Overview

5120 Series switches provide basic 10Gb Ethernet connectivity to end devices and edge stacks like video encoders/decoders and other IoT devices. The twenty-four (24) port copper and twenty-four (24) port fiber switch models provide 4x25Gb fixed uplinks. The forty-eight (48) port switch models provide 2x100Gb fixed uplinks along with 4x25Gb ports. These switches can be deployed to aggregate edge stacks while providing high speed uplinks to upstream L3 switches/routers. The 5120 Series switches can stack between themselves using the 2 x 25Gb ports or the 2 x 100Gb ports.

Management

Each switch can be flexibly managed though the cloud, the network, or the command-line interface (CLI), either remotely or locally. The switch supports any of the following management methods:

ExtremeCloud IQ through the cloud or over the network.
an out-of-band management network connected to the Ethernet management port on the switch.
a laptop connected directly to the Ethernet management port on the switch through an Ethernet cable.
a terminal connected to the RJ45 serial console port on the switch.
a PC or laptop connected to the Micro-B USB console port on the switch.
a mobile device or a laptop using Bluetooth with a Bluetooth dongle connected to the USB Type A port on the switch.

For more information about switch management, see Manage Your Switch.

Note

There is also a Type A USB 2.0 port labeled USB on the front panel that can host removable devices like flash drives.

Cooling

Each switch is cooled by hot-swappable internal fan modules. 5120 Series switches support both front-to-back and back-to-front airflow for switch cooling. Fan module slots are located on the rear panel of the switch. Fans are ordered separately for base models 5120-44X-4Y-2C, 5120-44X-4Y-2C-TAA, 5120-24X-4Y, 5120-24X-4Y-TAA, 5120-24XT-4Y, and 5120-24XT-4Y-TAA. Fans are included with other models.

For more information about the fan modules used in the switch, see Fans Modules for Use with Your Switch.

Power Supplies

Each switch supports up to two hot-swappable internal modular AC power supplies that provide enough power for the needs of the switch. Power supply slots are located in the rear of the switch. Power supplies are ordered separately for base models 5120-44X-4Y-2C, 5120-44X-4Y-2C-TAA, 5120-24X-4Y, 5120-24X-4Y-TAA, 5120-24XT-4Y, and 5120-24XT-4Y-TAA. Power supplies are included with other models.

For more information about the power supplies used in the switch, see Power Supplies for Use with Your Switch.

Stacking Ports

Each switch comes equipped with two stacking ports, also referred to as Universal Ethernet ports. When running Switch Engine, these ports can be used in either stacking mode or Ethernet mode. When in stacking mode, up to eight systems can be stacked using qualified direct attach cables or optical transceivers.

Note

The 5120 Series switches can only stack with themselves.

Stacking cables are ordered separately.

For more information about stacking ports, see Universal Ethernet Ports.

For information about optical modules, see the Extreme Optics website.

For more information about stacking, see Build Stacks.

Operating Temperatures

All 5120 Series switch models support an operating range from 0°C (32°F) to 50°C (122°F) up to 3000 m (10,000 ft), with front-to-back and back-to-front airflow.

Feature Licensing

5120 Series switches support Unified Licensing. There are two methods of acquiring feature licenses: manual or through ExtremeCloud IQ^TM (XIQ).

For Switch Engine licensing, see the Feature License Requirements for your version of the Switch Engine operating system.

For XIQ licensing, see ExtremeCloud IQ.