CRS3xx and CSS326-24G-2S+ series features

Features Description
Forwarding
  • Full non-blocking wirespeed switching
  • Large Unicast FDB for Layer 2 unicast forwarding
  • Forwarding Database works based on SVL or IVL
  • Port Isolation
  • Jumbo frame support - 10218 bytes
Spanning Tree Protocol
  • RSTP support
Link Aggregation
  • Supports 802.3ad LACP groups
  • Supports static link aggregation groups
  • Up to 16 link aggregation groups
  • Up to 8 member ports per a group
  • Hardware automatic failover and load balancing
Multicast Forwarding
  • IGMP Snooping support
  • Unknown Multicast Filtering
Mirroring
  • Port-based mirroring
VLAN
  • Fully compatible with IEEE802.1Q
  • 出口VLAN
  • Up to 250 VLAN entries (limited by SwOS)
  • VLAN filtering
Security
  • Port Lock
  • Broadcast Storm Control
  • DHCP & PPPoE Snooping
Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Ingress traffic limiting
Access Control List
  • Ingress ACL tables
  • Up to 32 ACL rules (limited by SwOS)
  • Classification based on ports, L2, L3, L4 protocol header fields
  • ACL actions include filtering, forwarding, and modifying the protocol header fields

Models


This table clarifies the main differences between switch models.

Model Switch Chip Serial console Dual Boot PoE-in support PoE-out support Health monitor

CSS326-24G-2S+

Marvell-98DX3216 - SwOS ether1, Passive PoE - CPU temperature
CRS326-24G-2S+ Marvell-98DX3236 + RouterOS/SwOS ether1, Passive PoE - CPU temperature
CRS328-24P-4S+ Marvell-98DX3236 + RouterOS/SwOS - ether1 - ether24, 802.3af/at CPU and board temperature, fan speed, PSU voltage and current, PoE-out monitoring
CRS328-4C-20S-4S+ Marvell-98DX3236 + RouterOS/SwOS - - CPU temperature, fan speed, PSU state
CRS317-1G-16S+ Marvell-98DX8216 + RouterOS/SwOS - - CPU temperature, fan speed, PSU state
CRS305-1G-4S+ Marvell-98DX3236 - RouterOS/SwOS ether1, 802.3af/at - CPU temperature
CRS309-1G-8S+ Marvell-98DX8208 + RouterOS/SwOS ether1, 802.3af/at - CPU temperature
CRS312-4C+8XG Marvell-98DX8212 + RouterOS/SwOS - - CPU temperature, fan speed, PSU state
CRS326-24S+2Q+ Marvell-98DX8332 + RouterOS/SwOS - - CPU temperature, fan speed, PSU state
CRS318-16P-2S+ Marvell-98DX226S - RouterOS/SwOS - ether1 - ether16, 802.3af/at CPU temperature, PSU voltage and current, PoE-out monitoring.
CRS318-1Fi-15Fr-2S Marvell-98DX224S - RouterOS/SwOS ether1-ether14, ether16, Passive PoE ether15, Passive PoE CPU temperature
CRS354-48G-4S+2Q+ Marvell-98DX3257 + RouterOS/SwOS - - CPU and board temperature, fan speed, PSU voltage and current
CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+ Marvell-98DX3257 + RouterOS/SwOS - ether1 - ether48, 802.3af/at CPU and board temperature, fan speed, PSU voltage and current, PoE-out monitoring

Connecting to the Switch


Open your web browser and enter the IP address of your switch (192.168.88.1 by default) and a login screen will appear. The switch can also run a DHCP client, see if a different IP address has been assigned by the DHCP server.

SwOS defaultIP address:192.168.88.1,user name:adminand there is no password.

MikroTik Neighbor Discoverycan be used to discover the IP address of the Mikrotik switch. LLDP is not supported.

Interface Overview


SwOS interface menu consists of multiple tabs depending on the device model. These are all possible SwOS menus: Link, PoE, SFP, Port Isolation, LAG, Forwarding, RSTP, Stats, Errors, Hist, VLAN, VLANs, Hosts, IGMP, SNMP, ACL, System, Health and Upgrade.

