Brand: D-Link
Category: Networking
Document Type: Manual
Language: EN
Available Languages: EN , ES
Manual for DGS-1210/ME
Uploaded: Sept. 12, 2025, 4:18 a.m.
Manual Publish Date: 2014-01-01
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This guide provides instructions to install the D-Link DGS-1210/ME Metro Ethernet Switch and to configure with HTTP step-by-step.
The guide is divided into three parts: Hardware Installation, Getting Started, and Configuration.
Hardware Installation: Covers unpacking and physical installation steps, including desktop/shelf and rack mounting.
Getting Started: Introduces the management interface and explains how to connect to the switch using Web-based Management and Telnet.
Configuration: Details various configuration options accessible through the Web-based Management interface, covering system settings, port configurations, VLANs, QoS, security, and more.
Troubleshooting and error codes
| Per Device | Power | Green | Solid Light | Power on. |
| Light off | Power off. | |||
| Console | Green | Solid Light | Console on. | |
| Blinking | POST is in progress. | |||
| Light off | Console off. | |||
| Fan Error | Red | Solid light | The fan has runtime failure and is brought offline. | |
| Pwr Max. | Red | Solid light | The Pwr Max LED lights up when the Switch reaches the maximum power budget defined by the administrator via PoE System Settings page of Web GUI or the default power budget of 78 Watts. | |
| LED Per 10/100/1000Mbps Copper Port | Link/Act | Green/Amber | Solid Amber | When there is a secure 1000Mbps Ethernet connection (or link) at any of the ports. |
| Blinking Amber | When there is reception or transmission (i.e. Activity-Act) of data occurring at a 10/100Mbps Ethernet connected port. | |||
| PoE Mode | Green | Light off | No link. | |
| Solid Light | Power feeding | |||
| Amber | Error Condition | |||
| Off | No Power feeding | |||
| LED Per 1000Mbps SFP Port | Link/Act | Green | Solid Green | When there is a secure 1000Mbps Ethernet connection (or link) at any of the ports. |
| Blinking Green | When there is reception or transmission (i.e. Activity-Act) of data occurring at a 1000Mbps Ethernet connected port. | |||
| Light off | No link. |