Cambium Networks cnMatrix EX2028-P Switch

Enterprise LAN infrastructure requiring cloud-managed Layer 2/3 switching with full PoE budget for wireless APs, IP cameras, and VoIP.

Cambium Networks cnMatrix EX2028-P Switch
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Cambium Networks cnMatrix EX2028-P 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.

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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

EX2052EX2052-P EX2052R-P EX2016M-P EX2028-P EX2028 EX2010-P EX2010
Throughput 176 Gbps176 Gbps 176 Gbps 86 Gbps 128 Gbps 128 Gbps 20 Gbps 20 Gbps
      
Forwarding Rate in 120120 120 120 120 120 120 120
1.5 MB1.5 MB 1.5 MB 1.5 MB 1.5 MB 1.5 MB 1.5 MB 1.5 MB
4848 48 8 24 24 8 8

10/100/1000 Ports

n/an/a n/a 6 n/a n/a n/a n/a

2.5G Ports (60W)

✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Uplink Ports 4 SFP+4 SFP+ 4 SFP+ 2 SFP+ 4 SFP+ 4 SFP+ 2 SFP 2 SFP
PoE+ Enabled Ports n/a48 48 8 24 n/a 8 n/a
PoE+ Enabled Ports 00 0 6 0 0 0 0
Serial Console ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
USB ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Out-of-Band ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Management Port

✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Optional Optional
13 2 2 2 Fanless Fanless Fanless
✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
16K16K 16K 16K 16K 16K 16K 16K
Flash Storage 128 MB128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB
DRAM 512 MB512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
VLANs 4K4K 4K 4K 4K 4K 4K 4K
QinQ YesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
LACP/Trunking8 LAGs/8 ports per LAG
QoS Priority Queues 88 8 8 8 8 8 8
PVRST 6464 64 64 64 64 64 64
Ingress/Egress ACL 145145 145 145 145 145 145 145
Static ARP Entries 512512 512 512 512 512 512 512
ARP Entries 10001000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Static Routes 6464 64 64 64 64 64 64
Dynamic Routing 512512 512 512 512 512 512 512
IGMP Multicast 512512 512 512 512 512 512 512
L3 Interfaces 6464 64 64 64 64 64 64
Policy-Based ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ cnMatrix EX2000 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 QinQ
HonoringDSCP and 802.1p (CoS) Auto MDI/MDIX
Traffic shaping/meteringBPDU guard, root guard, loop guard
Priority queuemanagement using Weighted BPDU filtering
Round Robin(WRR), Strict Priority (SP) and a IGMP snooping v1/v2/v3*, fast leave
combinationof WRR and SP IGMP proxy
Traffic Management ACL-basedinbound rate-limiting policies LLDP/LLDP MED
Broadcast,multicast, and unknown unicast Static MAC
rate limiting(storm control) Flow control per port
Inboundrate limiting per port Port mirroring/SPAN: Port based, ACL
Outboundrate limiting per port/queue based, VLAN based

Security 802.1x authentication

MAC authentication/MABLink aggregation groups (static/LACP)
Guest VLAN/failoverVLAN authorization Jumbo frame (9K)
Local/radiusauthentication/authorization DoS protection
(dynamicVLAN assignment) Ping/Trace Route/ICMPv6
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 Dynamic routing – RIPv1/v2 Dynamic routing – OSPFv2
Source/destinationMAC address Route redistribution
IEEE 802.1puser priority
RFC 1858—Securityconsiderations for IP
fragmentfiltering
Management cnMaestroOut-of-band Ethernet management TFTP/SFTP SSH/SSH v2
Industrystandard Command Line Telnet client/server
Interface(CLI) SNMP v1/v2/v3 IPv6 management
DHCP clientSimple Network Time Protocol Password management (SNTP)
Embeddedweb management Local/remote system logging (syslog client) Policy-based automation (PBA)
USB filemanagement and storage
* Feature to be included in a futurerelease. cnMatrix EX2000 Series Switches

