HPE Networking Instant On Switch JL815A 1830 Series 48-Port Smart Managed Rackmount PoE+ Switch
The HPE Networking Instant On Switch JL815A (1830 Series) is an affordable, easy to deploy, smart-managed switch for small businesses looking for a cost-effective ways to keep up with evolving network demands. The JL815A is an entry-level switch, offering Layer 2 switching capabilities, Gigabit connectivity along with flexible management modes — all at an affordable price point.
Key Features
- Smart-managed Layer 2 Ethernet switch
- 370W of PoE to power APs, IP Phones, surveillance cameras, door locks and other IoT devices
- Cost-effective PoE Support: with half of the ports capable of supporting PoE, this switch is ideal for cost-sensitive environments.
- Convenient mobile app and web-based GUI for set up, management and troubleshooting
- Plug-and-play switches that work together with Instant On APs (sold separately) right out of the box
- Protect your network from unauthorised access with Global Storm Control, TPM (Trusted Platform module) based security and VLANs
- Automatic denial-of-service (DOS) monitors and protects the network against malicious attacks
Easy Set Up And Management
The Instant On mobile app allows you to set up, manage, and monitor Instant On switches and access points (sold separately) directly from your phone. Within the app, you get guided step-by-step instructions to install Instant On devices to get your network up and running quickly — no technical expertise required. And cloud-based access allows you to access the network from anywhere, at any time.
Better Together
The JL815A switch automatically detects and applies highest (critical) PoE priority to Instant On Access Points (sold separately) for uninterrupted power delivery and wireless network access. Wired and wireless voice traffic is prioritised with high QoS priority end-to-end for optimal voice performance.
Optimised User Experience
The Instant On mobile app provides common workflows for Instant On switches and access points (sold separately) making it easier to configure, monitor and manage your network remotely without the need for additional hardware like cloud keys or VPN. You can also update firmware on your Instant On devices directly from the cloud whenever you want, from wherever you are.
Site Inventory And Topology View
The site inventory view shows all Instant On switches and access points (sold separately) on a single interface, and the topology view provides an intuitive structure of all Instant On devices deployed on the network — allowing you to quickly identify non-functioning devices and troubleshoot accordingly. Network issues can be easily diagnosed with connectivity tests like Ping and Traceroute.
Two-factor Authentication
As the number of security breaches continues to rise, 2FA has become an essential tool to mitigate risk against compromised login credentials. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), provides an additional layer of authentication, prevents attackers from remotely accessing the network, and secures sensitive customer information.
Built-in Security
Built-in security features protect your network from external threats by blocking malware attacks and keeping unauthorised users off the network. Network traffic can be filtered and access restricted based on MAC and IP address.
Multi-site Remote Management
The cloud-hosted web interface and mobile app make it easy to remotely manage multiple sites, multiple networks, distributed and multi-tenant deployments. Each site is logically separated and has its own configuration, statistics, guest portal, and admin read/write privileges. Instant On allows you to create three admin accounts per site, offering the option to lock accounts from accidental deletion.
Management
Cloud-based management
The cloud-hosted web interface and mobile app make it easy to manage networks with Instant On APs (sold separately) and switches.
Simple local web GUI management
For management of individual switches, the intuitive Web GUI makes management simple, even for non-technical users. Supports up to five (5) HTTP and HTTP Secure (HTTPS) sessions.
Secure web-management sessions with HTTPS
Encrypts and otherwise protects management sessions through HTTP Secure (HTTPS), which prevents snooping of sensitive management information. Regardless of whether the switch is managed from the local Web GUI or the cloud, data between the switch and the management interface is encrypted and secure.
Firmware update
Provides notification of the latest firmware with the ability to schedule update at a preferred time through Instant On mobile app and cloud-based web portal.
Configuration File Management
Allows the user to back up and restore the configuration settings in case of a firmware upgrade or to apply them to other switches on the network.
DHCP client mode
Allows the switch to be directly connected to a network, enabling plug-and-play operation. In the absence of a DHCP server on the network, the switch falls back to the default static address 192.168.1.1.
Locator LED
Allows users to set the locator LED on a specific switch to either turn on, blink, or turn off; simplifying troubleshooting by making it easy to locate a particular switch within a rack of similar switches.
Comprehensive LED display
Provides an at-a-glance view of status, activity, speed, and full-duplex operation with per-port indicators.
Management VLAN ID
Provides secure management access to the switch for administrators from within the specified VLAN.
Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)
Allows automatic synchronisation of the switch date and time for accurate tracking of system events and various schedules set by the administrator.
Quality Of Service (QoS)
Class of Service (CoS)
Provides time-sensitive packets (like VoIP and video) with priority over other traffic based on DSCP or IEEE 802.1p classification; packets are mapped to four hardware queues for more effective throughput.
Connectivity
Auto MDI/MDI-X
Adjusts automatically for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100/1000 ports.
