COMMANDO Soldier IE2000 Series Managed Industrial Switches Data Sheet

COMMANDO Solider IE2000 Series Managed Industrial Switches which are ideal to stand up to extreme temperatures, surges, vibrations, and shocks found in industrial automation, outdoor applications with fully managed, all port perpetual PoE/PoE+ IEEE 802.3af/at compliant Gigabit Ethernet L2+ switches with network resiliency and high availability, delivering robust performance with intelligent switching, scheduling, and distribution of PoE/PoE+ Power on all ports. Perpetual PoE/PoE+ for no power downtime required for growing networks. This series switches are easy to deploy, use, manage and designed exclusively for the networking needs of growing businesses. The security features equipped with today’s advance networking hardware and software technology. This Series switches can be deployed in harsh environments to deliver hassle free mission-critical network services and surveillance requirements.

It has fixed uplinks Gigabit Ethernet switches that provide enterprise-class access for campus and branch applications. These Gigabit Ethernet switch enables home and office users to easily connect and supply power to high power wireless access points, PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) IP cameras, Surveillance cameras, VoIP telephony systems, kiosks, POS terminals, thin client, 802.11ac and 802.11ax access points, small cells, and connected LED lighting. It also provides the opportunity to add additional Ethernet devices like computers, printers, and Network Attached Storage (NAS) onto a network. This compact PoE/PoE+ switch operates quietly, making it ideal for use in virtually any room or office. These switches are powerful and flexible enough for users to deploy wireless access points, surveillance cameras, IP phones and other PoEPoE+ supported devices over longer distances up to 250 meters and support temperature range -40° C to 80° C.

It provides easy device rack and wall-mounting, on boarding, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting. These fully managed switches can provide advanced Layer 2+ and basic Layer 3 features with all ports 802.3at-compliant PoE+ (Power over Ethernet plus) and 802.3af-compliant PoE (Power over Ethernet). Each switchport is capable to deliver 30 W PoE+ power on all ports along with automated power (ON/OFF) scheduling. All PoE model switches are PoE/PoE+ capable to provide power across all access ports for wireless APs, security cameras, and other IoT devices with backward compatibility. Designed for operational simplicity to lower total cost of ownership, they enable scalable, secure, and energy-efficient business operations with intelligent and automated services.

It’s software include Static route, QoS Traffic classification based on Layer 2, Layer 3, Layer 4, and priority information Actions including ACL, CAR, and re-marking, Queue scheduling modes such as PQ, WFQ and PQ+WRR, Congestion avoidance mechanisms, including WRED and tail drop, Traffic shaping, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, ERPS (G.8032), Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP), 802.1x authentication, RADIUS and TACACS+ authentication for login, DoS, ARP, MAC address attacks, broadcast storms, and heavy-traffic and ICMP attack defenses, Remote Network Monitoring (RMON). These switches have advanced Security features, and advanced Quality of Service (QoS), ideal for all organizations considering reliable, affordable hardware with well-known CLI and simple Web managed real time interface. Scripting capabilities, Layer 3 static and default routing, Automatic MDIX and Auto-negotiation on all ports select the right transmission modes (half or full duplex) as well as data transmission for crossover or straight-through cables dynamically. Moreover, with its innovative energy-efficient technology, can save up to 58% of power consumption, making it an eco-friendly perfect solution for your business network. These switches come with lifetime free software upgrades and patching to enhance features and supports patching, which provides fixes for critical bugs and security vulnerabilities between regular maintenance upgrades. This support allows customers to add new features and upgrades without having to pay a single dollar.

