PLANET IGS-6325-16T4X Industrial L3 16-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T + 4-Port 10GBASE-X SFP+ Managed Switch

10Gbps Fiber Ports and Multiple Dual Speed Ports Deliver High-speed Networking

PLANET IGS-6325-16T4X is a powerhouse in industrial networking designed to optimize performance. This Layer 3 managed switch boasts a high-density combination of copper and fiber optic interfaces, setting the stage for superior connectivity. With 16 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 ports and 4 10GBASE-SR/LR SFP+ ports, it's equipped to handle diverse demands. Housed in a rugged IP30 metal case with DIN-rail compatibility, it thrives in extreme environments spanning from -40 to 75 degrees Celsius.

Featuring a 10Gbps uplink, the IGS-6325-16T4X seamlessly manages substantial data loads within a secure topology. Whether connecting to an industrial backbone or high-capacity servers, its prowess is unmatched. Operating flawlessly across an extensive temperature range, it guarantees a non-blocking switch fabric, delivering astonishing wire-speed throughput of up to 112Gbps. This transformative capability simplifies the process of industrial LAN upgrades, efficiently catering to escalating bandwidth requirements.

From demanding conditions to intensive data streams, the IGS-6325-16T4X emerges as the ultimate choice for enhancing industrial network performance.

Flexible and Extendable 10Gb Ethernet Solution

10G Ethernet is a big leap in the evolution of Ethernet. Each of the 10G SFP+ slots in the IGS-6325-16T4X supports triple speed and 10GBASE-SR/LR, 2500BASE-X or 1000BASE-SX/LX, providing broad bandwidth and powerful processing capacity. With its 2-port, 10G Ethernet link capability, the administrator now can flexibly choose the suitable SFP/SFP+ transceiver according to the transmission distance or the transmission speed required to extend the network efficiently. 

Intelligent SFP Diagnosis Mechanism

The IGS-6325-16T4X supports SFP-DDM (digital diagnostic monitor) function that greatly helps network administrator to easily monitor real-time parameters of the SFP transceivers, such as optical output power, optical input power, temperature, laser bias current, and transceiver supply voltage.

Redundant Ring, Fast Recovery for Critical Network Applications

The IGS-6325-16T4X 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), and redundant power input system into customer’s industrial automation network to enhance system reliability and uptime in harsh factory environments. In a simple Ring network, the recovery time of data link can be as fast as 10ms. 

Environmentally Hardened Design

With IP30 aluminum case, the Industrial Managed Switch 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. It also possesses an integrated power supply source with a wide range of voltages for worldwide high availability applications requiring dual or backup power inputs. Being able to operate under the temperature range from -40 to 75 degrees C, the Industrial Managed Switch can be placed in almost any difficult environment.

Network with Cybersecurity Helps Minimize Security Risks

The IGS-6325-16T4X comes with enhanced cybersecurity to fend off cyberthreats and cyberattacks. It supports SSHv2 and TLS v1.2 protocols to provide strong protection against advanced threats. Served as a key point to transmit data over multiple long distance fiber optical connections to customer's critical equipment in a business network, the cybersecurity feature of the IGS-6325-16T4X protects the switch management and enhances the security of the mission-critical network without any extra deployment cost and effort.

Modbus TCP Provides Flexible Network Connectivity for Factory Automation

With the supported Modbus TCP/IP protocol, the IGS-6325-16T4X can easily integrate with SCADA systems, HMI systems and other data acquisition systems in factory floors. It enables administrators to remotely monitor the industrial Ethernet switch’s operating information, port information, communication status, and DI and DO status, thus easily achieving enhanced monitoring and maintenance of the entire factory.

1588 Time Protocol for Industrial Computing Networks

The IGS-6325-16T4X is ideal for telecom and carrier Ethernet applications, supporting MEF service delivery and timing over packet solutions for IEEE 1588 and synchronous Ethernet.

Redundant Power to Ensure Continuous Operation

The IGS-6325-16T4X possesses dual DC 9~48V and AC 24V power supply utilized as redundant power supply to ensure its continuous operation. Its redundant power system is specifically designed to handle the demands of high-tech facilities requiring the highest power integrity. 