Description of buttons in SwOS configuration tool:

  • Append- add a new item to the end of the list
  • Apply All- applies current configuration changes
  • Boot RouterOS- boot device into RouterOS
  • Cut- removes an item from the list
  • Clear- reset properties of the item
  • Discard Changes- removes unsaved configuration
  • Insert- add a new item to the list (places it before current item)
  • Sort- sort VLAN table by VLAN-IDs; sort host table by MAC addresses
  • Change Password- changes the password of the switch
  • Logout- logout from the current switch
  • Reboot- reboot the switch
  • Reset Configuration- reset configuration back to factory defaults
  • Choose File- browse for upgrade or backup file
  • Upgrade- upgrade the firmware of the switch using the selected file
  • Download & Upgrade- automatically try to download and upgrade the firmware, the PC which is running a web browser should be able to access the Internet
  • Restore Backup- restore switch using a selected backup file
  • Save Backup- generate and download the backup file from the switch


Each RouterBoard switch series device has its own firmware which cannot be installed on other series models!

  • CRS326-24G-2S+ and CSS326-24G-2S+ support SwOS v2.0 and newer
  • CRS317-1G-16S+ supports SwOS v2.3 and newer
  • CRS328-24P-4S+ and CRS328-4C-20S-4S+ support SwOS v2.7 and newer
  • CRS305-1G-4S+ and CRS309-1G-8S+ support SwOS v2.8 and newer
  • CRS312-4C+8XG and CRS326-24S+2Q+ support SwOS v2.10 and newer
  • CRS318-16P-2S+ and CRS318-1Fi-15Fr-2S support SwOS v2.11 and newer
  • CRS354-48G-4S+2Q+ and CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+ support SwOS v2.13 and newer.

System


System Tab performs the following functions:

  • General information about switch
  • Switch management
  • Configuration reset
  • Backup and restore configuration


SwOS uses a simple algorithm to ensure TCP/IP communication - it just replies to the same IP and MAC address packet came from. This way there is no need for Default Gateway on the device itself.


Property Description
Address Acquisition Specify which address acquisition method to use:
  • DHCP with fallback- switch is trying to request an IP address from a DHCP server. If the requests are unsuccessful, then the switch can be accessed using aStatic IP Addressvalue
  • static- address is set as aStatic IP Addressvalue
  • DHCP only- switch uses DHCP client to acquire address
Static IP Address IP address of the switch in case ofAddress Acquisitionis set asDHCP with fallbackorstatic
Identity Name of the switch (for Mikrotik Neighbor Discovery protocol)
Allow From IP address from which the switch is accessible. Default value is '0.0.0.0/0' - any address
Allow From Ports List of switch ports from which it is accessible
Allow From VLAN VLAN ID from which the service is accessible. Make sure to first configure VLANs and VLAN pages
Watchdog Enable or disable system Watchdog. It will reset CPU of the switch in case of fault condition
Independent VLAN Lookup Enable or disable independent VLAN lookup in the Host table for packet forwarding
IGMP Snooping Enable or disable IGMP Snooping
IGMP Fast Leave Enables or disables IGMP fast leave feature on the switch port. This property only has an effect when IGMP Snooping is enabled.
Mikrotik Discovery Protocol Enable or disable Mikrotik Neighbor Discovery protocol
MAC Address MAC address of the switch (read-only)
Serial Number Serial number of the switch (read-only)
Board Name MikroTik model name of the switch (read-only)
Uptime Current switch uptime (read-only)
Temperature Shows CPU temperature in celsius temperature scale (read-only, CSS326-24G-2S+,CRS326-24G-2S+, CRS305-1G-4S+, CRS309-1G-8S+, CRS318-1Fi-15Fr-2S models only)

DHCP & PPPoE Snooping

Property Description
Trusted Ports Group of ports, which allows DHCP or PPPoE servers to provide a requested information.When enabled, it allows forwarding DHCP client packets towards the DHCP server through this port.主要用于限制未经授权的服务器provide malicious information for users, access ports usually do not configure as trusted. Ports that receive DHCP client packets with already added Option-82 must also be trusted, otherwise these packets are dropped.
Add Information Option

Enables or disables DHCP Option-82 information. When enabled, the Option-82 information (Agent Remote ID and Circuit ID) is added for DHCP packets received from untrusted ports. Can be used together with Option-82 capable DHCP server to assign IP addresses and implement policies.