It has a 4K-entry VLAN table which provides VLAN classification according to port-based, protocol-and-port-based, MAC-based, and Flow-based capability. It also supports IVL (Independent VLAN Learning), SVL (Shared VLAN Learning), and IVL/SVL (both Independent and Shared VLAN Learning) for flexible network topology architecture. It provides IEEE802.1ad (Q-in-Q) for double tag insertion and removal function. In additions, VLAN translation function is also supported for Metro Ethernet applications with up to 8K entries L2 MAC table are supported with 2-left 4-way hashing algorithm which can effectively reduce collision ratio. An independent 4K-entry Multicast table is used to support Multicast functions, such as IGMP snooping. The device supports a 4K-entry VLAN/Ingress/Egress Access Control List (ACL). The ACL function supports L2/L3/L4 match fields and performs configurable actions, such as Drop/Permit/Redirect/Mirror/Logging/Policing/Ingress VLAN conversion/Egress VLAN conversion/QoS remarking/VLAN tag status assignment. Per-port ingress/egress bandwidth control and per-queue egress bandwidth control are supported. The device provides three types of packet scheduling, including SP (Strict Priority), WFQ (Weighted Fair Queuing), and WRR (Weighted Round Robin). Each port has 8 physical queues, and each queue provides a leaky-bucket to shape the incoming traffic into the average rate behavior. The Broadcast/Multicast/Unknown-Multicast/Unknown-Unicast storm suppression function can inhibit external and internal malicious attacks. The switch supports 4-sets of port mirror configurations to mirror ingress and egress traffic. RSPAN are also supported for traffic monitoring purposes. For network management purposes, complete MIB counters are supported to provide forwarding statistics in real time. The link aggregation function enhances link redundancy and increases bandwidth linearly. It offers robust QoS to optimize traffic on your Business Network, these switches provide (Port-based/802.1p/DSCP) QoS to keep latency-sensitive video and voice traffic jitter-free moving smoothly. Additionally, port-based, tag-based VLAN, Voice VLANs can improve security and meet more network segmentation requirements. This series switches also have provisioning of QOS, Static and default routing for IPV6 clients.

 

Product Highlights

COMMANDO Soldier IE2000 Series Managed Industrial Switches contain 8 & 24 Gigabit Ethernet PoE/PoE+ models along with fixed two 1GE copper-based and 1G Fiber Ports Uplinks. It has 30W Per Port power budget on all ports to meet enhance PoE/PoE+ requirement of IP Phone/AP/LWAP/Wi-Fi Access Point and any other PoE/PoE+ enabled devices. This series offers various layer 2+ Ethernet functions (VLAN, QoS, MAC ACL, Port Security, IPv6, LACP, port mirroring, GVRP and many more). These Gigabit Ethernet switch enables home and office users to easily connect and supply power to high power wireless access points, PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) IP cameras, Surveillance cameras, 802.11ac and 802.11ax access points. This compact PoE/PoE+ switch operates quietly, making it ideal for use in virtually any room or office.

 

Full feature software Licensee free for Lifetime

• Full featured without license installations: COMMANDO SoldierOS switches comes with inbuilt free for lifetime for across all model that provides you with an easier, faster, and more consistent experience across the COMMANDO portfolio and across your company for inbuilt all license installation.
• No Activation key required: No requirement of PAK (Product Activation Key) to activate L2+ features.
• Operational Flexibility: Free patching to enhance features for enhanced version of SoldierOS, with the  objective of providing a free licensing solution that does not interrupt the operations of network.
• Limitless term period for consumption: For limitless time, permanent and without an expiration date and limitless term period software features can be used. You can consume all features for whatever period you like.

 

Higher serviceability and return on investment

• Lower CAPEX: Ensures network scalability and reduces investment in devices. Lowers Total Cost of Ownership with no license requirement (Lowers Capex).
• Lower OPEX: No licenses charge for lifetime. No license fees (Lowers OpEx) lifetime free software upgrades and patching to enhance features and supports patching, which provides fixes for critical bugs and security vulnerabilities between regular maintenance upgrades.
• Zero cost of switch maintenance: Lifetime Free Software Licensing and Upgrades are free for lifetime. Users do not have to worry about switch license expiring and software getting outdated and purchasing license (which is constant concern and worry of few other brands). This series has improved HTTP base firmware upgrade as well as CLI based upgrades which are freely available to all users without any cost or license fee for lifetime. It is easy to install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot. It significantly reduces cost of administration and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Supports and Use Open standard protocols, so interoperable with devices from other vendors, enabling long-term network evolution.
• Supports IP packet fragmentation and reassembling, enabling oversized IP packets to travel across a WAN network without limited by the MTU. The switch can also identify fragmented packets to seamlessly interconnect with routers.