Effective Alarm Alert for Better Protection

The IGS-6325-16T4X supports a Fault Alarm feature which can alert the users when there is something wrong with the switches. With this ideal feature, the users would not have to waste time to find where the problem is. It will help to save time and human resource.

Digital Input and Digital Output for External Alarm

The IGS-6325-16T4X supports Digital Input and Digital Output on its front 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 IGS-6325-16T4X port shows link down, link up or power failure.

Solution for IPv6 Networking

By supporting IPv6/IPv4 dual stack and plenty of management functions with easy and friendly-user interfaces, the Industrial Managed Switch is the best choice for IP surveillance, VoIP and wireless service providers to deploy the IPv6 network. It also helps the SMBs to step in the IPv6 era with the lowest investment but not necessary to replace the network facilities while the ISPs construct the IPv6 FTTx edge network.

IPv4 and IPv6 VLAN Routing for Secure and Flexible Management

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

IPv6/IPv4 Dual Stack

Supporting both IPv6 and IPv4 protocols, the IGS-6325-16T4X helps data centers, campuses, telecoms, and more to experience the IPv6 era with the lowest investment as its network facilities need not be replaced or overhauled if the IPv6 FTTx edge network is set up. 

Layer 3 Routing Support

The IGS-6325-16T4X enables the administrator to conveniently boost network efficiency by configuring Layer 3 IPv4/IPv6 VLAN static routing manually, and the IPv4 OSPFv2 (Open Shortest Path First) settings automatically. The OSPF is an interior dynamic routing protocol for autonomous system based on link state. The protocol creates a database for link state by exchanging link states among Layer 3 switches, and then uses the Shortest Path First algorithm to generate a route table based on that database.

Robust Layer 2 Features

The IGS-6325-16T4X can be programmed for advanced Layer 2 switch management functions such as dynamic port link aggregation, 802.1Q tagged VLAN, Q-in-Q VLAN, private VLAN, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), Layer 2 to Layer 4 QoS, bandwidth control, IGMP snooping and MLD snooping. Via the aggregation of supporting ports, the IGS-6325-16T4X allows the operation of a high-speed trunk group that comes with multiple ports and supports fail-over as well.

User-friendly Management Interfaces

For efficient management, the IGS-6325-16T4X is equipped with console, Web and SNMP management interfaces.

• With the built-in Web-based management interface, the IGS-6325-16T4X 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. 
• For standard-based monitor and management software, it offers SNMPv3 connection which encrypts the packet content at each session for secure remote management.

Powerful Network Security

The IGS-6325-16T4X 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 and MAC-based user and device authentication. With the private VLAN function, communication between edge ports can be prevented to ensure user privacy. 

Advanced IP Network Protection

The IGS-6325-16T4X 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. The network administrators can now construct highly-secure corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.

Excellent Traffic Control

The IGS-6325-16T4X is loaded with powerful traffic management and QoS features to enhance connection services by telecoms and ISPs. The QoS features include wire-speed Layer 4 traffic classifiers and bandwidth limit that are particularly useful for multi-tenant units, multi-business units, Telco and network service providers’ applications. It also empowers the industrial environment to take full advantage of the limited network resources and guarantees the best performance in VoIP and video conferencing transmission.

Modbus TCP Provides Flexible Network Connectivity for Factory Automation

With the supported Modbus TCP/IP protocol, the Industrial Managed Switch can easily integrate with SCADA systems, HMI systems and other data acquisition systems in factory floors. It enables administrators to remotely monitor the industrial Ethernet switch’s operating information, port information and communication status, thus easily achieving enhanced monitoring and maintenance of the entire factory.

Remote Management Solution

PLANET's Universal Network Management System (UNI-NMS) and CloudViewerPro app support IT staff by remotely managing all network devices and monitoring PDs' operational statuses. Thus, they're designed for both the enterprises and industries where deployments of PDs can be as remote as possible, without having to go to the actual location once a bug or faulty condition is found. With the UNI-NMS or CloudViewerPro app, all kinds of businesses can now be speedily and efficiently managed from one platform.