For Agent Remote ID, SwOS uses interface name where DHCP client resides. For Agent Circuit ID, SwOS uses identity of the SwOS device, internally used port ID and VLAN ID. For example:

Agent Remote ID - Port1

Agent Circuit ID - MikroTik eth 0/1:100

Password and Backup

Link


Link Tab allows you to configure each interface settings and monitor the link status.


Property Description
Enabled Enable or disable port
Name Editable port name
Link Status Current link status (read-only)
Auto Negotiation Enable or disable auto-negotiation
Speed Specify speed setting of the port (requires auto-negotiation to be disabled)
Full Duplex Specify the duplex mode of the port (requires auto-negotiation to be disabled)
Flow control Tx/Rx Enable or disable 802.3x Flow control (not available on CRS354 models)


The switch supportsJumbo frames up to 10218 bytes. Manually decreasing the MTU settings is not supported for SwOS devices.

PoE


Devices with PoE-out support have some configuration options and certain monitoring features, like PoE-out current, voltage, etc. For more details about PoE, see thePoE-Out manual.


Property

Description

PoE Out

Specifies PoE-Out state:

  • auto——董事会将尝试检测能力applied to the port. For powering there should be resistance in the range from 3kΩ to 26.5kΩ
  • on- detection range is removed. As a result power over Ethernet will be always on
  • off- all detection and power is turned off for this port
PoE Priority The PoE Priority specifies the importance of PoE-Out ports, in cases when a total PoE-Out limit is reached, interface with the lowest port priority will be powered off first.

Highest priority is 1, lowest priority is 8. If there are 2 or more ports with the same priority then port with the smallest port number will have a higher priority. For example, if ether2 and ether3 have the same priority and over-current is detected then PoE-Out on ether3 will be turned off.

Every 6 seconds ports will be checked for a possibility to provide PoE-Out if it was turned off due to port priority.
Voltage Level

功能,允许手动切换太瓦o voltage outputs on PoE-Out ports. Will take effect only on PSE with switchable voltage modes (CRS328-24P-4S+RM,netPower 16P,CRS354-48P-4S+2Q+RM).

PoE Status

Shows current PoE-Out status on port:

  • powered on- power is applied to the port, and PoE-Out is operating normally,
  • waiting for load- PSE attempts to detect if power can be applied to the port. For powering there should be resistance in the range from 3kΩ to 26.5kΩ,
  • short circuit- short-circuit is detected on PoE-Out port, power is switched off, the only detection with low voltage takes place,
  • overload- the PoE-Out current limit is exceeded, power is switched off on PoE-Out port. For port limits see each model specifications,
  • disabled- all detection and power is turned off for this port,
  • voltage too low- PD can not be powered with the voltage provided from PSE,
  • current too low- means that PD draws too low current (<10mA) than normal PoE-Out device should, the reason for this can be:

The delivered voltage at PD is too low for normal powering (for example Vmin =>30V, but provided 24V);

PD uses a second power source which has a higher voltage than PSE, so all current is taken from the second DC source, not PSE PoE-Out port.

PoE Current Shows current usage on the port measured in milliamperes
PoE Voltage Shows voltage on the port measured in volts
PoE Power Shows PoE out power on the port measured in watts

If theVoltage Levelis set to "auto" andPoE Outis set to "on", the low voltage will be used by default. If the PD supports only high voltage, make sure you also setVoltage Levelto "high" when forcing the PoE output.

SFP


SFP tab allows you to monitor the status of SFP/SFP+ modules.

Port Isolation


The Port Isolation table allows or restricts traffic forwarding between specific ports. By default, all available switch chip ports can communicate with any other port, there is no isolation used. When the checkbox is enabled/ticked you allow to forward traffic from this port towards the ticked port. Below are some port isolation examples.

In some scenarios, you might need to isolate a group of devices from other groups. In this example devices onPort1-Port5are not able to communicate withPort6-Port10devices, and vice versa.

