Streamlined Network Management
Designed for centralised management, the VigorSwitch P1281x can be provisioned and monitored with the VigorACS management platform (subscription required, sold separately), the free VigorConnect single site management system, or with a DrayTek Vigor router’s Central Switch Management. Easily provision VLAN configuration through the router and clone switch configurations. Drastically reduce the setup time required for a complex network and configure an entire DrayTek network remotely.
10GbE SFP+ Ports for High Speed Uplinks
The DrayTek VigorSwitch P1281x has four (4) dedicated SFP+ ports for uplinks, each operating at up to 10 Gigabits per second. The faster 10 Gigabit uplink capability allows you to make high bandwidth links to Network Attached Storage, servers and other switches, to help reduce the risk of bottlenecks occurring within your network. The SFP+ ports provide compatibility with your choice of SFP/SFP+ modules (sold separately) and therefore the most appropriate medium for your application.
Connect a passive Direct Attach SFP+ cable such as the DrayTek DAC-CX10-01M (sold separately) to the SFP+ module port of 1Gbps/10Gbps capable Network Attached Storage, servers and switches, for a cost effective 10Gbps network link.
ONVIF IP Camera Management
The VigorSwitch P1281x can discover, manage and configure ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum) compatible IP cameras and NVR systems, allowing for easy discovery, management and troubleshooting of your connected IP cameras.
Device Management
Use the VigorSwitch to configure and manage your IP camera network; configure network & security settings, restart cameras and have the switch monitor whether cameras are responding, alerting of any issues.
Network Surveillance Topology
Simply connect ONVIF capable devices to the VigorSwitch P1281x, discover devices, and the VigorSwitch determines the network topology of connected cameras & NVR systems.
View IP Camera Output
Through the VigorSwitch web interface, you can view the video feed of connected IP cameras.
Rack Mountable & Silent
Install the VigorSwitch P1281x on a desk, shelf or wall, or use the included rack mount fittings to install the switch in any standard 19" rack with 1U height. Ideal for installation in quiet office environments, the fanless design ensures noiseless operation.
Quality of Service & Bandwidth Control
Prioritise mission-critical services such as Voice over IP and optimise traffic on your network with Quality of Service. 802.1p Class of Service allows the switch to identify essential traffic, moving it ahead in the queue at busy uplinks, ensuring that important data arrives on time when passing through the switch. Auto Voice & Surveillance VLAN allow the switch to automatically assign VoIP phones and IP cameras to their specified VLAN and prioritise their traffic without manual port configuration. Control and manage throughput per-port with Rate Limiting and application specific Traffic Shaping.
IP Conflict Prevention
DrayTek's IP Conflict Prevention system is an easy way to ensure that the switch protects against IP conflicts and ARP spoofing. Once configured, the switch monitors and notifies of IP conflicts, giving a visual reference of possible causes for network issues. The IP Conflict Prevention wizard catalogues the current network layout, giving you the option to fix the IP address and MAC information for important network devices, such as servers and routers. If another device attempts to use the IP address, the switch and network will continue to communicate with the correct device instead of the unknown device.
Network Security and Management Features
Stay in control of what's connected to your network with the VigorSwitch Access Control List, to specifically allow or deny specified traffic types moving between ports, just like a firewall. Protect against network issues arising from connection of unwanted devices with IP Source Guard.
Access Control List
Similar to a firewall, the ACL can control which packet types (IPv4, IPv6 & MAC) are allowed to pass between ports on the switch.
IGMP Snooping & Querying
Manage and control multicast IGMP traffic passing through the switch, with IGMP Snooping & Querying. With IGMP Snooping, the switch tracks IGMP traffic passing through its ports. Allowing it to limit the broadcast of multicast/IGMP packets to only the ports that have subscribed, improving overall network performance and avoiding excess network traffic. The VigorSwitch's IGMP Querier allows it to manage IGMP subscriptions on its network ports, checking which ports are members of which multicast group, if the network's router does not support multicast.
Link Aggregation - Port Trunking
Use two or more network links to connect the VigorSwitch P1281x and another switch / server. Traffic can be shared between the two ports, effectively doubling the bandwidth of the uplink and providing resilience should one of the links fail. Up to eight (8) ports can be added to a single Link Aggregation Group, with up to eight (8) LAGs. Interoperability with other types and manufacturer's equipment is handled by the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).
Surveillance & Voice Auto VLAN
With Voice VLAN and Surveillance VLAN, the VigorSwitch P1281x simplifies the setup of connected IP phones and IP cameras. Move around ports on the switch without having to manually re-configure VLAN and QoS settings each time, instead the switch will auto-assign VLAN tags and Quality of Service to IP phones and IP cameras, ensuring that each device remains on the correct network and that essential voice and video data is prioritised on the network.
