DrayTek VSP1281X-K VigorSwitch P1281x 24 Port Gigabit POE Smart Managed Switch with 4x 10GbE SFP Ports

DrayTek VigorSwitch P1281x 24-Port GbE PoE+ Switch with 10Gbps SFP+

The DrayTek VigorSwitch P1281x is a smart, rack-mountable Gigabit Ethernet switch designed for high-performance, centrally managed networks. It features 24 x GbE PoE+ ports with a total PoE budget of 140W, plus 4 independent 10Gbps SFP+ uplink ports for high-speed connectivity to switches, servers, and network-attached storage.

Key Features

• 24 x RJ-45 GbE PoE+ Ports (10/100/1000Mbps)
• 4 x SFP+ 10GbE Ports for uplink / fibre connections
• PoE/PoE+ Support with 140W total power budget
• Up to 30W per PoE port (IEEE 802.3af/802.3at compliant)
• Centralised Management via VigorACS, VigorConnect, or DrayTek Vigor router Central Switch Management
• Advanced VLAN Options including 802.1q, MAC-based, Voice & Surveillance VLAN
• ONVIF IP Camera Surveillance Management with PoE device check
• QoS, ACLs, IGMP Snooping, Link Aggregation, and Spanning Tree support
• IPv4 & IPv6 Dual-Stack with IP conflict prevention
• OpenVPN Client with certificate-based authentication
• 1U Rack-Mountable with included brackets

Centralised Management

Designed for centralised deployment and monitoring, the VigorSwitch P1281x can be:

• Provisioned and monitored via VigorACS cloud management
• Managed on-site with the free VigorConnect platform
• Controlled through a DrayTek Vigor router’s Central Switch Management

Easily provision VLAN configurations through the router, clone switch settings, reduce setup time for complex networks, and configure entire DrayTek networks remotely.

Physical Interfaces

• 24 x RJ-45 Ethernet PoE+ Ports – 10/100/1000Mbps
• 4 x SFP+ Ports – 1000Mbps / 10Gbps
• Factory Reset Button

PoE Specifications

• 24 Power over Ethernet LAN ports (PoE PSE)
• IEEE 802.3af PoE & 802.3at PoE+ compliant
• 140W total PoE power budget
• Up to 30W per port
• Auto detection of Powered Device (PD) and consumption
• Per-port PoE status LED indicators
• Alert LED for high PoE usage
• Port power consumption monitoring via Web UI & CLI
• Circuit protection to prevent power interference between ports

Per-Port PoE PD Monitoring & Maintenance:

• Scheduling
• PoE PD priority
• Restart PoE PD if not responding to ping
• Restart PoE IP camera if not providing camera output

VLAN

• Up to 512 VLANs (out of 4096 VLAN IDs)
• 802.1q tag-based VLAN
• Port-based and MAC-based VLANs
• Voice VLAN (OUI Mode)
• Surveillance VLAN (OUI Mode)
• Management VLAN

Quality of Service (QoS)

• Support for 8 priority queues
• Port-based rate control (ingress & egress)
• Priority queue scheduling (WRR or Strict Priority)
• Rate limiting

Class of Service:

• 802.1p CoS
• DSCP
• CoS–DSCP
• IP Precedence ToS

Network Security

• IP Source Guard with ARP inspection
• Storm control (Broadcast, Unknown Multicast, Unknown Unicast)
• DoS attack protection
• Protected Port / Port Isolation
• Static Port Security
• Loop detection & prevention

Access Control Lists (ACL):

• Up to 512 ACL entries
• Match by source and destination MAC
• VLAN ID
• IPv4/IPv6 address
• Protocol
• TCP/UDP port

Spanning Tree

• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)

Link Aggregation

• Combine multiple ports to increase bandwidth
• 8 aggregation groups
• Up to 8 ports per group
• LACP or static setup
• Supports traffic load balancing

Networking Performance

Multicast

• IGMP Snooping v2/v3 (BISS)
• IGMP v2/v3 Querier

ONVIF Surveillance Management

• Discovery of ONVIF-compliant IP cameras
• Surveillance topology
• Real-time video streaming

ONVIF Device Maintenance:

• Device information
• Network settings configuration
• Time settings
• Reboot
• Reset to factory default settings
• Ping check with mail alert on disconnection

Management

• Web User Interface (HTTP or HTTPS)
• HTTP (non-TLS) can be disabled for increased security
• Command Line Interface (CLI) via SSH/Telnet

Central Management Options:

• VigorACS
• VigorConnect
• Vigor Router Switch Management

Additional Management Features:

• Firmware upgrade/backup
• Configuration backup/restore
• IPv4 & IPv6 dual-stack
• Factory default restore
• System reboot
• 2-level admin privileges
• Multiple admin accounts
• OpenVPN client with certificate-based authentication
• SNMP v1, v2c, v3 (with generic traps)
• SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol)
• LLDP (802.1ab) + MED
• ONVIF – IP camera management

Diagnostics & Alerts

• Port status & usage display
• RAM usage display
• MAC address table view
• Device check
• Syslog

Mail Alert Triggers:

• Port status
• Port speed change
• System restart
• Device check
• IP conflict
• ONVIF IP camera snapshot

Additional Diagnostic Tools:

• Port mirroring
• Ping diagnostics
• Port-based cable test

IPv4 Features

• DHCP client
• DNS client

IPv6 Features

• Auto configuration
• Static IPv6 address & prefix length
• Static IPv6 default gateway
• IPv6 Neighbour Discovery (ND)
• IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection
• ICMPv6
• DHCPv6 client

Standards Compliance

• PoE/Power:
• 802.3af PoE

• 802.3at PoE+

• Ethernet:

• 802.3 10Base-T
• 802.3u 100Base-T
• 802.3ab 1000Base-T
• 802.3ae 10GBase-T
• 802.3x Flow Control
• 802.3 Auto-negotiation
• 802.3ad Port trunk with LACP

• 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet

• Switching & Layer 2:

• 802.1q VLAN
• 802.1p Class of Service
• 802.1d Spanning Tree (STP)
• 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP)
• 802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)

Operating Requirements

Physical Specifications

Warranty & Support

• Standard Warranty: Two (2) year RTB
• Software Security Updates: 3 years after EOL notification (applies to products sold in the UK)

Optional VigorCare Enhanced Warranty:

• VigorCare C3 3 Year Subscription: VCARE-C3
• VigorCare C5 5 Year Subscription: VCARE-C5

Box Contents

• VigorSwitch P1281x Network Switch
• UK IEC13 Power Cable
• 1U Rack Mount Fittings
• Quick Start Guide