Hardware Specifications

EX2052EX2052-P EX2052R-P EX2016M-P EX2028-P EX2028 EX2010-P EX2010
Power Supply 100–240 VAC100–240 VAC CRPS 100–240 VAC 100–240 VAC 100–240 VAC 100–240 VAC 100–240 VAC dependent
Max Switch Power 38.88W39.24W 46.98W 26.76W 25.10W 19.50W 10.54W 9.88W
MTBF (Hours) 393,648238,063 202,977 385,242 285,350 432,283 338,917 806,354
Flash Storage 128 MB128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB
DRAM 512 MB512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Weight 3.6 kg5.4 kg 4.3 kg 3.6 kg 3.96 kg 2.77 kg 1.99 kg 1.6 kg
(7.93 lb)(11.90 lb) (9.48 lb) or (7.93 lb) (8.75 lb) (6.1 lb) (4.375 lb) (3.5375 lb) 5.2 kg (11.46 lb)
44 x 4.4 x 2544 x 4.4 x 35 44 x 4.4 x 35 44 x 4.4 x 25 44 x 4.4 x 25 44 x 4.4 x 21 x 4.4 x 25 21 x 4.4 x 25
cmcm cm cm cm 20.9 cm cm cm
(17.3 x 1.75x (17.3 x 1.75 x (17.3 x 1.75 x (17.3 x 1.75 x (17.3 x 1.75 x (17.3 x 1.75 x (8.26 x 1.75 x (8.26 x 1.75 x
9.85 in)13.78 in) 13.78 in) 9.85 in) 9.85 in) 8.22 in) 9.85 in) 9.85 in)
CPU Speed 800 MHz800 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz
LEDs per Port Link/ActivityLink/Activity, Link/Activity, Link/Activity, Link/Activity, Link/Activity Link/Activity, Link/Activity PoE PoE PoE PoE PoE
PoE+ Power n/a400W CRPS 240W 400W n/a 100W n/a dependent
PoE + Voltage n/a54V 54V 5V 54V n/a 54V n/a
PoE Max Power per n/a30W 30W 30W, 60W 30W n/a 30W n/a
Rack Mountable Yes 1UYes 1U Yes 1U Yes 1U Yes 1U Yes 1U Yes 1U Yes 1U
Temperature 0° to 50°C0° to 50°C 0° to 50°C 0° to 50°C 0° to 50°C 0° to 50°C 0° to 50°C 0° to 50°C
(32° to 122°F)(32° to 122°F) (32° to 122°F) (32° to 122°F) (32° to 122°F) (32° to 122°F) (32° to 122°F) (32° to 122°F)
Operating Humidity 55° at 95% RH55° at 95% RH 55° at 95% RH 55° at 95% RH 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 -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C -40° to 70°C
(-40° to 158°F)(-40° to 158°F) (-40° to 158°F) (-40° to 158°F) (-40° to 158°F) (-40° to 158°F) (-40° to 158°F) (-40° to 158°F)
Acoustic Noise dBA perSwitch (Ambient Temperature)
EX2052 40.9 dB - < 33°C, 44.2 dB - 30°C-40°C, 47.3 dB -> 43°C
EX2052-P 48.5 dB - < 33°C, 51.3 dB - 30°C-40°C, 54.0 dB -> 43°C
EX2052R-P 1200W CRPS:74.5 dB - < 33°C, 74.3 dB - 30°C-40°C, 74.3 dB ->43°C,
930W CRPS:70.8 dB - < 33°C, 70.7 dB - 30°C-40°C, 70.7 dB -> 43°C,
600W CRPS:67.2 dB - < 33°C, 67.3 dB - 30°C-40°C, 67.5 dB -> 43°C
44.4 dB - < 33°C, 46.9 dB - 30°C-40°C, 49.3 dB -> 43°C
40 dB - << /span>33°C, 44.3 dB - 30°C-40°C, 52 dB - > 43°C cnMatrix EX2000 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 IEEE 802.1ad (QinQ)
IEEE 802.1p—Ethernetpriority with user Broadcast/Multicast/Unknown unicast storm
provisioningand mapping recovery
IEEE 802.1s—Multiplespanning tree DHCP Snooping IGMP Snooping Querier
IEEE 802.1Q—VirtualLANs with port-based Independent VLAN Learning (IVL) support Jumbo Ethernet frame support
IEEE 802.1X—Port-basedauthentication Port MAC locking
802.3az—Energy-efficientEthernet Port mirroring 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 RFC 2328 – OSPF Version 2
IEEE 802.3ac—VLANtagging RFC 2453 – RIP Version 2
IEEE 802.3ad—Linkaggregation
IEEE 802.3x—Flow control
BridgedLocal Area Networks - Amendment
07: MultipleRegistration Protocol
IEEE 802.1Q-2003 RFC 4541—Considerationsfor Internet,
Group ManagementProtocol (IGMP),
Snoopingswitches
ANSI/TIA-1057—LLDP-mediaendpoint
discovery(MED)
*Feature to be included in a futurerelease. cnMatrix EX2000 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 version 2 Guidelines
RFC 894—Transmission of IPdatagrams RFC 2030—Simple Network Time Protocol