In some scenarios, you might need to forward all traffic to an uplink port while all other ports are isolated from each other. This kind of setup is calledaPrivate VLANconfiguration. The switch will forward all Ethernet frames only to the uplinkPort1, while uplink can reach all other ports

Individual isolatedPort1(e.g. for management purpose), it cannot send or receive traffic from any other port


It is possible to check/uncheck multiple checkboxes by checking one of them and then dragging horizontally (Click & Drag).

(R)STP will only work properly in Private VLAN setups. In setups with multiple isolated switch groups (R)STP might not properly receive BPDUs and therefore fail to detect network loops.

LAG


IEEE 802.3ad (LACP) compatible link aggregation is supported, as well as static link aggregation to ensure failover and load balancing based on Layer2, Layer3 and Layer4 hashing. Up to 16 link aggregation groups with up to 8 ports per group are supported. Each individual port can be configured as Passive LACP, Active LACP, or a Static LAG port.


Property Description
Mode(default: passive) Specify LACP packet exchange mode or Static LAG mode on ports:
  • Passive: Places port in listening state, use LACP only when its contrary port uses active LACP mode
  • Active: Prefers to start LACP regardless of contrary port mode
  • Static: Sets port in a Static LAG mode, it requires to set the sameGroupsetting for all ports that need to be included in the same static LAG
Group 指定一个静态的滞后。
Trunk(read-only) Represents group number port belongs to.
Partner(read-only) Represents partner mac-address, only available when ports are included in LACP.

Forwarding


转发选项卡提供先进的运输选项s among switch ports, port locking, port mirroring, bandwidth limit, and broadcast storm control features.


Property Description
Port Lock
  • Port Lock- Enables or disables MAC address learning on this port. When the option is enabled, it will restrict MAC address learning and static MAC addresses should be configured. Any received frames with unknown source MAC address will be dropped
  • Lock On First- Allows to learn source MAC address from the first received frame, this property should be used together withPort Lock. Learning of the first MAC address will reset every time an interface status changes
Port Mirroring
  • Mirror Ingress- Whether traffic entering this port must be copied and forwarded to the mirroring target port
  • Mirror Egress- Whether traffic leaving this port must be copied and forwarded to the mirroring target port
  • Mirror To- Mirroring target port
Broadcast Storm Control
  • Storm Rate (%)- Limit the number of broadcast packets transmitted by an interface. The rate is measured in percents of the link speed.
  • Include Unknown Unicast- Include unicast packets without an entry in the host table inStorm Ratelimitation
Multicast Flood Control
  • Flood Unknown Multicast- Changes the multicast flood option on a switch port, only controls the egress traffic. When enabled, the bridge allows flooding multicast packets to the specified switch port, but when disabled, it restricts multicast traffic from being flooded. The setting affects all multicast traffic, this includes non-IP, IPv4, IPv6 and the link-local multicast ranges (e.g. 224.0.0.0/24 and ff02::1).
Bandwidth Limit
  • Ingress Rate- Limit traffic entering this port (bps)


It is possible to limit ingress traffic per-port basis with traffic policer. The ingress policer controls the received traffic with packet drops. Everything that exceeds the defined limit will get dropped. This can affect the TCP congestion control mechanism on end hosts and achieved bandwidth can be actually less than defined.

RSTP


Per-port and global RSTP configuration and monitoring are available in the RSTP menu.


