D-Link DXS-3600-32S – 24-Port 10G SFP+ Layer 3 Stackable Managed Switch with Expansion Slot
Overview:
• The D-Link DXS-3600-32S is a Layer 3 Stackable 10G Managed Switch designed for enterprise aggregation, campus backbone, data center networks, core switching, and high-performance 10G fiber deployments.
• It provides 24 × fixed 10G SFP+ ports with one expansion slot, allowing flexible expansion for additional 10G SFP+, 40G QSFP+, 10GBASE-T, or 120G CXP stacking connectivity.
• The DXS-3600 Series is built for low-latency wire-speed 10G Ethernet switching and routing, with 1U rack-mount design and front-to-back airflow for enterprise and data center environments.
• The DXS-3600-32S delivers 960Gbps switching capacity, 714.28Mpps forwarding rate, 128K MAC address table, and 9MB packet buffer memory.
• It supports hot-swappable AC/DC power supplies, hot-swappable fan trays, 1+1 power redundancy, load sharing, and N+1 cooling redundancy for high availability.
• It supports Standard Image and Enhanced Image options. Standard Image includes Layer 2, VLAN, multicast, QoS, security, data center, and static routing features, while Enhanced Image adds advanced IPv4/IPv6 routing, RIP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, L3 multicast, MPLS, L3 VPN, and VRF features.
Key Features:
• Layer 3 Stackable 10G Managed Switch
• 24 × Fixed 10G SFP+ Ports
• 1 × Expansion Slot
• 960Gbps Switching Capacity
• 714.28Mpps Forwarding Rate
• 128K MAC Address Table
• 9MB Packet Buffer Memory
• Hot-Swappable Power Supply Support
• Hot-Swappable Fan Tray Design
• Front-to-Back Airflow
• 1+1 Power Redundancy and Load Sharing
• N+1 Cooling Redundancy
• Virtual Stacking up to 32 Units
• Physical Stacking up to 4 Switches
• Up to 480G Stacking Bandwidth with DXS-3600-EM-Stack
• Up to 160G Stacking Bandwidth with DXS-3600-EM-4QXS
• RJ-45 Console Port for Out-of-Band Management
• 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 Management Port
• SD Card Slot
• Data Center Bridging Support
• IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-Based Flow Control
• IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection
• IEEE 802.1Qau Congestion Notification
• Cut-Through Switching Support
• VLAN, Q-in-Q, Private VLAN, Super VLAN, ISM VLAN, and VLAN Translation
• Advanced QoS with 8 Queues per Port
• Three Color Marker, trTCM, srTCM, WRED, and CIR Support
• ACL with 1792 Ingress Rules, 1K Egress Rules, and 3K VLAN Access Maps
• SSH, SSL, Port Security, IMPB, DHCP Snooping, ARP Spoofing Prevention, and DoS Attack Prevention
• Web GUI, CLI, Telnet, SNMP, RMON, LLDP, DHCP Relay, Multiple Image, and Multiple Configuration
• Enhanced Image Support for RIP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, L3 VPN, VRF-Lite, and L3 Multicast
• Optional 10G SFP+, 40G QSFP+, 10GBASE-T, 1G SFP, and 120G CXP Expansion Modules
Technical Specifications:
• Product Type: Layer 3 Stackable 10G Managed Switch
• Brand: D-Link
• Model: DXS-3600-32S
• Series: DXS-3600 Series
• Port Configuration: 24 × Fixed SFP+ 10G Ports + 1 × Expansion Slot
• Fixed 10G SFP+ Ports: 24 Ports
• Expansion Slot: 1 Slot
• Console Port: RJ-45 Console Port for Out-of-Band Management
• Management Port: 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 Ethernet for Out-of-Band Remote Management
• SD Card Slot: 1 Slot
• Switching Capacity: 960Gbps
• Maximum Forwarding Rate: 714.28Mpps
