FS S5810-48TS PicOS®: Ideal Choice for Campus Networks
Updated at Dec 19th 20241 min read
Campus networks are the backbone of modern organizations, supporting diverse user demands, IoT devices, and high-bandwidth applications. As network complexity grows, so do the challenges: ensuring seamless connectivity, maintaining robust security, and simplifying management — all while controlling costs. The FS S5810-48TS PicOS® switch addresses these challenges with a powerful combination of performance, scalability, and innovative features.
Campus Network Challenges
Modern campus networks, whether in education, healthcare, retail, or enterprise environments, share common challenges that stem from increasing demands for connectivity, performance, and reliability. Here are some specific scenarios that highlight the critical issues faced by campus networks today:
Managing High-Density Device Connections: On a university campus, thousands of devices, from student laptops to IoT devices like smart lights and environmental sensors, connect simultaneously. Traditional networks often struggle to handle this level of device density, leading to bandwidth congestion and poor user experience during peak usage hours.
Ensuring Seamless Connectivity Across Buildings: Consider a corporate campus with multiple offices spread over a large area. Employees need uninterrupted access to centralized applications like CRM systems and video conferencing tools. A lack of reliable uplink options and insufficient switching capacity can lead to delays and downtime, affecting productivity.
Simplifying Network Management for IT Teams: In a healthcare facility, IT administrators must ensure network configurations are consistent across all locations, from patient rooms to administrative offices. Manually configuring devices for such an environment is time-consuming and prone to errors, making automation and centralized management critical.
Strengthening Security Against Unauthorized Access: In public-sector facilities, such as government offices, sensitive information requires robust protection against unauthorized access. Without advanced features like ACLs and user authentication protocols, these networks are vulnerable to breaches that can compromise data integrity.
Ensuring Network Reliability and Uptime: For a retail campus with multiple stores, downtime during business hours can result in lost sales and poor customer experience. The absence of redundant power supplies and efficient cooling mechanisms can lead to unexpected outages, disrupting operations and reducing reliability.
These challenges highlight the need for a network solution that combines high capacity, robust security, streamlined management, and unwavering reliability — capabilities that the FS S5810-48TS PicOS® delivers.
How FS S5810-48TS PicOS® Solves Campus Network Challenges
S5810-48TS PicOS® is a flagship product of the FS S5810 PicOS® Series Switches, renowned for their exceptional performance, versatility, and reliability. The FS S5810 PicOS® Series provides scalable, secure, and automated network solutions suitable for industries ranging from education to healthcare and retail.
To learn more about FS S5810 PicOS® switch series, read the blog: FS PicOS® S5810 Series Switch: A Reliable Choice for Enterprise Networks
Advanced Broadcom Chip Ensures High Performance
S5810-48TS PicOS® is specifically designed to meet the high-performance demands of enterprise networks. Powered by advanced Broadcom BCM56340 chips, this switch can handle substantial data volumes with ultra-low latency, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted network operations. S5810-48TS PicOS® boasts a switching capacity of up to 176 Gbps and a forwarding rate of 132 Mpps, making it ideal for handling peak network activities such as large-scale data transfers and video conferencing. Its ability to maintain congestion-free performance even during periods of high demand ensures that all connected devices operate efficiently and reliably.
Note:
FS S5810-48TS PicOS® switches come with a 5-year limited lifetime warranty and a 30-day return policy.

PicOS® Delivers Stability and Resilience
At the heart of the S5810-48TS lies PicOS®, an advanced network operating system offering unmatched stability and programmability. Designed with a modular architecture, PicOS® ensures that individual components operate independently, making updates seamless and minimizing risks of disruption. It also supports a variety of secure and redundant protocols to prevent attacks and ensure business continuity.

AmpCon™: Automated Configuration and Centralized Management
S5810-48TS PicOS® integrates seamlessly with the AmpCon™ Management Platform to help enterprises reduce costs and improve efficiency, avoiding the increased complexity and risks associated with multiple isolated network management tools.
Zero Day Configuration Deployment: AmpCon™ greatly simplifies the installation and configuration process with its Push-Button deployment feature, allowing non-technical employees to easily deploy hundreds or even thousands of PicOS® switches using simple GUI-based commands through AmpCon™’s Quick-Start Mode.
Telemetry Real-Time Monitoring: AmpCon™ Telemetry provides network validation tools to monitor network performance and conditions. It also captures and streams rich, real-time network telemetry information, application workload usage, and system configuration to an on-premises database for further analysis.
Automated Life Cycle Management: AmpCon™ supports preventing misconfigurations and downtime with end-to-end networking lifecycle management and automated provisioning, maintenance, compliance checking, and upgrades.
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Extensive Protocol and Feature Support for Seamless Interoperability
S5810-48TS PicOS® supports comprehensive networking features across L2/L3, availability, security, QoS, and management to elevate network performance and streamline management.
MLAG delivers device-level link redundancy and load balancing by aggregating links across two switches, enhancing network performance, reliability, and service continuity.
OSPF uses advanced routing algorithms and area-based design to dynamically update routes as the network changes, improving network stability and performance.
ACLs, 802.1X, AAA, and others offer flexible and comprehensive user identity verification and access control.
IPv4/IPv6 Source Guard, IPv6 DHCP Guard, IPv4/IPv6 DHCP Snooping, and Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI) effectively manage network access, enhancing security and optimizing resource usage.
This combination ensures secure and uninterrupted operation, even in demanding environments.

High-Density Ports for Diverse Connectivity Needs
With 48 Gigabit RJ45 ports and 4x 10G SFP+ uplinks, S5810-48TS PicOS® provides flexibility to support a mix of devices and applications. It is ideal for:
High-density access networks.
Aggregation of multiple branches or floors within a campus.
Scenarios requiring both cost-effective copper connections and high-speed fiber uplinks.

Redundant Power and Cooling for Uninterrupted Network Operations
Reliability is key in campus environments. S5810-48TS PicOS® features:
1+1 hot-swappable redundant power supplies for uninterrupted operation during maintenance or power module failures.
2+1 redundant variable-speed fans that optimize cooling efficiency while reducing noise and power consumption.
These hardware enhancements ensure maximum uptime and long-term durability. They provide failover capabilities, ensuring that the network has no single point of failure. In the event of a network disruption, these features seamlessly restore business operations, minimizing downtime and protecting critical data.

Ideal Applications of the FS S5810-48TS PicOS®
S5810-48TS PicOS® is a versatile solution tailored to meet the needs of various campus environments:
Educational Institutions: Support large numbers of students and staff across multiple buildings with seamless connectivity and centralized management.
Healthcare Facilities: Ensure secure and reliable connections for critical medical devices, staff, and patient systems.
Enterprise Campuses: Empower businesses with scalable and resilient networks to handle growing demands from employees, IoT devices, and applications.
Retail and Hospitality: Facilitate reliable point-of-sale systems, guest Wi-Fi, and back-office operations with a robust and high-capacity network backbone.
Public Sector and Government Offices: Enable secure and efficient communication between departments, supporting critical services without downtime.
Get Started with FS S5810-48TS PicOS®
FS S5810-48TS PicOS® is a high-performance Layer 3 switch built to address the unique challenges of campus networks. With its stable PicOS® operating system, centralized management through AmpCon™, comprehensive protocol support, high-density ports, and reliable hardware design, it delivers unmatched performance and flexibility.
Whether you’re managing an educational campus, a healthcare facility, or a large enterprise network, PicOS® S5810-48TS provides the tools you need to build a scalable, secure, and future-ready network infrastructure.