 

High-performance IP routing

• Supports Static route and Default route configuration. Support up to 8000 MAC address tables depending on model, 512 IP routing table entries, up to 512 host routes and dynamic routing is supported by hardware with maximum performance.
• IPv6 addressing and static routing is supported along with monitoring and troubleshooting commands.

 

Inter-device Link Aggregation, High Efficiency and Reliability

• Support link aggregation LAG/LACP with 8 group. Switches in an LAG all work in active state to share traffic and back up each other, enhancing system reliability.
• 8 Ports can be aggregated in to single LAG/LACP group which allowing flexible networking.

 

L3 Highlights

• Layer 3 Static Routing up to 512 static route entries along with DHCP server.
• DHCP server, Client, Relay along with DHCP Snooping, DHCP Snooping option82.
• L4/L3/L2 access control lists (ACLs) for granular network access control including 802.1x port authentication.
•  SNMP v1/v2c/v3 and RMON remote monitoring.
•  IGMP v1/v2/v3 and MLD v1/v2 snooping, providing advanced multicast filtering and optimization.
• Advanced QoS (Quality of Service) for traffic prioritization including port based, 802.1p and L4/L3/L2 DSCP based. L4/L3/L2 QoS optimize voice and video applications.
• Provides IP-MAC Binding, Port Security, Storm control and DHCP Snooping which protect against broadcast storms, ARP attacks.
• Comprehensive IPv6 supporting management, IPv6 ready QoS and ACL, ensuring investment protection and a smooth migration to IPv6-based network.
• Auto “denial-of-service” (DoS) prevention.
• Easily troubleshoot any problem in network with Ping, trace route, various show and debug command and WEB GUI based real time status of device.

 

L2+/L2 Highlights

• Store-and-forward Switching Scheme.
• Solid performance with non-blocking architecture, up to 8000 entries MAC Address Table.
• With 4-way hashing algorithm, 4094 VLANs, 1500 ACL entries, 512 static routes, Maximum packet length 10000 bytes and also supports Jumbo frames of 10000 bytes.
• 2-hash algorithm selection for L2 table searching/learning with Aging timer range from 0.2s to 1600000s.
• Security with 802.1X, Serial Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard.
• Independent 512 entry L2/IP Multicast table for multicast function.
• Advanced L2+ switching and security features like IP-MAC-Port-VID Binding, Static/Dynamic Port Security (MAC-based), DoS defend feature, Dynamic ARP Inspection.
• Advanced VLAN support for better network segmentation.
• Port mirroring with 4-sets of port mirrors for network monitoring.

 

Other Highlights

• 8 & 24 ports with auto-negotiation 10/100/1000Mbps PoE/PoE+ Models.
• Extra 4 Ports with fix two 1G Fiber and 1GE Copper Uplinks.
• 30W Max Per port (PoE/PoE+).
• PoE/PoE+ power supply transmission is more reliable due to design of robust network transformer which uses high current.
• All ports are capable for PoE/PoE+ with sufficient power budget for 8 & 24 ports PoE/PoE+ Switch models.
• PD detection will automatically detect and provide required power for your PoE/PoE+ devices.
• Easily configurable PoE/PoE+ scheduling to automate ON/OFF of PoE/PoE+ capable devices on particular specified time per port basis.
• Perpetual PoE/PoE+ provides non-stop PoE/PoE+ power. Switch can continue to provide power during configuration reset and reboot, the PDs will not loss power while reloading.
• Advanced per port PoE/PoE+ controls for remote power management to automate ON/OFF of PoE/PoE+ capable devices on particular specified timing per port basis.
• Easy to manage device with Web based Graphical User Interface (WEB GUI), Command-Line Interface (CLI) - Telnet / SSH / HTTPS with RJ45 or console cables.
• Dual image feature for reduced down-time when the firmware is being upgraded or downgraded or image file getting corrupted.
• WEB/CLI managed modes, SNMP, RMON bring abundant management features
• Supports Cable Diagnostics by Web GUI as well as CLI.
• Watchdog function used to protect the system from specific software or hardware failures that may cause the system to stop responding and self-recover from hanged state.
• With Zero Touch Provisioning: A simple, secure, unified plug and play.
• CPU Dual Core having frequency 500 MHz along with CPU Memory DRAM of 1GB , Flash memory of 256 MB and Packet Buffer memory of up to 4.1MB.
• Surge protection up to ±6KV to designed to automatically protect Switches from surge events by limiting transient voltages and diverting surge currents.
• Small form-factor, fan-less design for silent operation. Perfect for noise sensitive environments.
• All ports capable of Gigabit Ethernet speed.
• Full speed of data transferring with (Auto-Negotiation/Auto MDI/MDIX)
• Long life electrolytic capacitance to increase the operational life of switches.
• High Quality PCB Circuit Board and PCB Surface Treatment Using Gold Sinking Process
• Rack and Wall mount design that enables to mounts in an EIA-standard 19-inch telco rack or equipment cabinet along with Rack-mounting kit available with device. Which enables horizontal surface mounting, wall mounting and having durable robust metal body.
• Bilateral heat dissipation.
• Power and ports status/ activity and PoE Max indicator LED lights.
• RJ45 Gold plated with 3U thickness
• Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet (IEEE802.3az), Innovative energy-efficient technology which saves up to 56% of power consumption for energy saving in the future.
• RoHS Compliant with most of the packaging material can be recycled and reused.
• Comes with up to 3 years extended warranty.

