Cambium Networks cnMatrix EX1028 Switch
Enterprise LAN infrastructure requiring cloud-managed Layer 2/3 switching with full PoE budget for wireless APs, IP cameras, and VoIP.
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cnMatrix EX1028
- Specs: Cloud-Managed Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2 Access Switch
- Zero-touch deployments
- Policy-based automation
- Auto-device profiling and
- Non-blocking, line-rate architecture
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Product Overview
Cambium Networks cnMatrix EX1028 Switch
Cambium Networks delivers high-performance Ethernet switching solutions for enterprise networks. cnMatrix™ switches improve network performance while reducing the time and cost of provisioning and management. When integrated with Cambium Networks access points and cnMaestro™ Network Management, cnMatrix delivers a unified wired and wireless enterprise network that's secure, scalable, and easy to operate. Designed for enterprise, industrial, and campus environments, cnMatrix switches streamline deployment, automate policy enforcement, and simplify ongoing operations — helping IT teams do more with fewer resources.
Managed Switch
Ideal Applications
Enterprise LAN infrastructure requiring cloud-managed Layer 2/3 switching with full PoE budget for wireless APs, IP cameras, and VoIP. Wiring-closet aggregation and data-center edge deployments managed centrally through cnMaestro.
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Hardware Specifications
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Specifications
Throughput56 Gbps 56 Gbps 20 Gbps 20 Gbps 120 120 120 120
10/100/1000 Ports24 24 8 8
Packet Buffer1.5 MB 1.5 MB 1.5 MB 1.5 MB
2.5 G Portsn/a n/a n/a n/a
Energy-Efficient✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Uplink Ports4 SFP 4 SFP 2 SFP 2 SFP
PoE+ Enabled Ports24 n/a 8 n/a
Serial Console✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
USB✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Out-of-Bandn/a n/a n/a n/a
Management Port
Rack Mount Kit✓ ✓ Optional Optional
Internal Fans2 Fanless Fanless Fanless
Reset Button✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
MAC Address Table16K 16K 16K 16K 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 4K 4K 4K 4K
QinQNo No No No
LACP/Trunking 8 LAGs/8ports per LAG 8 LAGs/8 ports per LAG 8 LAGs/8 ports per LAG 8 LAGs/8 ports per LAG
QoS Priority Queues8 8 8 8
PVRST64 64 64 64
Ingress/Egress ACL145 145 145 145
L3 Interfaces64 64 64 64
Static ARP Entries512 512 512 512
ARP Entries512 512 512 512
Static Routes64 64 64 64
Dynamic Routingn/a n/a n/a n/a
IGMP Multicast256 256 256 256
Policy-Based✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ cnMatrix EX1000 Series Switches
Specifications – All Models
Quality of Service ACL mapping/markingof ToS/DSCP (COS) Layer 2 Feature 802.1d, RSTP, 802.1s - MSTP, PVRST Set
ACL mappingmarking of 802.1p ERPSv1–Ethernet ring protection switching
ACL mappingto priority queue VLAN, port, protocol, 802.1q
DiffServsupport Auto MDI/MDIX
HonoringDSCP and 802.1p (CoS) BPDU guard, root guard, loop guard
Traffic shaping/meteringBPDU filtering
Priority queuemanagement using Weighted IGMP snooping v1/v2/v3*, fast leave
Round Robin(WRR), Strict Priority (SP) and a IGMP proxy
combinationof WRR and SP LLDP/LLDP MED
Traffic Management ACL-basedinbound rate-limiting policies Static MAC
Broadcast,multicast, and unknown unicast Flow control per port
rate limiting(storm control) Port mirroring/SPAN: Port based, ACL
Inboundrate limiting per port based, VLAN based
Outboundrate limiting per port/queue Port isolation/private VLAN edge