Property Description
Bridge Priority (hex) RSTP bridge priority for Root Bridge selection
Port Cost Mode There are two methods for automatically detecting RSTP port cost depending on link speed.
  • short: 40G - 1; 10G - 2; 1G - 4; 100M - 10; 10M - 100
  • long: 40G - 500; 10G - 2000; 1G - 20000; 100M - 200000; 10M - 2000000
Root Bridge The priority and MAC address of the selected Root Bridge in the network (read-only)
RSTP Enable or disable STP/RSTP functionality on this port
Mode Shows STP/RSTP functionality mode on a specific port (read-only):
  • RSTP
  • STP
Role Shows specific port role (read-only):
  • root- port that is facing towards the root bridge and will be used to forward traffic from/to the root bridge
  • alternate- port that is facing towards root bridge, but is not going to forward traffic (a backup for root port)
  • backup- port that is facing away from the root bridge, but is not going to forward traffic (a backup for non-root port)
  • designated- port that is facing away from the root bridge and is going to forward traffic
  • disabled- port that is not strictly part of STP (RSTP functionality is disabled)
Root Path Cost Shows root path cost for ports that are facing root bridge (read-only)
Type
  • edge- ports that are not supposed to receive any BPDUs, should be connected to the end station (read-only)
  • point-to-point- ports that operate in full-duplex links, can be part of STP and operate in a forwarding state (read-only)
State Shows each port state (read-only):
  • forwarding- port participates in traffic forwarding and is learning MAC addresses, is receiving BPDUs
  • discarding- port does not participate in traffic forwarding and is not learning MAC addresses, is receiving BPDU
  • learning- port does not participate in traffic forwarding but is learning MAC addresses

Stats, Errors and Histogram


These menus provide detailed information about received and transmitted packets.


Statistics for SFP+ interface are cleared whenever an active SFP+ link is established.

VLAN and VLANs


VLAN configuration for switch ports.


Property Description
VLAN Mode(disabled | optional | enabled | strict; Default:optional) VLAN filtering mode, these options are relevant to egress ports (except forstrictmode).
  • disabled- VLAN table is not used. The switch discards packets with a VLAN tag on egress ports. If the packet has a VLAN tag and the VLAN ID matchesDefault VLAN IDon egress ports, then withVLAN Receive=anythe switch will remove the VLAN tag and forward the packet.
  • optional- Disabled VLAN filtering. Handle packets with VLAN tag ID that is not present in the VLAN table just like packets without VLAN tag.
  • enabled- Enabled VLAN filtering. Drop packets with VLAN tag ID that is not present in the VLAN table. Default VLAN ID must be specified for access ports since it will be used to tag ingress traffic and untag egress traffic for a certain port.
  • strict- Enabled VLAN filtering with additional ingress filtering, which checks if the ingress port is a member of the received VLAN ID in the VLAN table. Received packets on the ingress port with a VLAN ID that does not match with the VLAN table will be dropped. Default VLAN ID must be specified for access ports since it will be used to tag ingress traffic and untag egress traffic for a certain port.
VLAN Receive(any | only tagged | only untagged; Default:optional) Receivedtraffic filtering based on VLAN tag presence.
  • any- allows tagged and untagged packets on a certain port
  • only tagged- allows only packets with a VLAN tag. The "Default VLAN ID" will not work, because it only applies for untagged traffic
  • only untagged- Allows only packets without a VLAN tag
Default VLAN ID(integer: 1..4095; Default:1) The switch will place received untagged packets in the "Default VLAN ID" VLAN.Only has an effect on untagged traffic, and whenVLAN Receiveis set to "any" or "only untagged". It does not apply for tagged traffic. This parameter is usually used to allocate access ports with specific VLAN. It is also used to untag egress traffic if the packet's VLAN ID matches Default VLAN ID.
Force VLAN ID(integer: yes | no; Default:no) Assigns theDefault VLAN IDvalue to all ingress traffic (tagged and untagged). Has effect in all VLAN Modes. If the port receives tagged traffic andDefault VLAN IDis set to 1, then with this parameter the egress traffic will be untagged.


VLAN membership configuration for switch ports.


Property Description
VLAN ID(integer: 1..4095; Default:0) VLAN ID to which assign ports.
Name(text; Default:) Short description of the VLAN.
Port Isolation(yes | no; Default:yes) Use settings fromPort Isolationmenu to isolate the defined VLAN to only certain ports. When disabled, the switch will ignore port isolation configuration and forward traffic with the defined VLAN ID only to ports that are checked as members.
Learning(yes | no; Default:yes) Enables or disables MAC address learning on the defined VLAN. If disabled, then all learned MAC addresses will appear as they have had been learned from VLAN 1.
Mirror(yes | no; Default:no) Enables or disables VLAN-based mirroring. When enabled andMirror Tois set in theForwardingmenu, then all traffic from the defined VLAN will be mirrored to the selected port.
IGMP Snooping(yes | no; Default:no) Enables or disables IGMP Snooping on the defined VLAN. When enabled, the switch will listen to IGMP Join and Leave requests from the defined VLAN and only forward traffic to ports, which have sent IGMP membership requests from the defined VLAN. When disabled, the switch will flood all VLAN member ports with Multicast traffic.
Members(ports; Default:none) Group of ports, which are allowed to forward traffic on the defined VLAN.