Auto-negotiating capability
Supports half/full-duplex auto-negotiating capability on every port that doubles the throughput of every port.
Ethernet Alliance PSE Class 4 PoE Certification
With half of the ports supporting Class 4 PoE, the JL815A provides up to 370 W total, which allows support of class 4 PoE or IEEE 802.3at capable devices such as video IP phones, wireless access points, as well as any 15.4 W IEEE 802.3af compliant end device, mitigating the cost of additional electrical cabling and circuits that would otherwise be necessary.
Auto-PoE power configuration
The switch automatically assigns the required power to a port for a powered device based on Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).
PoE power allocation
Support multiple methods (LLDP-MED automatic, class of PoE, or usage-based) to allocate PoE power for more efficient energy savings.
PoE Scheduling
Allows user to configure a specific day/time of the week (e.g., business hours) for the JL815A switch to supply power to connected devices (e.g., surveillance cameras, access points etc.).
Port Scheduling
Allows user to configure up to three (3) schedules to enable or disable individual ports or PoE power delivery on certain switch ports by selecting a particular time of the day or a periodic occurrence.
Switching
Flow control
Provides a flow-throttling mechanism propagated through the network to prevent packet loss at a congested node.
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Supports 802.1D STP, 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) for faster convergence. Provides redundant links while preventing network loops.
BPDU filtering
Drops BPDU packets when STP is enabled globally but disabled on a specific port.
Loop protection
Allows loop detection in the network for switches that do not run spanning tree, or on which STP feature is disabled.
IGMP v1, v2 snooping
IGMP snooping allows the switch to forward IPv4 multicast traffic intelligently. With IGMP snooping enabled, the switch forwards traffic only to ports that request the multicast traffic. This prevents the switch from broadcasting traffic to all ports and possibly affecting network performance.
Link aggregation
Groups together multiple ports of up to 16 trunks with a maximum of eight (8) ports per trunk automatically using Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), or manually, to form a high-bandwidth connection to the network backbone that helps prevent traffic bottlenecks.
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Advertises and receives management information from adjacent devices on a network, facilitating easy mapping by network management applications.
LLDP-MED (Media Endpoint Discovery)
Defines a standard extension of LLDP that stores values for parameters such as QoS and VLAN for automatic configuration of network devices such as IP phones.
VLAN support
Offers some of the benefits of both bridging and routing. VLANs partition the network into logical segments, which provide better administration, security, and multicast traffic management.
Port mirroring
Enables traffic on a port or VLAN to be simultaneously sent to a network analyser for monitoring.
Auto recovery
Allows ports to be placed in a suspended state when defined error conditions are met. Features supported by Auto Recovery are BPDU Guard, Storm Control, Port Security, Loop Protection and Link Flap Prevention.
Network Security
TPM-based security
Includes a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for secure hardware-based generation and storage of cryptographic keys used for secure connection to the Instant On cloud portal.
Automatic denial-of-service protection
Manages high-volume traffic and prevents denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against the network.
Global Storm Control
Protects against conditions where incoming packets flood the LAN, causing network performance degradation for unicast traffic with an unknown destination, and for broadcast and multicast traffic.
Performance And Efficiency
Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
Compliant with 802.3az standard requirements to save energy during periods of low data activity.
Auto-port shut down
The switch saves power by automatically shutting down power to inactive ports. Power is restored on a port upon link detection.
Features Accessed Through Local Web-management Interface
Quick start-up wizard
Includes a quick start-up wizard which enable automatic configuring of the initial settings such as IP address, device information and system time.
Jumbo frame support
Supports up to 9216 bytes frame size to improve the performance of large data transfers.
User account management
Password strength checking and aging feature provides enhanced security to user account administration on the local web management interface. Password management further enhances the security so that only authorised users can access the switch’s web interface.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Encrypts all HTTP traffic and secures access to the local browser-based management of the switch.
SCP and TFTP file transfer
Provides different mechanisms for secure file transfer through SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) or TFTP.
Dual image support
Provide independent primary and secondary software images for backup while upgrading.
SNMPv1, v2c (read only)
Facilitates remote management of the switch as the device can be discovered and monitored from an SNMP management station.
Diagnostics
Event logs
Provides detailed information for problem identification and resolution.
Session logging
Displays the active users connected to the switch, displaying client IP address, duration of the individual session.
Remote syslog
Provides support for a single syslog server allowing the user to redirect and store events to a remote syslog server (supported on local web only).
Cable diagnostic tool
Provides the mechanism to detect and report potential cabling issues, such as cable opens or cable shorts on copper links, in addition to providing distance to the fault and total length of cable (supported on local web only).
Ping IPv4
The switch supports ICMP for sending ping requests to IPv4 addresses.
Support file
Includes summary information for the switch including the current switch configuration, statistics and buffered log messages (supported on local web only).
MAC address table
Also known as the bridge table or the forwarding database, this table enables the switch to forward traffic through the appropriate port and supports up to 16K MAC address entries.
