Just Add Power provides detailed guidelines for configuring multi-switch AMP Standardized Systems, supporting up to 63 switches from the same manufacturer. The article outlines requirements for 10Gb SFP+ interconnects, trunk links, and bandwidth considerations for various AV-over-IP applications. It also lists compatible switch models from manufacturers like Luxul, Netgear, TP-Link, Intellinet, Ruckus, and Cisco.
The expansion to 63 switches signals a move toward massive, campus-scale AV distribution that was once the exclusive domain of high-cost proprietary matrix switchers. By standardizing on 10Gb interconnects and trunking, Just Add Power is hardening its stack for high-bitrate MaxColor 4K60 deployments that demand significant backplane headroom. This move forces integrators to treat AV-over-IP networking with the same rigor as enterprise data centers, emphasizing manufacturer consistency and bandwidth math over simple plug-and-play setups. Watch for whether competitors like Crestron or Kramer loosen their proprietary hardware locks to counter this open-switch ecosystem as the market shifts toward commodity 10Gb infrastructure.
Just Add Power has been steadily broadening the hardware ecosystem behind its AMP Standardized Systems. In October 2025, the company announced AMP software support for the Intellinet 54-Port L3 Fully Managed PoE+ Switch, a model offering 48 PoE+ ports and six 10G SFP+ uplinks. That addition brought Intellinet into the same certified pool as Luxul, Netgear, TP-Link, Ruckus, and Cisco, giving integrators a wider range of port-density and PoE-budget options when designing multi-switch AMP deployments. CEO Ed Qualls framed the move as part of a long-term commitment to an open, flexible AV-over-IP ecosystem.
The 63-switch ceiling documented in the June 2026 knowledge-base article represents the upper bound of Just Add Power's chain-topology architecture, where AMP allocates half of each switch's SFP+ ports to one neighbor and half to the next. For MaxColor 4K60 encoders running at roughly 850 Mbps each, a system with 24 encoders spread across two switches would require two 10Gb SFP+ links between switches to provide 20 Gbps of nominal aggregate capacity through link aggregation.
This multi-vendor approach differentiates Just Add Power from proprietary matrix-switcher platforms that lock integrators into a single hardware brand, while the 63-switch limit and strict same-manufacturer requirement preserve deterministic VLAN-switching behavior across the entire fabric.
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