The AW-IHT-1271 is an industrial 8-port Gigabit PoE switch that supports 802.3 at/af, with a total power output of up to 240W. It also includes a 4-port Gigabit SFP L2 plus managed PoE switch, designed to operate in a wide temperature range from -40°C to 75°C, and provides surge protection per port up to 6KV. The AW-IHT-1271 combines high hardware performance and environmental flexibility, making it suitable for outdoor surveillance, outdoor telecom, heavy industry, factory automation, and transportation applications.

The AW-IHT-1271 supports surveillance features such as topology, floor, and map views for controlling and understanding network topology and device status. It includes functions for setting up a surveillance network environment, as well as troubleshooting and traffic monitoring functions that assist users in identifying and resolving any connection or device issues. Additionally, the AW-IHT-1271 supports Rapid Ring, a proprietary redundancy protocol with a convergence time of within 20ms and the capability to connect up to 250 switches.