Perfect Managed Multigigabit Ethernet Switch with L3/L2 Switching and Security
PLANET MGS-6311-8UP4X is a brand-new Layer 3 managed multigigabit switch providing 2.5Gbps data over UTP cables, designed for the demand of high-bandwidth required network equipment, such as Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) wireless APs, NAS, workstation and those with 2.5GBASE-T interfaces. It features 8 10/100/1000/2500BASE-T copper ports supporting 802.3bt PoE++ injector function, a total PoE power budget of up to 240 watts and 4 extra 1G/2.5G/10GBASE-X SFP+ fiber ports that are flexibly designed to extend the connection distance.
The MGS-6311-8UP4X provides high-density performance, Layer 3 dynamic routing - RIP (Routing Information Protocol) and OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) and VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol). With 2.5Gbps copper interfaces and 10Gbps fiber-optical interfaces, it can handle extremely large amounts of data in a secure topology linking to an enterprise backbone or high-capacity servers. The powerful network security features make the MGS-6311-8UP4X perform effective data traffic control for ISP and enterprise Wi-Fi, video streaming, and multicast applications.

2.5Gbps Capability for Diversified Bandwidth Applications
With the terminal access rates of 802.11ac/ax wireless APs reaching as high as 1.2Gbps to 3.6Gbps, Gigabit ports have been unable to satisfy the demand. Supporting 2.5Gbps capability and 802.3at/bt PoE output, the MGS-6311-8UP4X can deliver not only data to 802.11ac/ax wireless APs, but also power with the existing CAT5e Ethernet cables to other powered devices such as APs and IP cameras. It can definitely give you the speed you demand and its Plug and Play makes installation easy

The fiber-optic 10GBASE-X SFP+ interfaces of the MGS-6311-8UP4X support dual speeds, 10GBASE-SR/LR and 1000BASE-SX/LX , meaning 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.
Full-Power IEEE 802.3bt PoE++ for Next-Generation High-Power Applications
MGS-6311-8UP4X equipped with IEEE 802.3bt PoE++ technology, this switch delivers up to 95 watts of power per port, enabling a single Ethernet cable to transmit both multi-gigabit data and high-power electricity simultaneously. With 8 × 2.5GBASE-T PoE++ ports and a total PoE power budget of up to 240 watts, it is purpose-built to support power-hungry edge devices such as AI smart cameras, PoE lighting systems, Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) wireless APs, digital signage, and industrial IoT equipment.

Powering Smart Buildings and Edge AI with 802.3bt PoE++
By eliminating the need for additional power outlets and adapters, 802.3bt PoE++ simplifies deployment, reduces installation costs, and enhances network flexibility, making it an ideal solution for smart buildings, intelligent transportation, surveillance, and edge AI applications where high power and high bandwidth are both critical.
Remote Management Solution with NMS
The MGS-6311-8UP4X with the NMS helps IT staff remotely manage all network devices and monitor PDs' operational statuses. Thus, they are 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 NMS, all kinds of businesses can now be speedily and efficiently managed from one platform.

