Today, we are reviewing a switch that is simply awesome but also one that has a few quirks. The Hasivo S600WP-5XGT-1SX-SE offers six 10GbE ports, or five 10Gbase-T ports plus one SFP+ port, a common request on the 10Gbase-T switches we review. What is more, it also has PoE++ and PoE+ capabilities with a 180W PoE power budget. There is a simple web management, so this is not an unmanaged switch. Price-wise, it is usually at $255 or so, but we often see discounts into the sub $229 range, making it more competitive with other 4-port 10Gbase-T options. With all of that, you might assume there are caveats, and there are, but the baseline is that it works as intended. All of this makes for a fun review.
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Hasivo S600WP-5XGT-1SX-SE The Video
For this one, we have a video of both the S600WP as well as the non-PoE S600W. The S600W is usually $35 or so less expensive but drops the PoE feature and has some important layout differences. The two switches, however, share the same base switch PCB so we are doing them both in one video that you can find here:
Of course, we always suggest watching these in their own browser, tab, or app for the best viewing experience.
Hasivo S600WP-5XGT-1SX-SE External Hardware Overview
The front of the switch has six 10GbE ports. Five of them are 10Gbase-T ports, and four of those are PoE ports. The first is the 90W PoE++ port, while the other three are PoE+ 30W ports. As a quick aside, we have seen some devices get finicky with the PoE++ ports on other Hasivo switches so we should just mention that. We also showed that port powering the MikroTik CRS304-4XG-IN in the video.
The form factor is a 1U height, and the switch comes with rack ears. There is, however, a quirk.
If you see the non-PoE S600W atop this S600WP you will notice that the rack ears are the same size, but the switches are different widths. What might be more fun is that in the video we showed this stacked atop the XikeStor SKS1200-8XGT. That XikeStor has proper width rack ears for a 19″ rack, but neither of the two S600W/ S600WP are the correct widths with their rack ears. Quirks.
We will get to the web management interface later in this review, but there is a lot going on here.
On the right side, we get a 5th 10Gbase-T port that does not support PoE. You can see it is indicating this as it is missing the PoE status light below. We also get a SFP+ 10G port. An often requested feature whenever we do 10Gbase-T switch reviews is for a port or two of SFP+ for devices that use that standard or simply to put longer range optics in play. This switch has that and it can be used for other applications like connecting to lower-cost 2.5GbE/ 10GbE switches.
On one side, we get a vent.
On the other side, we get two fans. This is not a silent switch.
On the rear, we get a label and an AC input. This switch has an internal power supply which is an often requested feature.
On the bottom, we have nothing but we get rubber feet in the box for desktop mounting.
At this point you have probably notice that a lot of the regulatory and safety markings are absent. We could not find any. We have tested the systems and they work, but we want to point out for many locations these will be a no-go product just based on that. It is one of the reasons these are significantly more expensive than other options.
Next, let us get inside the switch.
Does it have IPv6 for management?
None of these cheap switches have an ipv6 stack for management. I believe this is because they’re all based on a realtek underlying software platform (which doesnt have an ipv6 stack) that each vendor just mods here and there for asthetics/options.