The Ubiquiti UniFi USW-Pro-XG-8-PoE is a neat switch. It has 10 10Gbps ports, with eight 10GBase-T and two SFP+. For many, the key feature is that it also supports PoE++ with a total power budget of 155W. If you have higher-end WiFi 7 APs that you wish to both power and provide high-speed data connectivity to, then this provides a good option. While it is far from the highest throughput switch we have seen with this switch chip, it performed reasonably well in our high-end network testing, but we found a neat difference there.
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Ubiquiti UniFi USW-Pro-XG-8-PoE Hardware Overview
The front of the unit has air vents at the top, and looks relatively great for a switch of this class. We have seen so many 8-12 port black or white boxes, that this is just refreshing to see a rounded corner.
One major feature you will notice is that, instead of the status screen, as we get on higher-end devices (we are getting to those in our series), we instead get a status LED to save on costs.
Next, though, is the exciting part. We get eight ports of PoE++. These are also 10Gbase-T ports that can support slower speeds like 1GbE, 2.5GbE, and 5GbE. In total, we get 155W of PoE++ power to split among these ports, which is welcome if you are running higher-power Wi-Fi 7 APs.
These ports also support Ubiquiti’s “Etherlighting,” which lets the ports provide colored status for each port. This is just a neat feature.
In addition to the 10Gbase-T ports, there are two SFP+ ports. An important note here is that these are not combo ports, as we have seen many 8-port switches where two are combo ports. Instead, these are ports 9 and 10. That may seem insignificant, but it means that Ubiquiti needs to use a higher port-count switch chip inside since it is not just an 8-port switch.
Here is the reset button.
The top of the unit has the Ubiquiti logo.
The side of the unit is smooth.
So is the other side.
In the rear, we get air vents and a 54V DC power input. On PoE switches, 54V DC is very common since it makes the internal power situation easier.
On the bottom, we get nice feet to place this on a desk.
We should also note that in the box, we get mounting hardware and a level.
Next, let us get inside the switch to see how it is made.
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Would be really nice if the L3 performance could be tested as Ubiquiti advertises with this.
The world waits while STH conjures up it’s next Ubiquiti review. Your network reviews don’t have any peers now.