• Packet Buffer Memory: 9MB
• MAC Address Table: 128K Entries
• Power Input: 100 to 240V AC, 50/60Hz
• Maximum Power Consumption: 116.8W without Expansion Module / 160.4W with DXS-3600-EM-4QXS
• Standby Power Consumption: 88.2W
• Heat Dissipation Max: 398.29BTU/hr without Expansion Module / 546.96BTU/hr with DXS-3600-EM-4QXS
• Heat Dissipation Standby: 300.76BTU/hr
• Dimensions: 440 × 506 × 44mm
• Weight: 10.71kg
• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 45°C
• Storage Temperature: -40°C to 70°C
• Operating Humidity: 0% to 95% RH
• Storage Humidity: 0% to 95% RH
• Safety Certifications: CB, cUL, LVD
• EMI/EMC Certifications: FCC, CE, C-Tick, IC, VCCI
• Power Architecture: Two AC/DC Hot-Swappable Power Modules with 1+1 Redundancy and Load Sharing
• Cooling Architecture: Three Hot-Swappable Fan Trays with Front-to-Back Airflow and N+1 Cooling Redundancy
• Stackability: Virtual Stacking/Clustering up to 32 Units, Physical Stacking up to 4 Switches, Ring/Chain Topology Support
• Stacking Bandwidth: Up to 480G with DXS-3600-EM-Stack / Up to 160G with DXS-3600-EM-4QXS
• Layer 2 Features: 128K MAC Address Table, 802.3x Flow Control, Back Pressure, HOL Blocking Prevention, STP, RSTP, MSTP, Root Restriction, Jumbo Frame up to 12,000 Bytes, 802.1AX Link Aggregation, ERPS, Port Mirroring, Flow Mirroring, RSPAN, Loopback Detection, and L2 Protocol Tunneling
• Link Aggregation: Up to 32 Groups per Device, 12 Ports per Group
• L2 Multicast Features: L2 Multicast Filtering, MLD Snooping v1/v2, up to 4K Groups, IGMP Snooping v1/v2/v3, up to 4K IGMP Groups, 1K Static Multicast Addresses, IGMP per VLAN, Host-Based IGMP Fast Leave, Host-Based MLD Fast Leave, and PIM Snooping
• Layer 3 Features: ARP, 512 Static ARP, Gratuitous ARP, 256 IP Interfaces, Loopback Interface, and IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
• Layer 3 Routing: Static Routing, up to 1K IPv4 Entries, up to 512 IPv6 Entries, Secondary Route, Equal Cost / Weighted Cost Multi-Path Route, and Default Routing
• VLAN Features: 802.1Q, 802.1v Protocol-Based VLAN, Double VLAN Q-in-Q, Port-Based Q-in-Q, Selective Q-in-Q, Port-Based VLAN, MAC-Based VLAN, Subnet-Based VLAN, Private VLAN, 4K Static VLAN Groups, 4094 VIDs, GVRP up to 4K Dynamic VLANs, VLAN Translation, ISM VLAN, Super VLAN, and VLAN Trunking
• AAA Features: 802.1X Authentication, Port-Based Access Control, Host-Based Access Control, Dynamic VLAN Assignment, Identity-Driven Policy Assignment, Web-Based Access Control, MAC-Based Access Control, Guest VLAN, Compound Authentication, Microsoft NAP, RADIUS, TACACS+, Authentication Database Failover, and Trusted Host
• QoS Features: 802.1p QoS, 8 Queues per Port, Strict, WRR, Strict + WRR, Round Robin, WDRR, QoS Based on 802.1p, DSCP, IP Address, MAC Address, VLAN, IPv6 Traffic Class, IPv6 Flow Label, TCP/UDP Port, Bandwidth Control, Per Queue Bandwidth Control, Three Color Marker, trTCM, srTCM, WRED, CIR, and Remarking
• ACL Features: ACL Based on 802.1p Priority, VLAN, MAC Address, EtherType, IP Address, DSCP, Protocol Type, TCP/UDP Port Number, IPv6 Traffic Class, IPv6 Flow Label, 1792 Ingress ACL Rules, 1K Egress ACL Rules, 3K VLAN Access Maps, and Time-Based ACL
