PLANET XT-905A Standalone Managed 10G Media Converter Owner’s Manual

PLANET XT-905A Standalone Managed 10G Media Converter

Product Information

The XT-900 series is a cutting-edge managed media converter that offers ultra- fast connectivity for devices with RJ45 interfaces, as well as flexibility in fiber-optic cabling options. It features one 10GBASE-T copper port and two 10G SFP+ ports, making it the ideal choice for businesses looking to boost their network speed and functionality. This compact solution is designed to enhance network performance and provide reliable connectivity.

Physical Port

• 1 x 10GBASE-T copper port
• 2 x 10G SFP+ ports

Layer 2 Features|
The XT-900 series supports advanced Layer 2 features, ensuring efficient and secure data transmission. These features include VLAN, QoS, and link fault pass-through.

Quality of Servic e
The product offers Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities to prioritize network traffic and ensure optimal performance for critical applications.

Management
The XT-900 series comes with management capabilities, allowing users to monitor and configure the device according to their network requirements. It supports SNMPv3 and SSHv2 protocols for
secure remote management.

Security
The product incorporates security measures to protect against external intrusions and ensure the integrity of the network. It supports features such as redundant ring technology and ITU-T G.8032 ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching) for fast self-recovery in ring networks.

Case and Installation
The XT-900 series is designed with a compact and sturdy case, making it easy to install and suitable for various environments.

Product Usage Instructions

To use the XT-900 series managed media converter, follow these steps:

1. Connect the 10GBASE-T copper port to a device with an RJ45 interface using a suitable Ethernet cable.
2. If using fiber-optic cabling, connect the desired SFP+ port to the fiber-optic cable using compatible SFP+ modules.
3. Power on the media converter by connecting it to a power source.
4. Configure the device according to your network requirements using the provided management interface. You can access the management interface through SNMPv3 or SSHv2 protocols.
5. Set up VLANs and QoS settings to optimize network traffic and prioritize critical applications, if required.
6. If you encounter any link faults or errors, the link fault pass-through feature will help detect and propagate these issues to other connected devices. The connected devices will then take appropriate actions, such as rerouting traffic or disabling the affected port.
7. If using redundant ring technology, configure the device accordingly to ensure fast self-recovery in ring networks.

For further assistance or detailed configuration instructions, refer to the product user manual or contact our customer support.

INSTRUCTION

Ultra-Fast Connections and Easy Management
PLANET XT-900 series high-performance media converter improves network connectivity and provides sophisticated management capabilities. It is the first 10Gbps media converter in the industry with standalone secure management, making it the best option for enterprise and telecom remote management and monitoring. The XT-900 series allows for remote management via an intuitive web interface, command line interface (CLI) and SNMP protocol, enabling easy monitoring
and configuration of the converter from anywhere.

Our cutting-edge converter features one 10GBASE-T copper port and two 10G SFP+ ports, providing ultra-fast connectivity for devices with RJ45 interfaces as well
as greater flexibility in fiber-optic cabling options. This powerful yet compact solution makes it the ideal choice for businesses looking to boost their network speed and functionality.

10GBASE-T and 10GBASE-X SFP+ Dual Media Interfaces for Diversified

Bandwidth Applications
The XT-900 series can reach speeds of up to 10Gbps over copper or fiber-optic cabling, greatly improving the performance of large data transmissions. Its built-in 10GBASE-T copper interfaces feature 5-speed auto- negotiation(10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100) and can transmit data at 10Gbps over the existing Cat6A/Cat7 UTP cabling, eliminating the need for expensive upgrades. With its Plug and Play design, and installation are easy and hassle-free, so you can enjoy the speed you need without any extra effort.

