PLANET DCS-7342-48Y8C – 25G/100G High-Performance Data Center Switch with VXLAN, MLAG, and Stacking

The PLANET DCS-7342-48Y8C is a next-generation data center switch equipped with 48 x 25G SFP28 downlink ports and 8 x 100G/40G QSFP28 uplink ports. Designed for high-demand environments like cloud computing, high-frequency trading, and enterprise backbones, it supports full Layer 2–4 functionality, VXLAN/EVPN, MLAG, and hardware stacking.

Key Highlights:

• 48 x 25G SFP28 + 8 x 100G QSFP28 ports
• Switching capacity: 4Tbps, Forwarding rate: 2000Mpps
• Advanced Layer 3 routing: OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, RIPng
• Full VXLAN support (L2, L3, EVPN), GRE, BFD, PBR
• Stacking with up to 2 devices, 200Gbps stack bandwidth
• Enhanced QoS: 8 queues/port, SP, WRR, DRR, WRED
• MAC/IP ACLs, DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard
• Web GUI, CLI, SNMP v1/v2c/v3, NETCONF, SSHv2

Technical Details:

Physical Interfaces:

• 48 x 25G SFP28 (backward-compatible with 10G)
• 8 x 100G/40G QSFP28 (40G QSFP+ compatible)
• 1 x RJ45 console, 1 x 1G RJ45 management, 1 x USB 2.0

Performance:

• Switching Fabric: 4.0Tbps, Throughput: 2000Mpps
• MAC Address Table: 96K, VLANs: 4,000, ARP: 100K
• Routing Tables: 128K (IPv4), 64K (IPv6)
• Jumbo Frames up to 9KB

Routing & Protocols:

• IPv4/IPv6: Static + Dynamic (OSPFv2/v3, BGP, IS-IS, RIPng)
• VXLAN, EVPN, GRE, PBR, BFD, ND, PMTU, VRRP
• Multicast: PIM-DM, IGMPv1/v2/v3, MLDv1/v2

Security:

• 802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS+
• DHCP Snooping, ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
• ACLs (L2–L4), MAC Binding, DoS/DDoS Protection

Quality of Service (QoS):

• 8 priority queues per port
• Scheduling: SP, WRR, DRR, SP+WRR
• DSCP/CoS tagging and remarking
• Traffic shaping, flow/VLAN-based QoS
• Storm Control (DLF, Multicast, Broadcast)

Layer 2 Features:

• VLANs: 802.1Q, Q-in-Q, Flexible Q-in-Q
• Spanning Tree: STP, RSTP, MSTP + protections
• Link Aggregation: LACP, MLAG (cross-device)
• Port Mirroring, LLDP, IGMP/MLD Snooping

Management:

• CLI, SSH, Telnet, Web, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, NETCONF
• Logging: Syslog, RMON, BootROM upgrade, hot patch
• Monitoring: Fan & Temp alerts, DDM, NTP/SNTP
• Config backup via USB, FTP, TFTP

Hardware Specs:

• Dimensions: 440 x 400 x 44 mm (1U)
• Weight: 8.1 kg (with dual PSU)
• Power: 2 x DCS-PWR800AC (100–240V AC)
• Power Consumption: Max. 207W
• Cooling: 2 x hot-swappable smart fan modules

Certifications:

• FCC Part 15 Class A, CE, RoHS

Ideal Applications:

• Cloud data centers
• Enterprise data core networks
• High-frequency trading infrastructures
• Video streaming and high-throughput network backbones