AXIS T8508 PoE+ Network Switch

• This user manual will give you information on how you:

• access the product

• access connected IP devices in the product’s topology view

• configure selected setup examples

• perform maintenance on the product

Product features and their settings are covered in more detail in the product’s context-sensitive built-in help. For more information, see Get to know your product’s built-in help.

AXIS T8504-R Industrial PoE Switch

1. Product label
2. RJ45 ports (PoE+) x4
3. RJ45 ports (Uplink) x2
4. SFP slots x2
5. LEDs (front panel)
6. Power connector x2
7. Digital input
8. Digital output relay
9. Console connector
10. DIP switch
11. Reset button
12. Grounding screw

AXIS T8508 PoE+ Network Switch

1. LEDs (front panel)
2. Mode/reset button
3. RJ45 ports (PoE+) x8
4. RJ45 ports (non-PoE) x2
5. SFP slots x2
6. Power connector
7. Product label

AXIS T8516 PoE+ Network Switch

1. Bracket
2. LEDs (front panel)
3. Mode/reset button
4. RJ45 PoE ports 1-16
5. RJ45 port 17-18
6. SFP slot 17-18
7. Power connector
8. Product label

AXIS T8524 PoE+ Network Switch

1. Bracket
2. LEDs (front panel)
3. Mode/reset button
4. RJ45 ports (PoE+) x24
5. RJ45 ports (non-PoE) x2
6. SFP slots x2
7. Power connector
8. Product label

1. Use AXIS IP Utility or AXIS Device Manager to find the device on the network. For more information about how to discover devices, go to axis.com/support

2. Enter the username and password provided on the product label.

   The default username is root.

3. Follow the steps in the setup wizard to:

4. • Change the password (recommended for security reasons)

   • Set the IP address via DHCP or manually

   • Configure the DHCP server

   • Set the date & time information

   • Set the system information

5. Click Apply.

6. Relogin using the new password.

You will now enter the product’s web page, and will be able to configure and manage the product.

Your product has a context-sensitive built-in help. The help provides more detailed information on the product’s basic and advanced features and their settings. To access the help content for any given view, click . Some help content also includes clickable terms and acronyms that are explained in more detail in the built-in glossary.

The topology view allows you to remotely access, manage and monitor all discovered IP devices in your product’s network, for example via a tablet or a smart phone. To display the discovered IP devices in a graphical network, go to Basic > Topology View.

1. Arrow button to move the view in four directions. You can also use the mouse to drag and drop the topology into position.
2. Zoom in and zoom out buttons. You can also use the scroll wheel on the mouse to zoom in and out.
3. Drop-down button to access and change device information to be displayed in the view.
4. Content area for devices discovered in the network.
5. Settings button to access and change device, group and configuration information.

• When you click a device icon in the topology view, a device console is opened to allow you access to:

• dashboard console with device information and available device-specific actions, such as login, diagnostics, find switch, PoE configuration and reboot

• notification console with information on alarms and logs triggered by events

• monitor console with information on device traffic

VLANS are typically used on large networks to create multiple broadcast domains, but they can also be used to segregate network traffic. For example, video traffic can be part of one VLAN, and other network traffic can be part of another.

1. Go to Advanced > VLANs > Configuration.

2. Under Global VLAN Configuration, enter the VLANs you want to create to the Allowed Access VLANs field. For example, if you enter, 1, 10-13, 200, 300, the following VLAN IDs will be created: 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 200 and 300.

3. To assign a created VLAN ID to a given port under Port VLAN Configuration, enter the ID to the Port VLAN field.

4. Click Apply.

If network redundancy is required, you can create redundant links between switches using spanning tree configuration.

In this example, there are 3 switches connected by a redundant link and no extra VLANS. If any of the uplinks between the switches should fail, the redundant link is activated and provides network connectivity.

1. To create a redundant link on each switch’s web page:

2. Go to Advanced > Spanning Tree > Configuration > Bridge Settings.

3. Under Basic Settings in the Protocol Version drop-down menu, select RSTP, and click Apply.

4. Go to Advanced > Spanning Tree > Configuration > CIST Port.

5. Under CIST Normal Port Configuration, make sure that STP Enabled is selected for the switch’s ports as follows:

6. • Switch – 01: ports 25 and 26

   • Switch – 02: ports 17 and 18

   • Switch – 03: ports 9 and 10

7. Click Apply.

To save the start-up configuration, click on the product’s web page. See Get to know your product’s web page.