Security 802.1x authentication
MAC authentication/MABJumbo frame (9K)
Guest VLAN/failoverVLAN authorization DoS protection
Local & RADIUSauthentication/authorization Ping/TraceRoute/ICMPv6
(dynamicVLAN assignment)
Secure copy(SCP)
Port security
DynamicARP inspection
Security (ACL) Source/destinationIP address Layer 3 Feature Inter-VLAN routing Set
TCP/UDPsource/destination port Static ARPs
IP protocoltype Static routes
Type of Service(ToS) or differentiated DHCP relay w/multiple helpers per VLAN
services(DSCP) field Route redistribution
Source/destinationMAC address
IEEE 802.1puser priority
RFC 1858—Securityconsiderations for IP
fragmentfiltering
Management cnMaestroSSH/SSH v2 TFTP/SFTP SNMP v1/v2/v3
Industrystandard Command Line Telnet client/server
Interface(CLI) Simple Network Time Protocol IPv6 management (SNTP) Password management Local/remote system logging (syslog
Embeddedweb management client) Policy-based automation (PBA)
USB filemanagement and storage
* Feature to be included in a futurerelease. cnMatrix EX1000 Series Switches
Hardware Specifications
EX1028-PEX1028 EX1010-P EX1010
Power Supply 100–240VAC 100–240 VAC 100–240 VAC 100–240 VAC
Max Switch25.10W 19.50W 10.54W 9.88W
MTBF (Hours) 285,350432,283 338,917 806,354
Weight3.96 kg 2.77 kg 1.99 kg 1.6 kg (8.75 lb) (6.1 lb) (4.375 lb) (3..5375 lb)
44 x4.4 x 25 cm 44 x 4.4 x 20.9 cm 21 x 4.4 x 25 cm 21 x 4.4 x 25 cm
(17.3 x1.75 x 9.85 in) (17.3 x 1.75 x 8.22 in) (8.26 x 1.75 x 9.85 in) (8.26 x 1.75 x 9.85 in)
CPU Speed 800MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz
LEDs per Port Link/Activity,PoE Link/Activity Link/Activity, PoE Link/Activity
PoE+ Power200W n/a 75W n/a
PoE + Voltage54V n/a 54V n/a
PoE Max Power30W n/a 30W n/a
per Port
0°to 50°C 0° to 50°C 0° to 50°C 0° to 50°C
Ranges (32°to 122°F) (32° to 122°F) (32° to 122°F) (32° to 122°F)
Operating 55°at 95% RH 55° at 95% RH 55° at 95% RH 55° at 95% RH
Storage -40°to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C
Temperature (-40°to 158°F) (-40° to 158°F) (-40° to 158°F) (-40° to 158°F)
Acoustic Noise dBA perSwitch (Ambient Temperature)
EX1028-P 40 dB - << /span>33C, 44.3 dB - 30C–40C, 52 dB - > 43C cnMatrix EX1000 Series Switches
IEEE Standards
Core Switching IEEE 802.1ab—LinkLayer Discovery Advanced Layer Authentication, Authorization, and
Features2 Features
Protocol(LLDP) Accounting* (AAA)
IEEE 802.1D—Spanningtree compatibility Broadcast/Multicast/Unknown unicast storm recovery
IEEE 802.1p—Ethernetpriority with user
provisioningand mapping DHCP Snooping
IEEE 802.1s—Multiplespanning tree IGMP Snooping Querier Independent VLAN Learning (IVL) support
IEEE 802.1Q—VirtualLANs with port-based Jumbo Ethernet frame support Port MAC locking
IEEE 802.1X—Port-basedauthentication Port mirroring
802.3az—Energy-EfficientEthernet Protected ports Static MAC filtering
VLAN Support IEEE 802.1W—Rapidspanning tree Layer 3 Features Inter-VLAN Routing Static ARP Static Routes RFC 2131 – DHCP Relay
IEEE 802.3ac—VLANtagging
IEEE 802.3ad—Linkaggregation
IEEE 802.3x—Flow control
BridgedLocal Area Networks - Amendment
07: MultipleRegistration Protocol
RFC 4541—Considerationsfor Internet,
Group ManagementProtocol (IGMP),
Snoopingswitches
ANSI/TIA-1057—LLDP-mediaendpoint
discovery(MED)
* Feature to be included in a futurerelease. cnMatrix EX1000 Series Switches
Event and error logging facilityRFC 896—Congestion control in IP/TCP RFC 2132—DHCP options and BOOTP networks vendor extensions
capabilityRFC 951—BOOTP RFC 2819—Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base