Physical Port

• * One 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100BASE-T RJ45 interface with auto

• MDI/MDI-X function
  • Two 10G/2.5G/1G/100BASE-X SFP+ interfaces

Layer 2 Features

• Storm Control support
  • Broadcast / Multicast / Unknown Unicast
• Supports VLAN
  • IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLAN
  • Supports provider bridging (VLAN Q-in-Q, IEEE 802.1ad)
  • Up to 256 VLAN groups, out of 4096 VLAN IDs
• Supports ITU-T G.8032 ERPS ring with recovery time less than 500ms
• Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
• 16K MAC address table with auto-aging Jumbo Frame support up to 12Kbytes in size

Quality of Service

• Ingress Shaper and Egress Rate Limit per port bandwidth control
• 8 priority queues on all converter ports
• Strict priority and Weighted Round Robin (WRR) CoS policies
• Traffic classification
  • IEEE 802.1p CoS
  • IP TOS / DSCP / IP Precedence
  • IP TCP/UDP port number
  • Typical network application

Management

• IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack management
• Support Link Fault Pass-through
• Management Interfaces
  • Web HTTP/HTTPS management
  • Telnet Command Line Interface
  • SNMP v1, v2c, v3 monitoring
  • SSHv2, TLSv1.2
• System Maintenance
  • Firmware upload/download via HTTP
  • Reset button for system reboot or reset to factory default
  • Dual images
•  Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)
• User privilege levels control
• SNMP Management
  • SNMP trap for interface link up and link down notification
  • Four RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events)
• Network Diagnostic
  • SFP-DDM (Digital Diagnostic Monitor)
• Syslog remote alarm
• Local system Log
• ICMPv6 / ICMPv4 remote ping
• PLANET Smart Discovery Utility for deploy management
• PLANET Remote Management
  • PLANET NMS Controller and CloudViewer app for deployment management Security
• IP address access management to prevent unauthorized intruder
• Static MAC setting and MAC Filtering
• Protected ports (XT-925A only) Case and Installation
• External 12VDC, 1.5A power adapter
• 0 to 50 degrees C operating temperature
• Supports 4KVDC Contact/8KVDC Air Ethernet ESD protection
• Wall-mount and DIN-rail installation (optional

Two Fiber Optic Ports Double the Distance of Deployment
Conventional media converters typically support only a single pair of different media conversions, such as converting one fiber to one copper connection. They can extend a 100m copper connection to a maximum of 80km fiber optic connection. In contrast, the XT-915A/XT-925A has two fiber optic ports and one copper port, enabling the two fiber optic cables to connect to devices up to 160km apart so as to significantly extend the deployment distance.

Link Fault Pass-through
Link Fault Pass-through is a networking feature. It facilitates the detection and propagation of link faults or errors from one network device to another. It helps maintain network reliability and minimizes downtime by allowing devices to dynamically respond to link faults. Link Fault Pass-through improves fault detection and enables faster troubleshooting and resolution processes.

How it works:

• When a link fault occurs, the device experiencing the fault generates a notification.
• This notification is then forwarded to other connected devices using Link Fault Pass-through.
• Upon receiving the link fault information, the connected devices become aware of the fault.
• This awareness enables them to take appropriate actions, such as rerouting traffic or disabling the affected port.

Remote Link Normal (Copper to Fiber Pair)

Network with Cybersecurity Helps Minimize Risks
The XT-900 series is equipped with enhanced cybersecurity features to fend off cyber threats and attacks. It supports SSHv2, TLSv1.2, and SNMPv3 protocols to provide strong protection against advanced threats. As a key point for transmitting data to a customer’s critical equipment in a business network, the XT-900 series cybersecurity feature protects network management and enhances the security of mission-critical networks without incurring any additional deployment cost or effort.

Redundant Ring, Fast Recovery for Critical Network Applications
The XT-900 series supports redundant ring technology and features strong, rapid self-recovery capability to prevent interruption and external intrusions. It
incorporates advanced ITU-T G.8032 ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching) technology, ensuring rapid self-recovery in ring networks. With this advanced feature, the data link recovery time can be as fast as 500ms.