Management

SNMP v1, v2, and v3RFC 4251—SSH protocol architecture RFC 2818—HTTP over TLS
SSH 1.5 and 2.0RFC 4716—SECSH public key file format RFC 3268—AES cipher suites for transport layer security
RFC 4252—SSH authenticationprotocol RFC 4419—Diffie-Hellman group exchange for SSH transport layer protocol Telnet
RFC 4253—SSH transport layerprotocol RFC 2246—TLS protocol, version 1.0 Web GUI

RFC 4254—SSH connection protocol

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 version 2* 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 RVC 2613—SMON MIB ping, traceroute, and lookup operations
Quality of Service MIBsMIBs for full configuration support of DiffServ, ACL, and Cos functionality RFC 3289—Management information base for DiffServ architecture (read-only)
* Feature to be included in a futurerelease. cnMatrix EX2000 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 EX2010 EX2010-P
EX2016M-PEX2028 EX2028-P EX2052R-P / CRPS
EX2052EX2052-P cnMatrix EX2000 Series Switches
Type Part #Description
Switch MXEX2052GxxA00Intelligent Ethernet Switch, 48 x 1 Gbps and 4 SFP+ - no power cord
Switch MXEX2052GxPA00Intelligent Ethernet PoE Switch, 48 x 1 Gbps and 4 SFP+ Fixed 540 - no power cord
MXEX2052GxPA10Intelligent Ethernet PoE Switch, 48 x 1 Gbps and 4 SFP+, Removable Power Supply (not included) - no power cord
MXEX2016MxPA00Intelligent Ethernet PoE Switch, 8 x 1 Gbps + 6 x 2.5 Gbps + 2 x SFP+, no power cord
Switch MX-EX2028PxA-0Intelligent Ethernet PoE Switch, 24 x 1 Gbps and 4 SFP+ fiber ports - no power cord
Switch MX-EX2028xxA-0Intelligent Ethernet Switch, 24 x 1 Gbps and 4 SFP+ fiber ports - no power cord
Switch MX-EX2010PxA-0Intelligent Ethernet PoE Switch, 8 x 1 Gbps and 2 SFP fiber ports - no power cord
Switch MX-EX2010xxA-0Intelligent Ethernet Switch, 8 x 1 Gbps and 2 SFP fiber ports - no power cord
CRPS MXCRPSAC600A0600W total Power, no power cord
CRPS MXCRPSAC930A0930W total Power, no power cord
CRPS MXCRPSAC1200A01200W total Power, no power cord
CRPS MXCRPSDC600A0600W total Power, 36v–72v, includes 3m cable connector
CRPS MXCRPSDC930A0930W total Power, 36v–72v, includes 3m cable connector
CRPS MXCRPSDC1200A01200W total Power, 36v–72v, includes 3m cable connector
Power Cord N000900L092AAC line cord, US Type B, 15A, 1.2 m C13 connector
Rack Mount MX-EXTXHALFA-0Half-width switch rack mount kit
Rack Mount MX-EXTXFULLA-1Full-width switch rack mount kit
SFP-10G-SR10G SFP+ MMF SR Transceiver, 850 nm. -40ºC to 85ºC (-40°F to 185°F)
SFP-1G-SX1G SFP MMF SX Transceiver, 850 nm. -40ºC to 85ºC (-40°F to 185°F)
Transceiver SFP-10G-LR10G SFP+ SMF LR Transceiver, 1310 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)
Transceiver SFP-1G-Copper1000Base-T (RJ45) SFP Transceiver. -40ºC to 85ºC (-40°F to 185°F)
Transceiver SFP-10G-Copper10G Base-T (RJ45) SFP Transceiver. 0ºC to 70ºC (-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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