Desktop Smart Edge PoE Switch Cost-optimized intelligent IP surveillance solution
The QGD-3014-16PT Desktop Guardian PoE managed switch has sixteen 30-watt Gigabit PoE ports, two Gigabit SFP/RJ45 combo ports and two 2.5GbE host management ports. With a dual-processor design including an Intel® Celeron® J4125 quad-core 2.0GHz processor and four 3.5-inch SATA drive bays, the QGD-3014-16PT meets requirements for high-speed transmission, storage space, and virtual machine performance in surveillance applications. Supporting VMs and QTS for versatile applications such as QVR Pro, HBS 3 and QuWAN, the QGD-3014-16PT combines surveillance deployment, video storage computing, remote backup and WAN optimization to create intelligent surveillance infrastructure and remote backup solutions.
Compliant with the IEEE 802.3at PoE+ standard and includes sixteen 30-watt Gigabit PoE ports. Supplies a total power budget of 140 watts to meet the demands of high-powered devices (PDs) and supports smart PoE management.
Provides comprehensive Layer 2 management features, such as VLAN, LACP, QoS IGMP Snooping, and Wake-on-LAN for IT staff to efficiently control network bandwidth and enhance security via the user-friendly switch management web interface.
Supports up to four SATA SSDs or HDDs.
Supports real-time transcoding and has HDMI 2.0 output for direct 4K 60Hz surveillance video playback.
Supports local, remote and cloud backup; centralizes management; and strengthens 3-2-1 backup planning for disaster recovery.
Directly host containers and virtual machines to run various applications. Flexibly install QuWAN SD-WAN, virtual routers, firewalls for various networking management applications.
Next-Generation Intelligent IP Surveillance and Remote Backup Solution
Modern enterprises need to deploy surveillance systems in various sites with multiple IP cameras, switches, NAS/NVR, and then transmit local data to central servers. This can often be a complicated, inefficient, and expensive process. The QGD-3014-16PT integrates PoE power capabilities, surveillance server, and data backup management, thus simplifying the software and hardware requirements and increasing the transmission and backup efficiency of surveillance videos.
Complete Surveillance Infrastructure Deployment for Smart Retail
Combining QVR Pro surveillance software, HBS remote backup, and QuWAN SD-WAN solutions, the QGD-3014-16PT is a total package for surveillance deployment. Businesses can centrally manage video capture, playback, and processing to benefit from a cost-optimized smart surveillance solution.
1/ PoE power
15–30-watt Gigabit PoE capabilities to high-power IP cameras.
2/ Camera management
QUSBCam2 allows using USB cameras and webcams as ONVIF® cameras.
3/ Virtual network
Two 2.5GbE host management ports provide bandwidth for virtual networking.
4/ Storage backup
Install four 3.5-inch SATA drives to attain large storage space for backup.
5/ Surveillance server
QVR Pro is compatible with a wide range of ONVIF® IP cameras and allows central management of live feeds and recordings.
6/ Video output
Connect the QGD-3014-16PT via HDMI output to a 4K display for direct playback of security footage.
7/ Surveillance video
Simultaneously view live feeds and recordings via the QVR Pro Client
8/ Fiber uplink
1GbE SFP/RJ45 combo port to connect to a backbone network or data center.
9/ Remote VPN
Supports the QuWAN SD-WAN encrypted VPN network for secure connection.
10/ Mobile monitoring
Universally access recordings and feeds with the QVR Pro Client mobile app.
11/ Central management
Use QVR Center to manage multiple instances of QVR Pro.
12/ Remote Backup
HBS 3 enables you to back up recordings and transfer data from one QGD-3014-16PT to a remote QGD-3014-16PT, QNAP NAS, remote server or cloud storage.
13/ Surveillance failover
QVR Guard automatically takes over recording tasks if a QVR Pro server fails.