IPv6/IPv4 Dual Stack Management
Supporting both IPv6 and IPv4 protocols, the XT-900 series help SMBs to step in the IPv6 era with the lowest investment as their network facilities need not be replaced or overhauled if the IPv6 FTTx edge network is set up.

SNMP for Comprehensive Network Monitoring and Centralized Control
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) provides network monitoring and management capabilities by gathering real-time information about network devices. By proactively identifying and addressing network issues, reliability and performance are improved. SNMP also facilitates centralized control of the network devices, allowing for monitoring and configuration of multiple devices from a single location, reducing manual effort and enhancing operational efficiency.

Layer 2 Features
The device has a 16K-entry MAC address table that automatically removes inactive addresses. Its backbone supports speeds of up to 40Gbps, and it can handle Jumbo Frames up to 12Kbytes in size. The device is equipped with Storm Control to manage Broadcast/Multicast/Unknown-Unicast traffic, and features an IPv6 MAC/VLAN/Multicast Address Table and Loop Protection.

Efficient Traffic Control
The XT-900 series media converter boasts advanced QoS features and robust traffic management capabilities, optimizing the delivery of business-class data, voice, and video solutions. Its feature set includes broadcast/multicast/unicast storm control, per-port bandwidth control, and 802.1p CoS/DSCP/IP Precedence QoS priority and remarking. These capabilities guarantee optimal performance for VoIP and video stream transmission, maximizing the utilization of limited network resources for enterprises

Intelligent SFP Diagnosis Mechanism
The XT-900 series supports the SFP-DDM (digital diagnostic monitor) function, which greatly helps network administrators easily monitor real-time parameters of the SFP transceivers. These parameters include optical output power, optical input power, temperature, laser bias current, and transceiver supply voltage.

SFP DDM (Digital Diagnostic Monitor)

Remote Management Solution
PLANET’s Universal Network Management System (UNI-NMS) and CloudViewer app support IT staff in remotely managing all network devices and monitoring the operation statuses of XT-900 series. These systems are designed for both enterprises and industries where the deployments of the XT-900 series can be remote. This allows bugs or faulty conditions to be found without having to go to the actual location. With UNI-NMS or CloudViewer app, all kinds of businesses
can now be speedily and efficiently managed from one platform.

Applications

Fiber-optic Networking for ISPs, Enterprises and Homes
With high-speed data transmission and easy installation, the XT-900 series can build FTTH (Fiber to the Home) and FTTC (Fiber to the Curb) for ISPs, and
FTTB (Fiber to the Building) for enterprises. The XT-900 series enables network administrators to easily monitor operations via the Web management interface.

Specifications

Hardware Specifications
Copper Interface| 1x 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100BASE-T RJ45

interface with auto MDI/MDI-X function

| –| 1x 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100BASE-T RJ45

interface with auto MDI/MDI-X function

Fiber Interface

| 1x

10G/2.5G/1G/100BASE-X SFP+

interface

| 2x

10G/2.5G/1G/100BASE-X SFP+

interface

| 2x

10G/2.5G/1G/100BASE-X SFP+

interface

Reset Button| < 5 sec.: System reboot

5 sec.: Factory default

ESD Protection| 4KVDC Contact / 8KVDC Air
Enclosure| Compact-sized metal case
Installation| Wall-mount kit and DIN-rail kit installation (optional)
Dimensions (W x D x H)| 135 x 87.8 x 20mm
Weight| 429g (device only)| 407g (device only)| 437g (device only)
Power Requirement| DC 12V, 1.5A, external power adapter
Power Consumption (XT-925A)| 3.24 watts/11.06 BTU/hr (No loading) / 12.5 watts/42.65 BTU/hr (Full loading)

LED Indicator

| System:

PWR, (Green)

Per 10GBASE-T RJ45 Port:

1G/100 LINK/ACT (Green)

2.5G/5G LINK/ACT (Green)

10G LINK/ACT (Amber)

Per 10GBASE-X SFP+ Port:

1G LINK/ACT (Green)