Redundant Ring, Fast Recovery for Critical Network Applications
The MGS-6311-8UP4X 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 harsh environments. In a certain simple Ring network, the recovery time could be less than 15ms to quickly bring the network back to normal operation.
Layer 3 Routing Support
The MGS-6311-8UP4X enables the administrator to conveniently boost network efficiency by configuring Layer 3 static routing manually, and automatically configuring RIP (Routing Information Protocol), OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) and VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) for gateway redundancy.
Strong Multicast
The MGS-6311-8UP4X supports abundant multicast features. In Layer 2, it features IPv4 IGMPv1/v2/v3 snooping and IPv6 MLD v1/v2 snooping. With Multicast VLAN Register (MVR), multicast receiver/sender control and illegal multicast source detect functions which make the MGS-6311-8UP4X great for any robust networking.
Full IPv6 Support
The MGS-6311-8UP4X provides IPv6 management and enterprise-level secure features such as SSH, ACL, WRR and RADIUS authentication. It thus helps the enterprises to step in the IPv6 era with the lowest investment. In addition, you don’t need to replace the network facilities when the IPv6 FTTx edge network is built.
Robust Layer 2 Features
The MGS-6311-8UP4X supports basic switch management functions such as port speed configuration, port aggregation, VLANs, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), bandwidth control, and IGMP snooping. The MGS-6311-8UP4X provides 802.1Q tagged VLAN, Q-in-Q, voice VLAN, and GVRP protocol functions. By supporting port aggregation, the MGS-6311-8UP4X allows the operation of high-speed trunks combined with multiple ports. It supports up to 64 trunk groups with a maximum of 8 ports per group.
Excellent Layer 2 to Layer 4 Traffic Control
The MGS-6311-8UP4X is loaded with powerful traffic management and WRR features to enhance services offered by telecoms. The WRR functionalities include wire-speed Layer 4 traffic classifiers and bandwidth limitation which are particularly useful for multi-tenant unit, multi-business unit, Telco, or network service applications. It also empowers the enterprises to take full advantage of the limited network resources and guarantees the best in VoIP and video conferencing transmission.
Powerful Network Security
The MGS-6311-8UP4X 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, MAC-based and web-based user and device authentications, which can be deployed with RADIUS, to ensure the port level security and block illegal users.
Advanced IP Network Protection
The MGS-6311-8UP4X 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.
Efficient and Secure Management
For efficient management, the MGS-6311-8UP4X is equipped with console, Web and SNMP management interfaces.
Moreover, the MGS-6311-8UP4X offers secure remote management by supporting SSHv2 connection which encrypts the packet content at each session.
Intelligent SFP Diagnosis Mechanism
The MGS-6311-8UP4X supports SFP-DDM (Digital Diagnostic Monitor) function that greatly helps network administrator to easily monitor real-time parameters of the SFP and SFP+ transceivers, such as optical output power, optical input power, temperature, laser bias current, and transceiver supply voltage.

Intelligent Powered Device Alive Check
The MGS-6311-8UP4X can monitor the status of connected PDs in real time via the PD alive check function. If a PD stops operating or responding, the switch will restore PoE power to the PD, allowing it to resume normal operation. This feature greatly enhances network reliability by resetting the PD’s power via the PoE port and reduces the administrator’s management burden.
PoE Schedule for Energy Savings
Besides IP surveillance, the MGS-6311-8UP4X are also suitable for building PoE networks, including VoIP and wireless LAN. In response to global energy-saving initiatives and environmental protection efforts, the switches can effectively manage power supply while still delivering high wattage. The PoE Schedule function allows each PoE port to be enabled or disabled during specified time intervals, helping SMBs and enterprises save energy and reduce costs.

Excellent Solution to Enterprise Security and QoS Switch
The MGS-6311-8UP4X performs 120 Gigabits per second non-blocking switch fabric, so it can easily provide a local 10Gbps high bandwidth Ethernet network for the backbone of your department. With the four built-in SFP+ ports, the MGS-6311-8UP4X provides the uplink to the backbone network through the 10G Ethernet LR/SR SFP+ modules. It further improves the network efficiency and protects the network clients by offering the security and QoS features.

Layer 3 VLAN Routing
With the built-in robust Layer 3 traffic routing protocols, the MGS-6311-8UP4X ensures reliable routing between VLANs and network segments. The routing protocols can be applied via VLAN interface. The MGS-6311-8UP4X is certainly a cost-effective and ideal solution for enterprises.
High Availability Mesh Networking Solution for Big Data System
With highly-flexible, highly-extendable and easy-to-install features, the MGS-6311-8UP4X offers up to 120Gbps data exchange speed via optical fiber interface and the transmission distance can be extended to 120km. The MGS-6311-8UP4X features strong, rapid, self-recovery capability to prevent interruptions and external intrusions. It incorporates IEEE 802.1s MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol, spanning tree by VLAN) into customer’s automation network to enhance system reliability and uptime. The MGS-6311-8UP4X is the ideal solution for data centers, service providers and telecoms to build redundant connection and establish high bandwidth for Big Data server farm.

