S can be installed through secure wall mounting, enhancing its usability even further.
Redundant Ring, Fast Recovery for Critical Network Applications
The WGS-4215-8HP2S 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 industrial automation network to enhance system reliability and uptime in harsh factory environments.
Built-in Unique PoE Functions for Powered Devices Management
Being a managed PoE switch tailored for surveillance, wireless, and VoIP networks, the WGS-4215-8HP2S showcases an array of distinctive PoE management functionalities, including:
- PD alive check
- Scheduled power recycling
- PoE schedule
- PoE usage monitoring
Intelligent Powered Device Alive Check
The WGS-4215-8HP2S offers real-time monitoring of connected PD status through ping actions. If a PD becomes unresponsive, the WGS-4215-8HP2S promptly restores PoE port power, reviving the PD’s functionality. This dynamic approach significantly bolsters network reliability by automatically resetting the PD’s power source, effectively minimizing the need for manual administrator intervention.
Scheduled Power Recycling
The WGS-4215-8HP2S enables scheduled weekly reboots for each connected PoE IP camera or PoE wireless access point. This proactive feature helps mitigate the risk of potential IP camera or AP crashes caused by buffer overflow, enhancing overall system stability.
PoE Schedule for Energy Saving
In line with the global energy-saving movement and a commitment to environmental preservation, the WGS-4215-8HP2S excels not only in its capacity to deliver high-wattage power but also in its adept power management. The “PoE schedule” feature allows you to enable or disable PoE power supply for individual ports during designated time frames. This functionality serves as a helpful tool for SMBs and enterprises to reduce power consumption and allocate budgets more efficiently. Additionally, it strengthen security by deactivating power supply to PDs not required during non-business hours.
Robust Layer 2 Features
The WGS-4215-8HP2S offers a range of advanced switch management capabilities that can be configured to meet specific requirements. These include dynamic port link aggregation, Q-in-Q VLAN, private VLAN, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol, Layer 2 to Layer 4 QoS, bandwidth control, and IGMP snooping. The switch also supports 802.1Q tagged VLAN, with the flexibility to accommodate a maximum of 256 VLAN groups.
Through port aggregation, the WGS-4215-8HP2S facilitates the creation of high-speed trunks that combine multiple ports, enhancing data transfer efficiency. This feature supports up to 5 trunk groups with 8 ports per trunk group, providing fail-over support for enhanced network reliability.
Network with Cybersecurity Helps Minimize Security Risks
The WGS-4215-8HP2S comes with enhanced cybersecurity measures to fend off cyberthreats and cyberattacks. It supports SSHv2 and TLSv1.2 protocols to provide strong protection against advanced threats. Served as a key point to transmit data to customer’s critical equipment in a business network, the cybersecurity feature of the WGS-4215-8HP2S protects the switch management and enhances the security of the mission-critical network without any extra deployment cost and effort.
Efficient Management
For management efficiency, the WGS-4215-8HP2S features multiple management interfaces, including Command line, Web and SNMP management interfaces.
- With the built-in Web-based management interface, the WGS-4215-8HP2S offers an easy-to-use, platform-independent management and configuration facility.
- For text-based management, it can be accessed via Telnet and SSHv2 protocol.
- For standard-based monitor and management software, it offers SNMPv3 connection which encrypts the packet content at each session for secure remote management.
Powerful Security from Layer 2 to Layer 4
The WGS-4215-8HP2S 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 and device authentication.
Advanced IP Network Protection
The WGS-4215-8HP2S also provides DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard and Dynamic ARP Inspection functionalities to prevent IP snooping from attack and filter out ARP packets with unauthorized MAC address. The network administrators can now construct highly-secure corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.
Flexibility and Extension Solution
The additional two SFP slots built in the WGS-4215-8HP2S support multi-speed, 100BASE-FX and 1000BASE-SX/LX SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) fiber-optic modules, meaning the administrator now can flexibly choose the suitable SFP transceivers according to not only the transmission distance but also the transmission speed required. The distance can be extended from 550 meters (multi-mode fiber) to 20/40/80/120 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 WGS-4215-8HP2S supports SFP-DDM (Digital Diagnostic Monitor) function that greatly helps network administrator to easily monitor real-time parameters of the SFP, such as optical output power, optical input power, temperature, laser bias current, and transceiver supply voltage.
