Hikvision 8-Port Gigabit Unmanaged Switch DS-3E0508D-E

The DS-3E0508D-E is an eight-port Gigabit unmanaged switch from Hikvision’s DS-3E0 range — the plain, fit-and-forget box between a handful of devices and the recorder. This page previously carried the word PoE in its title; it should not have. In Hikvision’s numbering the letter after the digits is the whole story: a D model carries data, a P model carries data and power. The same base model in its -O variant is listed here as an unmanaged switch, and every PoE unit in this family carries a P. The title has been corrected.

That one letter decides how the rest of the installation is built. With a PoE switch, one cable arrives at the camera carrying both power and video — no socket at the camera position, no electrician on a ladder, nothing hidden above a ceiling tile to fail quietly in two years. With a data-only switch, every camera needs its own mains socket and power supply, or an injector of its own. That is not a fault in the product; it is a different job, cabled and costed differently from the first drawing.

Where it earns its place on a job

This switch belongs where power is already sorted and only the network is missing: an office floor where every device sits beside a socket, or the middle of a system where you are extending Gigabit ports rather than feeding cameras. It is also right when the cameras are not PoE cameras at all — paying for PoE ports nobody uses is money left on the site.

Ordering the wrong letter is the most common and most irritating mistake on a small camera job, because nobody discovers it in the office. It is discovered on site, with the cameras already on the wall. If your design assumes one cable to each camera, you need the PoE model — in this same eight-port Gigabit shape, the DS-3E0510P-E/M.

Before you order — three things to confirm

• PoE or not PoE, in writing. Ask us to state on the quotation, in words, whether the switch quoted supplies power over Ethernet. This model does not. If your camera list assumes it does, change the line before ordering.
• How each camera will be powered. Decide now whether every position gets a socket and an adaptor, or whether you are buying injectors — and count them, because that cost lands on this job either way.
• Which variant you are supplied. This catalogue carries more than one revision of the DS-3E0508D. Confirm the exact suffix on the order rather than from the photograph.

Technical specifications

• Manufacturer: Hikvision
• Model: DS-3E0508D-E
• Type: unmanaged Gigabit network switch, DS-3E0 series
• Eight Gigabit Ethernet ports
• Data only — this model does not supply power over Ethernet
• Full manufacturer datasheet available on request — call 16454

Compatibility

As an unmanaged switch it is vendor-neutral: any IP camera, NVR, router or access point with a standard Ethernet port works with it, Hikvision or otherwise, with nothing to configure. The only compatibility question that matters here is power. A camera expecting to be powered by the switch will not come up on this unit, and no setting exists to change that.

What’s in the box

Supplied as a genuine, sealed Hikvision unit. Box contents vary by revision and we do not list accessories we have not seen — contents for the current revision are confirmed with you on the order.

Common questions on this model

How do I know if I need PoE?
Walk the camera positions and ask one thing at each: is there a mains socket there, and do I want one there? If not, you need PoE — the alternative is an electrician at every position or an injector hidden in a ceiling. Where power already exists, a data-only switch like this one is correct and cheaper.

Can I add PoE to this switch later?
Not to the switch itself, but you can put a PoE injector on one port and feed a single camera that way. That is a reasonable fix for one or two positions and a poor plan for eight.

Does it need configuring before it goes in?
No. It is unmanaged — it powers up and passes traffic. Nothing to log into, which is why it suits jobs handed to someone non-technical.

Genuine Hikvision stock, official one-year manufacturer warranty, delivery across Egypt. For help matching the switch to your camera list — including confirming PoE or non-PoE in writing before you order — call 16454.