TP-Link TL-SX3008F | 8 Port 10G SFP+ Enterprise Level Switch | L2+ Smart Managed | Omada SDN Integrated | IPv6 | Static Routing | L2/L3/L4 QoS, IGMP & LAG | 5 Year Manufacturer Warranty

Pros: Perfect switch for vSAN. Combined with some Intel 10Gb adapters this switch does a great job delivering vSAN traffic for 5 homelab ESXi hosts. Management supports vlan, routing, SNMP, jumbo frames and all features I needed. It was simple to setup SNMP read monitoring in Nagios. Cons: All ports ship configured for 10G. This will need to be configured either from a native 10G SFP+ adapter or from the console. The CLI takes a bit to get used to, but its very similar to Cisco.

I purchased this because of the price point even though I was a little skeptical. I have seen reviews and posts that say both RJ45 works and RJ45 doesn't work. I can say without a doubt, the RJ45 SFP+ module I put in is working and is passing traffic FAST. I am using a FS.com SFP-10G-T (66617) 10GBASE-T SFP+ Copper RJ-45 30m Transceiver Module. I am linking up at 1G to a SonicWall over copper and have not had any issues. The switch pulls basic DDM data and thinks it is a 10G port but shows Data Ready FALSE and the switch thinks it is a fiber transceiver - but it works. I also have some SFP+ fiber transceivers that were bought as Netgear Compatible and they are working the same as the copper transceiver - pulling basic DDM data but showing Data Ready FALSE. On a side note, TP-Link now shows on the switch datasheet a TL-SM5310-T. This is a multi-gig copper SFP+ transceiver and the compatibility matrix from the product page lists the TL-SX3008F as compatible (with a note that only one should be used - presumably from the heat generated and this a fanl-ess unit). Although in my initial testing I used 3 and had no problems other than a LOT of heat buildup. After several days my temps are only at 37C, actually lower than the optical SFP+ transceivers. I will probably get one of these transceivers if I start having issues with the FS ones I have. My network as of today (always changing) is as follows: SonicWall TZ400 - (getting public IP from ATT 50M pair bonded service with ATT in passthrough mode, LAN to TP-Link and WAN (WiFi) to the MS510TX on different VLANs) SonicPoint ACi - Connected to one of the GS110EMXs SonicPoint ACe - Connected to the MS510TX TP-Link TL-SX3008F (Aggregates 1G Copper from SonicWall, 10G Fiber from NAS, and feed 10G Fiber out) Netgear MS510TX (4 1G / 2 2.5G / 2 5G / 1 10G / 1 SFP+ fiber to TP-Link) Netgear XS505M (4 MultiGig feeding remote swithces / 1 SFP+ fiber to TP-Link) 2x Netgear GS110EMX (Remote switches in other rooms) Most PC's are running 2.5G and there are (at least) two CAT6A drops in every room. And as always - YMMV

Put it in a secondary data center network after a failure required replacement, and needed something affordable in a hurry. Was easy to setup and get access. Works great for the price when you need 10GbE SPF+ ports, but not super demanding needs. Didn't stress test it but it has been pushing everything I've thrown at it (1Gbps WAN link). But a few notes to save someone some time.... 1) it doesn't auto detect 1G/10G so you need another switch to use temporarily which supports 10 & 1 GbE, if you PC is not 10GbE, do you can access the GUI. It can be done via the USB console cable and CLI, but just plugging into another switch makes it simple. 2) if setting up VLANS and don't want management on some ports, be sure to remove the main VLAN from those ports. Obvious if you do network management but found out less than obvious to do. 3) had a lot of difficulty getting link to a Cisco router to come up. It was set for 1Gbps/Full Duplex, like the Cisco interface. Eventually figured out I had to change to auto negotiate for duplex. Immediately came up - in full duplex. Lol Only complaint I have was that I couldn't find a way to change the Admin GUI to a different VLAN,to avoid using the base VLAN (1). But certainly not a deal breaker for this application. Don't think I'd put it on a primary role per se, but in our secondary/DR site it provides great cost/ benefit, I think.

i wanted a handful of 10Gbps ports, jumbo frames, SNMPv3, and no weird setup as so commonly found on enterprise switches. i also wanted silence and minimal power consumption. the tplink jetstream TL-SX3008F met all these goals at a good price point ($230 in june 2023). definitely far less heat and noise than the Aruba 2500-48p it replaced (far fewer ports and POE as well, of course). handles all the various transceivers i've thrown at it, a mix of copper and fiber. the one gotcha is that the TP-Link site and manual both claim jumbo frames to be supported out of the box. this is inaccurate; you must feed the switch a DHCP lease, go to its web UI, and enable jumbo frames manually. they will then function as expected. i've not yet tested total switching capacity, but two ports can speak 10Gbps to one another just fine.

Works as advertised. Brutally fast local data transfers as long as you have the right cabling and no slower hardware to hinder it.

For the money its pretty hard to beat this switch if you need something for 10Gb connectivity. The cost per port is dirt cheap. Pair it with some cheap twinax cabling and you got a very cost effective 10 Gb network. This switch is fully managed which can be hard to find at this price point. I was very pleasantly surprised to see that it has a "Cisco-like" CLI and have a decent web interface as well. Warranty seems pretty good and the documentation is actually very good. The CLI manual was over a 1000 pages. Who would think anyone would write that kind of manual for a ~$200 switch. If I have one complaint about this switch it would be that it doesnt include an out-of-band ethernet-based management port on it. I would definitely recommend this switch to any business who wasn't concerned about buying Cisco or some other expensive big brand networking gear. For a home lab its pretty hard to touch this switch in terms of costs, ports, and speed. I use it to connect up my home lab servers and NAS that have SFP+ ports on them.

I purchased this switch for a small cluster with attached san and some very bursty workloads. Works perfectly with generic dacs at 10Gb and a mutligig sfp running at 2.5Gb. It can be managed with Omada, but it's simple enough to manage through cli or webgui so I haven't tried adding it to the controller. Absolutely no complaints at all, will purchase another or maybe spring for the 16 port the next time I expand.

Much easier to configure than other switches I've worked with. Worked well and out of the box experience was quick and easy.