Minimalist design with 4K 60Hz HDMI output for fashionable retail space
The QGD-3014-16PT has a modern design and quiet cooling system to balance system performance, and noise. This stylish appearance allows the QGD-3014-16PT to easily fit in with modern retail spaces and showrooms. The QGD-3014-16PT combines the functions of a PoE switch, NVR, NAS and router, and provides HDMI 2.0 output for direct playback of live feeds up to 4K (3840×2160) 60Hz resolution. By consolidating the functions of multiple devices in a near-silent and stylish form factor, the QGD-3014-16PT satisfies the requirements for smart retail surveillance environments.
Intelligent PoE Management for High-Power IP Cameras
Compliant with the IEEE 802.3at PoE+ standards, the QGD-3014-16PT has sixteen ports with 30-watt Gigabit PoE capabilities. The QGD-3014-16PT can supply a total power budget of 140 watts to meet the demands of bullet cameras, fisheye cameras, 4K PTZ cameras and Speed Dome cameras compliant with the ONVIF® standard; or high-power devices such as 4K PTZ camera, IP phones, LED lights, and digital signage. The QGD-3014-16PT supports intelligent PoE management functions, including scheduling, power supply prioritization, and power enabling/disabling. You can obtain real-time network connection status and power consumption information of PDs and configure PDs simultaneously to promote an energy-saving PoE network.
A Total Smart IP Surveillance System with QVR Pro
QVR Pro allows you to arrange a dedicated, independent storage space for surveillance data on the QGD-3014-16PT and leverage the advantages of scalable storage including four drive bays space and flexible storage expansion. With camera management, storage space allocation, playback, failover, and remote live viewing, QVR Pro helps you deploy a comprehensive smart IP surveillance system.
Integrated HBS 3 Remote Backup Solution for Surveillance Data
HBS 3 consolidates backup, restoration and synchronization functions (via RTRR, Rsync, FTP, CIFS/SMB protocol) for easily transferring data from the QGD-3014-16PT to a remote QGD-3014-16PT, QNAP NAS, remote server, or cloud storage.
Deploy a Multi-site VPN with SD-WAN Solution
QuWAN SD-WAN provides full mesh IPsec VPN topology between the QGD Switches and local/remote QNAP devices to fulfill enterprise surveillance video, system data transmission, and filing needs. QuWAN optimizes the network service by using bandwidth aggregation, QoS, and failover, providing a stable surveillance working environment. QuWAN also adopts software defined networking to achieve optimum surveillance network connectivity and supports cloud-centric management over multiple NAS for deploying a resilient IP surveillance infrastructure.
 | QuWAN Orchestrator |
| Manage the network using a centralized management cloud platform. |
 | QuCPE Server |
| The high-performance core VPN Server at the HQ. |
 | NAS |
| Add branch offices to the VPN Infrastructure with your existing NAS. |
 | QGD Switch |
| Fulfill surveillance and VoIP applications at small business sites (such as stores). |
 | QHora Router |
| Provides easy-to-use VPN functions for remote workers. |
 | QVPN |
| Mobile users can connect to SSL VPN using their PCs, laptops or mobile phones. |
| QuWAN Orchestrator |
| Manage the network using a centralized management cloud platform. |
| QuCPE Server |
| The high-performance core VPN Server at the HQ. |
| NAS |
| Add branch offices to the VPN Infrastructure with your existing NAS. |
| QGD Switch |
| Fulfill surveillance and VoIP applications at small business sites (such as stores). |
| QHora Router |
| Provides easy-to-use VPN functions for remote workers. |
| QVPN |
| Mobile users can connect to SSL VPN using their PCs, laptops or mobile phones. |
The First PoE Switch Series with VM Support
The QGD-3014-16PT supports QNAP’s QTS operating system and is the world’s first PoE switch series that supports hosting virtual machines, containers, and other cloud applications – enabling diverse networking and storage solutions. In addition to QuWAN, QVR Pro, HybridMount, and other applications. The QGD-3014-16PT not only provides an all-in-one networking solution for IP surveillance, storage expansion, network security, and wireless LAN management, but also a SD-WAN solution for connecting to other QNAP devices in multiple sites. The QGD-3014-16PT adopts a dual-processor structure, enabling independent operation of the networking management interfaces (QSS – QNAP Switch System) and QTS. By using the Network Virtual Switch, the data from QTS and QSS can be transferred by Intranet, accelerating computing between end devices and hosts. In addition, the QGD-3014-16PT provides a user-friendly web interface, QuNetSwitch, to help users deploy flexible and secure IT infrastructure.