VLAN Configuration Example

Trunk and Access Ports

1. In the System menu enableindependentVLAN learning (IVL).

2.In the VLANs menu add VLAN entries and specify port membership.

3.In the VLAN menu configure Default VLAN ID on planned access ports (untagged), select the correct VLAN Receive setting (Port2only tagged, Port6-8 only untagged) and enable strict VLAN filtering to ensure only allowed VLANs can pass through the ports.

Trunk and Hybrid Ports

1. In the System menu enableindependentVLAN learning (IVL).

2.In the VLANs menu add VLAN entries and specify port membership.

3.In the VLAN menu configure Default VLAN ID on planned hybrid ports (for untagged VLAN), select the correct VLAN Receive setting (Port2only tagged, Port6-8 any) and enable strict VLAN filtering to ensure only allowed VLANs can pass through the ports.

Management access

在这个例子中,开关在VLAN管理访问200 will be created. The configuration scheme is the same as "Trunk and Access Ports" and1., 2., 3.configuration steps are identical. The additional4thstep requires to specify the management VLAN ID in the System menu. After applying the configuration, switch will only respond to tagged VLAN 200 packets on Port2 and untagged packets on Port6. The DHCP client will also work in the specified VLAN ID.


Changing management VLAN can completely disable access to the switch management if VLAN settings are not correctly configured. Save a configuration backup before changing this setting and useResetin case management access is lost.

Hosts


This table represents dynamically learned MAC address to port mapping entries. It can contain two kinds of entries: dynamic and static. Dynamic entries get added automatically, this is also called a learning process: when a switch receives a packet from a certain port, it adds the packet's source MAC address and port it received the packet from to the host table, so when a packet comes in with a certain destination MAC address it knows to which port it should forward the packet. If the destination MAC address is not present in the host table then it forwards the packet to all ports in the group. Dynamic entries take about 5 minutes to time out.

Static entries will take over dynamic if dynamic entry with same mac-address already exists. Also by adding a static entry you get access to more functionality.


Property Description
Ports Ports the packet should be forwarded to
MAC MAC address
VLAN ID VLAN ID
Drop A packet with certain MAC address coming from certain ports can be dropped
Mirror A packet can be cloned and sent to mirror-target port
Port(read-only) Ports the packet should be forwarded to
MAC(read-only) Learned MAC address
VLAN ID(read-only) Learned VLAN ID

IGMP Snooping


IGMP Snooping which controls multicast streams and prevents multicast flooding is implemented in SwOS starting from version 2.5. The feature allows a switch to listen in the IGMP conversation between hosts and routers.

Enable this option under the System tab. Since SwOS 2.13 version, IGMP Fast Leave option can also be configured.


Available IGMP snooping data can be found under the IGMP tab.

It is possible to enable IGMP Snooping for a specific VLAN ID under the VLANs menu.


IGMP Snooping for VLANs requires enabled "Independent VLAN Lookup" in the System menu.

SNMP


SwOS supports SNMP v1 and uses IF-MIB, SNMPv2-MIB, BRIDGE-MIB and MIKROTIK-MIB (only for health, PoE-out and SFP diagnostics).

Available SNMP data:

  • System information
  • System uptime
  • Port status
  • Interface statistics
  • Host table information


Property Description
Enabled Enable or disable SNMP service
Community SNMP community name
Contact Info Contact information for the NMS
Location Location information for the NMS

ACL Tab


An access control list (ACL) rule table is a very powerful tool allowing wire-speed packet filtering, forwarding, and VLAN tagging based on L2,L3, and L4 protocol header field conditions. Each rule contains a conditions part and an action part.