Industrial-grade Ethernet Switches

It is specifically designed to connect devices in network environments that are subject to extreme operating temperatures of -40°C to 80°C along with Vibration and Shock resistant making them ideal for harsh work environments & Outdoor use.

 

DHCP Server

Multiple IPv4 DHCP pools with Inbuilt DHCP server can be set. DHCP pools and interface for individual VLANs. It also supports IPv4/ IPv6 DHCP Client, IPv4/ IPv6 DHCP Relay Option 82, IPv4/ IPv6 DHCP Snooping.

 

Perpetual POE/PoE+

With Perpetual PoE/PoE+, no power downtime to connected PD devices. PD devices remains power ON even when any software process is not running on the switch. Provides non-stop PoE/PoE+ power and continue to provide power during configuration and reboot, the PDs will not lose power while reloading. The Perpetual POE provides uninterrupted power to connected powered device (PD) even when the switch is booting to make it highly available network without any interruptions.

 

Intelligent PoE/ PoE+ with Automated Scheduling

It automates the PoE/PoE+ requirements in networks on per port basis. Advanced per port PoE/PoE+ controls for remote power management to automate ON/OFF of PoE/PoE+ capable devices on particular specified timing per port basis with auto ON/OFF PoE/PoE+ as per Scheduled time which makes them intelligent.

 

Dual Image

It can be configured with one image is set as start-up image, and the other is set as the backup image. After you upgrade a firmware, the switch will automatically map the firmware file to the backup image.

 

Watchdog Function

This ensures high availability which is used to protect a system from specific software or hardware failures that may cause the system to stop responding and self-recover from hanged state.

 

L3 Features

This series is having L3 features with IPv4/IPv6 with 512 static routing entries, QoS, ACLs( Port based/ IP based/ MAC Based), DHCP Server and Client, DHCP Snooping, DHCP Snooping option82, DHCP Relay.

 

L2+/L2 Features

This series is having advance L2+/L2 features like Port aggregation up to 8 ports, VLAN, Voice VLAN, GVRP, 802.1X authentication, centralized MAC authentication, Guest VLAN, RADIUS authentication, SSH 2.0, Port isolation, Port security, MAC address learning limit, IP Source guard, Dynamic ARP inspection, Preventing man-in-the-middle attacks and ARP DoS attacks, IP/Port/MAC binding. Flexible Software features provides wide range of Layer 2 functions like VLAN, Multicasting, Quality of Service (QoS), Security.

 

Secure Networking

IEEE 802.1X port-based access control with surveillance VLAN, Port Security, Protected Port which also Prevent ARP Spoofing. L4/L3/L2 access control lists (ACLs) for granular network access control including 802.1x port authentication. ACL, L4 to L2 feature restricts access to sensitive network resources. DHCP Snooping ensures IP address allocation integrity by only allowing DHCP messages from trusted DHCP servers and dropping malformed DHCP messages with a port or MAC address mismatch. With DHCP Snooping binding and option82 enabled, it can combine dot1x and ARP. IP-MAC-Port-VID Binding, Port Security, Storm control which protect against broadcast storms. The switches support ARP attack and DoS attack prevention to safeguard the network.