Please note: QTS and QSS can work independently without interference to ensure continuous operation. For example, when restarting QTS, the QSS PoE power supply will not be interrupted. When rebooting QSS, the VMs on QTS will remain operational.
QuNetSwitch: User-Friendly Layer 2 Management Software
The QGD-3014-16PT provides complete functions of Layer 2 management (for example: VLAN, LACP, and LLDP). These can divide network IP traffic into several groups, providing more efficient network management. The QGD-3014-16PT provides powerful security features, including IGMP Snooping, Static MAC, QoS, and WoL. There is also an overview dashboard and graphical statistics analysis that displays all the information about the switch and PDs at a glance, simplifying the management of powered devices.
| Port Management | VLAN | Port Trunking | QoS |
| – Port status – Port statistics – Port configuration – Jumbo frame support – IEEE 802.3x flow control – Auto-negotiation of speed and duplex modes | – VLAN configuration – Port-based private VLAN – IEEE 802.1Q-based VLAN | – Port trunking – LACP groups | – Bandwidth control – Traffic classification |
| IGMP | Security | Management | Advanced Applications |
| – IGMP snooping v2/v3 | – Access Control Lists (ACL): ACL by IP address, ACL by MAC – Static MAC address – Rate limits | – Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP): LLDP remote device – Interfaces: Web UI, Telnet, Command Line Interface (CLI) – SNTP, DNS, DHCP client entry | – Port mirroring – Loop protection to avoid broadcast loops – Wake-on-LAN |
More VM applications
The QGD-3014-16PT can be transformed into a secure router with a firewall via virtual router and virtual firewall software by installing MikroTik RouterOS and OpenWrt. Flexibly configure routing functions and separate or protect local networks and apply multiple security policies.
Learn More:
Deploy MikroTik RouterOS router software with a QNAP NAS.
Deploy pfSense, OpenWrt router software using Virtualize Station
The QGD-3014-16PT supports Zabbix Network Monitoring Software that auto-detects connected SNMP-compliant servers/devices, and monitors network status. Zabbix provides a dashboard and analysis reports for efficient large-scale network management.
The QGD-3014-16PT offers 15-30 watts PoE per port for SIP IP Conferencing Phones. You can also deploy a secure IP PBX phone system for multiple users by installing FreePBX software.
Flexible Storage Expansion
Connect a TR RAID, TL USB JBOD, or TL SATA JBOD to expand the storage capacity of the QGD-3014-16PT to accommodate data and business growth.
The total number of TR and TL USB interface storage expansion devices cannot be more than 2.
| Expansion units | TL SATA JBOD | TL USB JBOD | TR RAID |
| Connectivity | PCIe (Multi-channel SATA 6Gbps) | USB-C 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps | TR-002: USB-C 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps TR-004: USB-C 3.2 Gen1 5Gbps TR-004U: USB-C 3.2 Gen1 5Gbps |
| Number of bays | 4: TL-D400S, TL-R400S 8: TL-D800S 12: TR-R1200S-RP 16: TL-D1600S | 8: TL-D800C 12: TL-R1200C-RP | 2: TR-002 4: TR-004, TR-004U |
| Supported OS | QNAP QTS, Windows, Linux/Ubuntu | QNAP QTS, Windows, macOS, Linux/Ubuntu | QNAP QTS, Windows, macOS, Linux/Ubuntu |
| Create QTS Storage pools | Yes | ||
| QTS operations such as disk scan | Yes | Yes | Controlled by RAID disks |
| H/W RAID Protection | Depends on software RAID management | Yes (RAID 0/1/5/10) | |
| RAID migration & capacity expansion | Yes | Yes | No |
| Max units supported by the QGD-3014-16PT | 2 | 1* | 2* |
* The total number of connected TR and TL USB expansion units cannot exceed two.