Physical Ports
Power over Ethernet
IP Routing Features
Layer 2 Features
Quality of Service
Multicast
Security
Management
| Hardware Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Copper Ports | 8 10/100/1000/2500BASE-T RJ45 copper ports (ports 1 to 8) |
| PoE Injector Port | 8 ports with 802.3at/bt PoE++ injector function (ports 1 to 8) |
| 10G SFP+ Ports | 4 10GBASE-SR/LR SFP+ interface (ports 9 to 12) Backward compatible with 1G/2.5GBASE-SX/LX/BX SFP transceiver |
| Console Port | 1 x RJ45-to-RS232 serial port (9600, 8, N, 1) |
| CPU | MIPS 800MHz |
| RAM | 4Gbytes |
| Flash Memory | 32Mbytes |
| ESD Protection | Contact ±6KV , Air ±8KV |
| Surge Protection | Differential mode ±2KV , Common mode ±4KV |
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | 330 x 230 x 43.6 mm, 1U height |
| Weight | 2510g |
| Power Consumption | 10.4 watts / 35.46BTU (System) 280 watts/ 954.8 BTU (System+PoE) |
| Power Requirements- AC | AC 100~240V, 50/60Hz |
| Fan | 2 |
| LED | System: PWR (Green), SYS (Green) Ports: Per 2.5GBASE-T RJ45 Ports: 10/100/1000/2500Mbps LNK/ACT (Green) 802.3bt/at/af PoE-in-Use (Amber) Per 10GBASE-X SFP Ports: 1G/2.5G/10G LNK/ACT (Green) |
| Switching Specifications | |
| Switch Architecture | Store-and-forward |
| Switch Fabric | 120Gbps/non-blocking |
| Switch Throughput | 89.28Mpps |
| Address Table | 16K MAC address table with auto learning function |
| ARP Table | 8K |
| Routing Table | 6K |
| IP Interface | 1024 |
| ACL Table | 4K |
| Shared Data Buffer | 12Mbit |
| Multicast Table | 1K |
| Jumbo Frame | 12KBytes |
| Flow Control | Back pressure for half duplex IEEE 802.3x pause frame for full duplex |
| Power over Ethernet Specifications | |
| PoE Standard | IEEE 802.3bt PoE++ PSE |
| PoE Power Supply Type | End-span/Mid-span/802.3bt |
| PoE Power Output | 95W(max.) |
| Power Pin Assignment | 1/2(-)3/6(+), 4/5(+)7/8(-) |
| PoE Power Budget | 240 watts (max.) |
| IPv4 Layer 3 Functions | |
| IP Routing Protocol | VRRP v1, v2, v3 Static route RIPv1/v2 OSPFv2 BGP4 Hardware-based Layer 3 routing |
| Layer 3 Protocol | ARP ARP Proxy IGMP Proxy |
| IPv6 Layer 3 Functions | |
| IP Routing Protocol | IPv6 Static Route RIPng OSPFv3 BGP6 (BGP4+) PIM6 IPv6 RA (Router Advertisement) IPv6 LPM Routing Hardware-based Layer 3 routing SNMP over IPv6 Support IPv6 IPSec Support IPv6 ACL |
| Other | ICMPv6,ND,DNSv6 DNS over IPv6 Support |
| Layer 2 Functions | |
| Port Configuration | EEE Green energy savings disable/enable Port disable/enable Flow control disable/enable Bandwidth control on each port Port loopback detect |
| Port Status | Display each port’s speed duplex mode, link status, flow control status and auto negotiation status |
| VLAN | 802.1Q tagged VLAN, up to 4K VLAN groups 802.1ad Q-in-Q (VLAN stacking) GVRP for VLAN management Private VLAN Edge (PVE) supported Protocol-based VLAN MAC-based VLAN IP subnet VLAN |
| Spanning Tree Protocol | STP, IEEE 802.1D (Classic Spanning Tree Protocol) RSTP, IEEE 802.1w (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol) MSTP, IEEE 802.1s (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol, spanning tree by VLAN) Supports BPDU and root guard, BPDU Filtering and BPDU Forwarding |
| Bandwidth Control | TX/RX/Both |
| Link Aggregation | IEEE 802.3ad LACP/static trunk Supports 64 groups with 8 ports per trunk group |
| Ring | Supports ERPS, and complies with ITU-T G.8032 Recovery time < 15ms @ 3 nodes Recovery time <50ms @ 16 nodes Supports major ring and sub-ring |
| QoS | 8 priority queues on all switch ports Supports strict priority and Weighted Round Robin (WRR) CoS policies Traffic classification: IEEE 802.1p CoS/ToS IPv4/IPv6 DSCP Port-based WRR |