• Security Features: Port Security up to 12K MAC Addresses per Port/System, Broadcast/Multicast/Unicast Storm Control, D-Link Safeguard Engine, DHCP Server Screening, IP-MAC-Port Binding, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard, DHCP Snooping, IPv6 Snooping, DHCPv6 Guard, IPv6 RA Guard, IPv6 ND Inspection, ARP Spoofing Prevention, Traffic Segmentation, SSL, SSH, BPDU Attack Protection, and DoS Attack Prevention
• Management Features: Web GUI, CLI, Telnet Server/Client, TFTP Client, FTP Client, Traffic Monitoring, SNMP v1/v2c/v3, SNMP Trap, System Log, DHCP Client, DHCP Server, DHCP Relay Options 12/60/61/82, Multiple Image, Multiple Configuration, Flash File System, DNS Resolver, CPU Monitoring, MTU Setting, Traceroute, Ping, LLDP/LLDP-MED, DNS Relay, SMTP, DHCP Auto Configuration, SNTP, RCP, RMONv1, RMONv2, Trusted Host, Password Encryption, Debug Command, and IPv6 SLAAC
• Enhanced Image L3 Multicasting: 2K Multicast Table, IGMP v1/v2/v3, PIM-SM IPv4/IPv6, PIM-DM, MSDP, PIM Sparse-Dense Mode, PIM-SSM, DVMRP v3, and MLD v1/v2
• Enhanced Image MPLS: LDP, MPLS LSP Trigger Filtering, MPLS Label Forwarding, MPLS QoS, MPLS Ping and Traceroute, L2 Protocol Tunneling through PW, VPWS, VPLS, and PW Redundancy
• Enhanced Image L3 Features: IPv6 Tunneling, Static, ISATAP, GRE, 6to4, and VRRP
• Enhanced Image L3 VPN: MPLS/BGP L3 VPN, VRF-Lite, MP-BGP, and VRF Aware Application
• Enhanced Image L3 Routing: 16K Hardware Routing Entries shared by IPv4/IPv6, 16K IPv4 Entries, 8K IPv6 Entries, RIP, RIPng, OSPF v2/v3, BGPv4, IS-IS, IS-ISv6, Route Redistribution, Policy-Based Route, IP Directed Broadcast, BFD, Default Route, Static Route, and VRRP
• Data Center Features: IEEE 802.1Qbb PFC, IEEE 802.1Qaz ETS, IEEE 802.1Qau QCN, Data Center Bridging, and Cut-Through Switching
• Optional Expansion Modules: DXS-3600-EM-4XT, DXS-3600-EM-8T, DXS-3600-EM-4QXS, DXS-3600-EM-8XS, DXS-3600-EM-Stack
• Optional Power Supplies: DXS-PWR300AC, DXS-PWR300DC
• Optional Fan Tray: DXS-3600-FAN-FB
• Ordering Options: DXS-3600-32S/SI, DXS-3600-32S/EI
• Optional SI to EI License: DXS-3600-32S-SE-LIC
Applications:
• Enterprise aggregation networks
• Campus backbone networks
• Data center aggregation and core switching
• 10G fiber backbone deployments
• High-performance server room connectivity
• Core routing and aggregation environments
• MPLS aggregation networks
• Service provider aggregation
• CCTV and IP surveillance backbone using 10G fiber
• High-availability networks requiring redundant power and cooling
• Networks requiring 24 × 10G SFP+ ports, 40G expansion, 120G stacking, VLAN, QoS, ACL, MPLS, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, and advanced routing
Connect Gates Recommendation:
• Connect Gates recommends the D-Link DXS-3600-32S for high-performance core, aggregation, and data center projects that require dense 10G SFP+ connectivity and flexible expansion.
• It is ideal for enterprise core networks, data centers, campus aggregation, CCTV backbone, service provider networks, server rooms, and high-performance 10G fiber infrastructure.
• The 24 fixed 10G SFP+ ports, expansion slot, 960Gbps switching capacity, 714.28Mpps forwarding rate, 128K MAC table, hot-swappable power/fan design, front-to-back airflow, and advanced Layer 3/MPLS features make it suitable for mission-critical deployments.
• For best performance, Connect Gates recommends selecting the suitable expansion module according to project requirements, whether additional 10G SFP+, 40G QSFP+, 10GBASE-T, or 120G CXP stacking is required, and using redundant power supplies where uptime is critical.