 

Multicast

IGMP Snooping (v1,v2,v3), Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) (v1/v2), Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) designed for distribution of multicast traffic across segregated access networks which enables more efficient distribution of multicast streams in Layer 2 network.

 

QoS Features

Advanced QoS (Quality of Service) for traffic prioritization including port based, 802.1p and L4/L3/L2 DSCP based. L4/L3/L2 QoS optimize voice and video applications. Access Control List based, VLAN ID based IP precedence, COS and DSCP. Policy Based on Port & VLAN, Remark DSCP, COS/ 802.1p, Precedence, COS for SP, WRR for Scheduling and matching the IP fragmentation of message.

 

Easy Management with CLI/WEB GUI

With familiar and popular Command Line interface (CLI), there is no need for engineers to be hired or additional resources to be spent on training and/or learning the switch CLI. The command set are familiar and well known in the industry. Web Graphical User Interface (Web GUI), Command Line interface (CLI), RADIUS/TACACS+ with industry standard CLI and easy to use Web GUI. Management is made easy via a Web GUI or industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI), with administration traffic protected via SSL or SSH encryption. SNMP (v1/v2c/v3) and RMON support enables the switch to be polled for valuable status information and allows it to send traps when abnormal events occur.

 

Lifetime Free Software Licensing and Upgrades

SoldierOS Software license and Upgrades are free for lifetime. Users do not have to worry about switch license expiring and software getting outdated (which is constant concern and worry of few other brands).
This series has improved HTTP base firmware upgrade as well as CLI based upgrades which are freely available to all users without any cost or license fee for lifetime. COMMANDO Soldier IE2000 Series Switches are easy to install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot. It significantly reduces cost of administration and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

 

Auto MDIX Capabilities

Auto sensing/Auto PoE/PoE+ 10/100/1000 ports with auto MDIX capabilities which also removes speed and duplex mismatches automatically as well as covers larger physical distance with copper pairs compared to other brands best switches.

 

Flexible Service Control

With various ACLs to flexibly control ports. It also supports Port-based VLAN assignment, MAC address-based VLAN assignment, Protocol-based VLAN assignment, and Network segment-based VLAN assignment. These secure and flexible VLAN assignment modes are used in networks where users move frequently. It also supports GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP), which dynamically distributes, registers, and propagates VLAN attributes to ensure correct VLAN configuration and reduce network administrator workloads. This series switches supports SSH v1/v2/v3, RMON, port-based traffic statistics, LLDP/LLDP-MED.

 

Compact Design with Flexibility of additional ports

The switches provide additional deployment flexibility, fiber connectivity as well as combo options for easy expansion of your networks. So, you can directly connect to a high-performance storage server or deploy a long-distance uplink to another switch.

 

Perfect for Noise-Sensitive Environments

These are the ideal solution for the most advanced small and medium organizations looking for the best combination of features, performance, and value. These switches are purposely designed for converged networks where voice, video, data are all carried on a single network platform. This series comes with fan-less switches models along with Small form-factor perfect for noise sensitive environments.

 

Zero Maintenance

Cost efficient switches, with a reasonable PoE/PoE+ power budget for all ports to have PoE/PoE+ configurable and also scheduler to automated Power ON/OFF connected PoE/PoE+ devices as per scheduled timing with Cost of ownership is less compared to other products of same features as well as zero maintenance. Maximum power reduction for ongoing operation cost savings.

 

Easy Debugging and Troubleshooting

Ping, Traceroute, SNMP, RMON, Web based real time Switch ports monitoring with WEBUI and CLI can easily troubleshoot any problem in network with various show and debug commands.

 

Longer Distance Coverage

State of art quality switches that can serve real time high-speed performance which covers longer physical distance up to 250 meters with copper pairs compared to other brands.

 

Warranty

The switches come with up to 3-years extended warranty.