Conditions part parameters

Property Description
From A port that packet came in from
MAC Src Source MAC address and mask
MAC Dst Destination MAC address and mask
Ethertype Protocol encapsulated in the payload of an Ethernet Frame
VLAN

VLAN header presence:

  • any
  • present
  • not present
VLAN ID VLAN tag ID
Priority Priority in VLAN tag
IP Src(IP/netmask:port) Source IPv4 address, netmask, and L4 port number
IP Dst(IP/netmask:port) Destination IPv4 address, netmask, and L4 port number
Protocol(integer) IP protocol
DSCP IP DSCP field

Action part parameters

Property Description
Redirect To Force new packets destination port
Mirror Clones packet and sends it to mirror-target port
Rate Limits bandwidth (bps)
Drop Drop packet
Set VLAN ID Changes the VLAN tag ID, if VLAN tag is present
Priority Changes the VLAN tag priority bits, if VLAN tag is present

Health


This menu provides different health-related properties.


Property Description
CPU Temperature Shows CPU temperature in celsius temperature scale (read-only)
Board Temperature Shows PCB temperature in celsius temperature scale (read-only)
FAN Shows FAN rotational speed (read-only)
PSU Shows PSU related information depending on device model (read-only):
  • PSU state, eitherfailedorok(for CRS328-20S-4C-4S+, CRS317-1G-16S+, CRS312-4C+8XG, CRS326-24S+2Q+)
  • PSU voltage and consumed miliamperes by PoE-out connected devices (CRS328-24P-4S+, CRS318-16P-2S+)


For devices with only a CPU temperature sensor (CRS326-24G-2S+, CRS305-1G-4S+, CRS309-1G-8S+, CRS318-1Fi-15Fr-2S) health information is available under System menu.

Configuring SwOS using RouterOS


Since RouterOS 6.43 it is possible to load, save and reset SwOS configuration, as well as upgrade SwOS and set an IP address for the switch by using RouterOS. For more details see this article -Configuring SwOS using RouterOS

This option is not available for the CSS326-24G-2S+ device.

Dual Boot


The “Dual Boot” feature allows you to choose which operating system you prefer to use, RouterOS or SwOS. You can boot RouterOS under the System menu with the "Boot RouterOS" button.

Different options are available to change the operating system to SwOS:

  • Change boot settings in RouterOS using command-line (/system routerboard settings set boot-os=swos) and reboot (/system reboot)
  • Change boot settings in RouterOS using WinBox or WebFig and reboot
  • Change boot settings during device booting from a serial console

These options are not available for the CSS326-24G-2S+ device.

Reset and Reinstall


It is possible to reset SwOS configuration using the "Reset Configuration" button in the System menu.In case SwOS web management in not available, the configuration can still be reset using other options.

TheCSS326-24G-2S+ device has built-in backup SwOS firmware which can be loaded in case standard firmware breaks or upgrade fails:

  • Holding Reset button for few seconds while CSS326-24G-2S+ is booting resets configuration and loads backup firmware.
  • 加载备份固件后,c是可能的onnect to 192.168.88.1 (or leased address from a DHCP server) using web browser and install new SwOS firmware.

The Dual Boot devices can boot RouterOS using areset button. Power the device while holding the reset button and wait till user LED starts flashing (around 5 seconds).This will reset the RouterOS configuration and the device will now boot into RouterOS. After device is accessable by RouterOS, it is possible to upgrade and reset SwOS configuration. See the article -Configuring SwOS using RouterOS.

CRS3xx devices with a serial console have additional options.

To change between RouterOS and SwOS follow these steps:

  1. Connect to the device using a serial console
  2. Enter RouterBOOT setup
  3. Choose "j - boot os"
  4. Choose either RouterOS or SwOS

It is possible to load a SwOS backup firmware in case standard firmware breaks or upgrade fails:

  1. Connect to the device using a serial console
  2. Boot SwOS
  3. Choose "p - boot primary SwOS"
  4. 加载备份固件后,c是可能的onnect to 192.168.88.1 (or leased address from a DHCP server) using a web browser and install new SwOS firmware.

To reset SwOS configuration:

  1. Connect to the device using a serial console
  2. Boot SwOS
  3. Choose "r - reset configuration"