2.5G LINK/ACT (Green)

10G LINK/ACT (Amber)

Transmission Specifications
Processing Scheme| Store and Forward
Fabric| 40Gbps| 40Gbps| 60Gbps
Throughput (packet per second)| 29.76Mpps@64bytes| 44.64Mpps@64bytes
Address Table| 16K entries, automatic source address learning and aging
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Flow Control| Back pressure for half duplex

IEEE 802.3x pause frame for full duplex

Jumbo Frame| 12Kbytes
Shared Buffer| 12Mbits
Layer 2 Function

Port Configuration

| Port disable/enable

Auto-negotiation 100Mbps, 1/2.5/5/10Gbps full and half duplex mode selection

Flow control disable/enable

Port Status| Display each port’s link status, speed, auto-negotiation status, duplex mode, flow control status

VLAN

| IEEE 802.1Q tag-based VLAN IEEE 802.1ad Q-in-Q tunneling

Up to 256 VLAN groups, out of 4096 VLAN IDs

Bandwidth Control

| Per port bandwidth control Ingress: 16~10,000,000Kbps

Egress: 16~10,000,000Kbps

QoS

| Traffic classification based, strict priority and WRR

8-level priority for switching

Traffic classification:

– Cos/802.1p

– DSCP

– IP Precedence

Ring| Supports ERPS, and complies with ITU-T G.8032

Recovery time < 500ms

Security Function
Access Security| Remote management protocols support: SSH, Telnet, HTTP and HTTPs

Protected ports (XT-925A only)

System Management
Basic Management Interfaces| Telnet, Web browser, SNMP v1, v2c
Secure Management Interfaces| SSHv2, TLS v1.2, SNMP v3

System Management

| Firmware upgrade by HTTP protocol through Ethernet network

Configuration upload/download through HTTP

LLDP protocol SNTP

PLANET Smart Discovery Utility

PLANET NMS Controller and PLANET CloudViewer mobile app

Event Management

| Remote syslog

Local system log SNMP trap

SNMP MIBs

| RFC 1213 MIB-II

RFC 2863 IF-MIB

RFC 1493 Bridge MIB RFC 1643 Ethernet MIB RFC 2863 Interface MIB RFC 2665 Ether-Like MIB RFC 2737 Entity MIB

RFC 2819 RMON MIB (Groups 1, 2, 3 and 9)

RFC 3411 SNMP-Frameworks-MIB LLDP

MAU-MIB

Standards Conformance
Regulatory Compliance| FCC Part 15 Class A, CE Class A

Stability Testing

| IEC60068-2-32 (free fall) IEC60068-2-27 (shock)

IEC60068-2-6 (vibration)

Standards Compliance

| IEEE 802.3u, 100BASE-TX/FX IEEE 802.3ab, 1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3bz, 2.5G/5GBASE-T IEEE 802.3an, 10GBASE-T IEEE 802.3z, 1000BASE-SX/LX IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR/LR

IEEE 802.3x full-duplex flow control

IEEE 802.1p Class of Service IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging

IEEE 802.1ad Q-in-Q VLAN stacking IEEE 802.1ab LLDP

RFC 768 UDP

RFC 2474 DSCP

RFC 791 IP

RFC 792 ICMP

RFC 2068 HTTP

ITU-T G.8032 ERPS Ring

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Environment
Operating| Temperature: 0 ~ 50 degrees C

Relative Humidity: 5 ~ 95% (non-condensing)

Storage| Temperature: -10 ~ 70 degrees C

Relative Humidity: 5 ~ 95% (non-condensing)

Ordering Information

XT-905A| 1-Port 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100BASE-T + 1-Port 10G/1GBASE-X SFP+ Managed Media Converter
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XT-915A| 2-Port 10G/1GBASE-X SFP+ Managed Media Converter
XT-925A| 1-Port 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100BASE-T + 2-Port 10G/1GBASE-X SFP+ Managed Media Converter

Related Products

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