PING utilityRFC 1034—Domain names - concepts and facilities RFC 2865—RADIUS client RFC 1035—Domain names - implementation RFC 2869—RADIUS Extensions and specification RFC 3579—RADIUS support for EAP RFC 1321—Message digest algorithm RFC 3580—IEEE 802.1X RADIUS usage RFC 1534—Interoperability between BOOTP guidelines and DHCP RFC 3164—BSD syslog protocol RFC 2021—Remote network monitoring RFC 3580—802.1X RADIUS Usage management information base v2 Guidelines
RFC 894—Transmission of IPdatagrams RFC 2030—Simple Network Time Protocol
Management
SNMP v1, v2, and v3RFC 4716—SECSH public key file format RFC 2818—HTTP over TLS
SSH 1.5 and 2.0RFC 4419—Diffie-Hellman group exchange RFC 3268—AES cipher suites for transport for SSH transport layer protocol layer security
RFC 4252—SSH authenticationprotocol SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 Telnet
RFC 4253—SSH transport layerprotocol RFC 2246—TLS protocol, version 1.0 Web GUI
RFC 4251—SSH protocol architecture
Enterprise MIBs for FullRFC 1213—MIB II RFC 2618—RADIUS RFC 3273—RMON groups 1, 2,
Configuration Support of
Switching FeaturesRFC 2674—VLAN MIB RFC 3291—Textual RFC 1612—DNS resolver MIB conventions for internet extensions RFC 2737—Entity MIB v2* network addresses RFC 1643—Definitions of RFC 2819—RMON groups 1, 2, 3, RFC 3434—RMON Groups 1, 2, managed objects for Ethernet- and 9 and 3 like interface types RFC 2863—IF-MIB RFC 4022—TCP-MIB RFC 2233—Interfaces group RFC 2925—Definitions of MIB using SMI v2 RFC 4113—UDP-MIB managed objects for remote RFC 2613—SMON MIB ping, traceroute, and lookup operations MIBs for full configuration support of DiffServ, ACL, and Cos functionality RFC 3289—Management information base for DiffServ architecture (read-only) cnMatrix EX1000 Series Switches
Classify Traffic Based on SameMark the IP DSCP or precedence header fields Police the flow to a specific rate with two- color aware support RFC 2474—Definition of the differentiated services field (DS field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 headers RFC 2475—An architecture for differentiated services RFC 2597—Assured forwarding per-hop behavior EX1010 EX1028 EX1010-P EX1028-P cnMatrix EX1000 Series Switches
Type Part #Description
Switch MX-EX1028PxA-EIntelligent Ethernet PoE+ Switch, 24 x 1 Gbps and 4 x 1 Gbps SFP fiber ports - no power cord; EMEA
Switch MX-EX1028PxA-0Intelligent Ethernet PoE+ Switch, 24 x 1 Gbps and 4 x 1 Gbps SFP fiber ports - no power cord
Switch MX-EX1028xxA-EIntelligent Ethernet Switch, 24 x 1 Gbps and 4 1 Gbps SFP fiber ports - no power cord; EMEA
Switch MX-EX1028xxA-0Intelligent Ethernet Switch, 24 x 1 Gbps and 4 1 Gbps SFP fiber ports - no power cord
Switch MX-EX1010PxA-EIntelligent Ethernet PoE Switch, 8 x 1 Gbps and 2 SFP fiber ports - no power cord; EMEA
Switch MX-EX1010PxA-0Intelligent Ethernet PoE Switch, 8 x 1 Gbps and 2 SFP fiber ports - no power cord
Switch MX-EX1010xxA-EIntelligent Ethernet Switch, 8 x 1 Gbps and 2 SFP fiber ports - no power cord; EMEA
Switch MX-EX1010xxA-0Intelligent Ethernet Switch, 8 x 1 Gbps and 2 SFP fiber ports - no power cord
SFP-1G-SX1G SFP MMF SX Transceiver, 850 nm. -40ºC to 85ºC (-40°F to 185°F)
Transceiver SFP-1G-LX1G SFP SMF LX Transceiver, 1310 nm. -40ºC to 85ºC (-40°F to 185°F)
SFP-1G-Copper1000Base-T (RJ45) SFP Transceiver. -40ºC to 85ºC (-40°F to 185°F)
Cambium Care CCADV-SUP-xxxCambium Care Advanced, 1, 3 or 5-year support for one cnMatrix switch. 24x7 TAC support, SW updates, and NBDS advance replacement for HW
Cambium Care Pro CCPRO-SUP-xxxCambium Care Pro, 1, 3 or 5-year support for one cnMatrix switch. 24x7 TAC support and SW updates
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