The switch identifies cameras and phones from their MAC address (Vendor OUI), so that when connecting up an IP phone from Yealink for instance, the switch would configure the VLAN ID and set the QoS tag for that port. Moving the phone to a different port, the switch will ensure that the VLAN settings follow the device rather than requiring a fixed VLAN & QoS configuration per-port.
Dynamic MAC-based VLAN
Assign VLAN access to individual devices instead of ports with MAC-based VLAN, to ensure that devices are assigned to the correct network regardless of which switch port they're plugged into. With MAC-based VLAN, users can move around the office and make use of the same network resources and access through any port on the switch, without requiring manual re-configuration of VLAN settings on individual ports.
Power over Ethernet
The VigorSwitch P1281x is a twenty-four (24) port PoE (Power over Ethernet) switch, providing power on all Ethernet ports to any PoE-enabled device, such as IP phones, wireless access points or IP cameras over the Ethernet cable. As well as removing the need for local (at the desk) power supplies, making for tidier installations, PoE ensures power efficiency, providing only the power needed, as well as allowing for time schedules for powering up/down and remote rebooting. Power is provided only when required and allows for installation of devices where there is no mains power.
The VigorSwitch P1281x has twenty-four (24) PoE+ Gigabit ports with a power budget of up to 140 watts for all connected PoE devices. The Ethernet interfaces are High-Power 802.3at PoE+ and regular PoE (802.3af) capable. Each can provide up to 30 watts per port.
Central Management
The DrayTek VigorSwitch P1281x can operate in standalone mode and be managed through its web interface or, if you need to manage and monitor the switch remotely, or have several DrayTek VigorSwitches to administer, you can centrally manage and monitor them either with:
Router - Switch Management: A DrayTek router which supports switch management (connected directly to the switch).
DrayTek VigorACS: Manage and Provision DrayTek VigorSwitches on any network, from anywhere (subscription required, sold separately).
DrayTek VigorConnect: Manage and Provision VigorSwitches and VigorAPs on a single site.
Managing a VigorSwitch through VigorACS
DrayTek's VigorACS central management system provides a centralised way to manage and view the status of any DrayTek Vigor router, VigorAP access point and VigorSwitch connected to the VigorACS server. DrayTek VigorSwitch switches that support TR-069 management can be managed through DrayTek VigorACS 3 in the same way that a DrayTek Vigor router or VigorAP access point would be managed. Through VigorACS, you can view and manage; a single VigorSwitch, all switches on a site or all switches across an entire network spanning multiple sites in one place.
DrayTek VigorSwitches connected to VigorACS connect directly to the VigorACS server to be managed, the router or network that they are connected to needs no additional configuration beyond the VigorSwitch having access to the internet (or if your VigorACS server is located across a private WAN / VPN connection, access to that network).
Dashboard View: View the state of a VigorSwitch through the Dashboard, with PoE usage, uptime and connected ports all visible in one place.
Switch Configuration: View the configuration of a VigorSwitch and make changes to the configuration through VigorACS, then copy the settings from that switch to apply them to multiple VigorSwitch switches.
Central Switch Management with a DrayTek Vigor Router
DrayTek Vigor router Central Switch Management provisions and monitors VigorSwitch switches through a DrayTek Vigor router, with profiles that can be applied to multiple switches and VLAN configuration all handled within the router. Central Switch Management requires firmware support on both the VigorSwitch and the DrayTek Vigor router. This can simplify the setup of multiple subnets and VLANs, without needing in-depth knowledge of VLAN tagging and reduces setup time, with the time consuming step of configuring VLANs for each port handled by the router instead.
Switch Hierarchy: The Switch Hierarchy view provides a visual overview of interconnections between DrayTek VigorSwitch switches with the devices connected to each LAN port.
Switch Management Profiles: Switch Management profiles can be used to configure schedules to enable or disable ports (including PoE) and set bandwidth limits for the ports. Descriptive names can be configured on the router which can be seen from the Switch Hierarchy view. VLAN configuration of a VigorSwitch can be provisioned from the DrayTek Vigor router, with the router automatically configuring the Uplink port and being aware of the VLAN tags that the Vigor router and the connected LAN port have available.
Energy Efficient Ethernet
The VigorSwitch P1281x supports Energy Efficient Ethernet, to lower the overall power usage of the switch when ports are idle or disconnected. The IEEE 802.3az standard allows individual Ethernet links to enter a low power state, when not transmitting or not plugged in, drawing less energy than if the ports were to run at full speed at all times.
Standard Warranty: 2-Years