| Multicast | IPv4 IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping IPv4 Querier mode support IPv6 MLD v1/v2 snooping Multicast VLAN Register (MVR) Up to 1024 |
| Security Functions | |
| Access Control List | Supports Standard and Expanded ACL IP-based ACL/MAC-based ACL Time-based ACL Up to 4K entries |
| Security | Port isolation Supports IP + MAC + port binding Identification and filtering of L2/L3/L4 based ACL Defend against DOS or TCP attacks Suppression of broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast packet DHCP Snooping, DHCP Option 82/43/60/61/67 Command line authority control based on user levels |
| AAA | TACACS+ and IPv4/IPv6 over RADIUS |
| Authentication | IEEE 802.1x port-based network access control MAC-based authentication |
| Switch Management Functions | |
| System Configuration | Console, Telnet, Web browser, SNMP v1, v2c |
| Secure Management Interfaces | SSHv2, TLSv1.2, SNMPv3 |
| Management | IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack management SNMP over IPv6 Support User IP security inspection for IPv4/IPv6 SNMP SNMP v1, v2c and v3 SNMP MIB and TRAP SNMP RMON 1, 2, 3, 9 four groups HTTP over IPv6 Support IPv4/IPv6 FTP/TFTP IPv4/IPv6 SNTP/NTP Supports ping, trace route function for IPv4 and IPv6 RADIUS authentication for IPv4/IPv6 Telnet user name and password IPv4/IPv6 SSH IPv4/IPv6 Telnet IPv6 Radius+ Support The right configuration for users to adopt RADIUS server’s shell management CLI, console, Telnet Security IP safety net management function: avoid unlawful landing at nonrestrictive area Syslog server for IPv4 and IPv6 IPv6 TACACS+ support PLANET Smart Discovery Utility PLANET NMS controller and CloudNMS supported |
| ONVIF | ONVIF device discovery ONVIF device quick link |
| SNMP MIBs | RFC 1213 MIB-II RFC 1215 Internet Engineering Task Force RFC 1271 RMON RFC 1354 IP-Forwarding MIB RFC 1493 Bridge MIB RFC 1643 Ether-like MIB RFC 1907 SNMP v2 RFC 2011 IP/ICMP MIB RFC 2012 TCP MIB RFC 2013 UDP MIB RFC 2096 IP forward MIB RFC 2233 if MIB RFC 2452 TCP6 MIB RFC 2454 UDP6 MIB RFC 2465 IPv6 MIB RFC 2466 ICMP6 MIB RFC 2573 SNMP v3 notify RFC 2574 SNMP v3 vacm RFC 2674 Bridge MIB Extensions (IEEE 802.1Q MIB) RFC 2674 Bridge MIB Extensions (IEEE 802.1P MIB) RFC 3635 Ethernet-like MIB RFC 2863 Interface Group MIB RFC 2819 RMON (1, 2, 3,9) RFC 1493 Bridge MIB Power over Ethernet MIB |
| Standard Conformance | |
| Regulatory Compliance | FCC Part 15 Class A, CE |
| Standards Compliance | IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3z Gigabit 1000BASE-SX/LX IEEE 802.3ab Gigabit 1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3bz Gigabit 2.5G, 5GBASE-T IEEE 802.3an Gigabit 10GBASE-T IEEE 802.3ae 10Gb/s Ethernet IEEE 802.3x flow control and back pressure IEEE 802.3ad port trunk with LACP IEEE 802.1ag CFM IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.1p Class of Service IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging IEEE 802.1X port authentication network control IEEE 802.1ab LLDP IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet PLUS IEEE 802.3bt Power over Ethernet PLUS PLUS RFC 768 UDP RFC 783 TFTP RFC 793 TCP RFC 791 IP RFC 792 ICMP RFC 2068 HTTP RFC 1112 IGMP v1 RFC 2236 IGMP v2 RFC 3376 IGMP v3 RFC 2710 MLD v1 RFC 3810 MLD v2 RFC 2328 OSPF v2 RFC 1058 RIP v1 RFC 2453 RIP v2 ITU-T G.8032 ERPS Ring |
| Environment | |
| Operating | Temperature: 0 ~ 50 degrees C Relative Humidity: 5 ~ 90% (non-condensing) |
| Storage | Temperature: -10 ~ 70 degrees C Relative Humidity: 5 ~ 90% (non-condensing) |
| Ordering Information | |
|---|---|
MGS-6311-8UP4X |
L3 8-Port 2.5GBASE-T 802.3bt PoE + 4-Port 10GBASE-X SFP+ Managed Ethernet Switch (240W) |
L3 8-Port 2.5GBASE-T 802.3bt PoE + 4-Port 10GBASE-X SFP+ Managed Ethernet Switch