User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 8-Port or 16-Port 10-Gigabit/Multi-Gigabit Smart Managed Plus Switch with 1 Copper/SFP+ Combo Port
- Contents
- 1 Hardware Setup
- 2 Getting Started
- Configure the switch
- Access the switch using a web browser
- Access the switch with the ProSAFE Plus Utility
- Use the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool to access the switch
- Use the NETGEAR Insight App to discover and register the switch
- Change the language of the local browser interface
- Change the password
- Register your product
- 3 Network Settings
- 4 Optimize Performance With Quality of Service
- 5 Use VLANS for Traffic Segmentation
- 6 Manage and Monitor the Switch
- Manage flow control
- Manage the port speed
- Enable loop detection
- Manage Energy Efficient Ethernet and other power saving options
- Upgrade the firmware
- Reboot the switch
- Save the switch configuration
- Restore a saved switch configuration
- Restore factory default settings
- Enable port mirroring
- View switch information
- View the port statistics
- 7 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
- A Supplemental Information
8-Port or 16-Port 10-Gigabit/Multi-Gigabit Smart Managed Plus Switch
Hardware Setup User Manual9
Switch front panel
The switch provides eight 100M/1G/10G copper RJ-45 ports, of which port 8T and slot 8F
form a shared (combo) port. The 1G/10G SFP+ slots (8F) accept fiber modules. You use
either port 8T or port 8F. Each copper RJ-45 port is capable of sensing the line speed and
negotiating the duplex mode with the link partner automatically
.
XS708Ev2 front panel
The following figure shows the front panel of the switch.
Power and
Factory
Defaults button
Fan LEDs
100M/1G/10G RJ-45 ports
SFP+ slot
Figure 3. XS708Ev2 switch front panel
From left to right, the front panel contains the following components:
• Power and Fan LEDs.
• Recessed Factory Defaults button to restore the device back to the factory defaults.
• Eight RJ-45 connectors for 100M/1G/10G
AutoSensing 10-Gigabit Ethernet switching
ports.
• One port (8) is a combo port:
You can either use port 8T as Gigabit Ethernet switching
port or you can install a fiber module in 1G/10G SFP+ slot 8F.
• Speed and
Activity (ACT) LEDs for each port.










