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Insight Managed 28-Port Gigabit Ethernet (PoE+) Smart Cloud Switch

Overview

The switch provides 24 Gigabit Ethernet copper ports, 2 dedicated Gigabit SFP fiber ports, and 2 dedicated
10G SFP+ fiber ports. All copper ports use RJ-45 connectors. The SFP ports require a standard small
form-factor pluggable (SFP) gigabit interface converter (GBIC, also referred to as a transceiver module),
which is sold separately from the switch. The switch integrates full-duplex, nonblocking switch fabric that
provides full-wire speed for all packet sizes.
The PoE+ model supports PoE on all copper ports with a maximum PoE power budget of 390W across all
active PoE+ ports.
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The switch provides management options that let you discover the switch on the network and configure,
monitor, and control the switch:
• NETGEAR Insight app. Using the NETGEAR Insight app, you can discover the switch on the network
and add the switch to the NETGEAR Insight app so that you can set up the switch in the network and
manage and monitor the switch remotely from your smartphone. You can choose from four methods to
add the switch to the NETGEAR Insight app: You can scan your network for the switch, scan the QR
code or the barcode of the switch, or add the serial number of the switch. For more information, see the
NETGEAR knowledge base articles at netgear.com/support.
• Insight Cloud portal. Using the NETGEAR Insight Cloud portal, you can set up the switch in the network,
perform advanced remote management, monitor the switch, analyze the switch and network usage,
and, if necessary, troubleshoot the switch and the network.
• Local browser–based management interface. By default, the management mode of the switch is set
to NETGEAR Insight App. With this setting you can manage the switch using the Insight app or the
Insight Cloud portal. For complex tasks such as integrating with an existing network of devices that are
not managed through Insight, and for debugging purposes, you can change the management mode of
the switch to PC Web-browser and access the local browser interface. In this mode, you can change
the settings of the specific device, but we recommend that you do not use this mode to change settings
that are Insight manageable because they would not be synchronized with Insight or to the network
location and other devices to which you assigned the switch.
Note Changes to Insight-manageable settings from the local browser interface might also
create conflicts with the rest of the Insight-managed network to which the device is
connected. While you manage the switch with the local browser interface, you cannot
use the Insight app or Insight Cloud portal. To reenable management of the device
remotely or through the cloud, you can return the management mode to NETGEAR
Insight App at any time so that you can manage the switch with the Insight app or
Insight Cloud portal.
For more information about the local browser interface, see the user manual, which you can download
from downloadcenter.netgear.com.
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