1. Go to Advanced > DHCP > Server > Pool.

2. Click Add New Pool.

3. Enter a name for the pool, for example 00:01:02:03:04:05, and click Apply. No spaces are allowed in the name.

4. To access the pool settings, click the added name.

5. In the Type drop-down menu, select Host.

6. Enter other required settings, such as IP address, Subnet Mask and Default Router.

7. In the Client Identifier drop-down menu, select MAC.

8. In the Hardware Address field, enter the MAC address of the device.

9. Click Apply.

If you have a certain time frame where you want the switch to provide PoE, for example, to your cameras, it can be useful to create a PoE schedule and assign it to one or more PoE ports. You can create up to 16 PoE schedule profiles.

1. To create a PoE schedule:

2. Go to Advanced > PoE > Schedule Profile.

3. In the Profile drop-down menu, select a number for the profile.

4. Change the default profile name as needed.

5. To specify when you want PoE to switch on, select hours (HH) and minutes (MM) in the Start Time drop-down menu.

6. To specify when you want PoE to switch off, select hours (HH) and minutes (MM) in the End Time drop-down menu.

7. • If you want to use the same schedule for all days of the week, select the start and end times on the Week Day row marked with an asterisk (*).

   • If you want to use the same schedule for certain days of the week only, select the start and end times for selected days on the respective Week Day rows.

8. Click Apply.

1. To assign the created PoE schedule to one or more PoE ports:

2. Go to Basic > Basic Settings > PoE > Power Management.

3. Under PoE Port Configuration in the PoE Schedule drop-down menu, select the number of the specified PoE schedule profile.

4. • If you want to assign the same profile for all ports, select the profile number on the Port row marked with an asterisk (*).

   • If you want to assign the same profile for certain ports only, select the profile numbers for selected ports on the respective Port number rows.

5. Click Apply.

You can use PoE auto checking if you want to periodically check the connection status between your switch and the PoE enabled network device connected to it. If, during auto checking, the network device does not respond to the switch, the switch will automatically restart the PoE port the network device is connected to.

1. To enable auto checking via the topology view:

2. Go to Basic > Topology View.

3. To open the Dashboard console of your switch, click the switch icon.

4. Click PoE Config.

5. In the PoE Auto Checking drop-down menu, select Enable.

1. To configure the auto checking parameters:

2. Go to Advanced > PoE > Auto Checking.

3. In the Ping IP Address field, enter the IP address of the device that is connected to the port you want to assign auto checking for.

4. Enter the other needed parameters, for example:

5. • Port: 1

   • Ping IP Address: 192.168.0.90

   • Startup Time: 60

   • Interval Time (sec): 30

   • Retry Time: 3

   • Failure Action: Reboot Remote PD

   • Reboot time (sec): 15

6. Click Apply.

1. Go to Basic > Basic Settings > PoE > Power Management.

2. Under PoE Port Configuration in the PoE Mode drop-down menu, select 2–pair.

3. • If you want to assign the same mode for all ports, select the mode on the Port row marked with an asterisk (*).

   • If you want to assign the mode for certain ports only, select the mode for selected ports on the respective Port number rows.

4. Click Apply.

The switch has a serial console port that allows you to manage the switch through the command-line interface.

1. Connect the supplied console cable to the console connector on the switch.

2. Connect the console cable to the COM-port on your computer.

3. On your computer, open a teminal emulator to manage the switch.

   Use these COM port settings:

4. • Baud rate: 115200

   • Stop bits: 1

   • Data bits: 8

   • Parity: N

   • Flow control: None

1. Go to Advanced > Maintenance > Restart Device.

2. If you want to keep the power on for connected PoE devices during restart, select Non-Stop PoE.

3. Click Yes.

After restart, the product will boot normally.

For information about how to restart the product using the mode/reset button, see Buttons.

1. Go to Advanced > Maintenance > Reboot Schedule.

2. Set Mode to Enabled.

3. Select the weekday and time for reboot.

4. Click Apply.

1. Go to Advanced > Maintenance > Factory Defaults.

2. If you want to keep the current IP settings, select Keep IP setup.

3. Click Yes.

For information about how to restore the product to factory default values using the mode/reset button, see Buttons.

1. Go to Advanced > Maintenance > Device Software > Software Upgrade.

2. To select the software file from a specified location, click Browse.

3. If you want to keep the power on for connected PoE devices during upgrade, select Non-Stop PoE.

4. Click Upload.

After software upgrade, the product will restart normally.

You can choose to use the alternate (backup) software image instead of the active (primary) software image in the product. Information tables on both images are shown under Advanced > Maintenance > Device Software > Software Selection.

1. To set the alternate image as the active image:

2. Go to Advanced > Maintenance > Device Software > Software Selection.

3. Click Activate Alternate Image.

Press the Reset button for a certain period of time to perform the following tasks.

Press the Mode/Reset button for a certain period of time to perform the following tasks.

By pressing the Mode/Reset button in less than 2 seconds to change LED modes (Link/Act/Speed Mode or PoE Mode), users can check the port status by reading the LED behaviors in the tables below.