portspec

ROSE Data server (RDS)

MikroTik router, 19-inch rack, 1U. 4 × SFP28 (25GE), 4 × SFP+ (10GE), 2 × 10GBASE-T.

MikroTik ROSE Data server (RDS), front, drawn from its port list

Generated drawing. Port count and types are from the data; port positions are approximate.

Ports

PortTypeSpeedSideNotes
2 × ether1 – ether210GBASE-T10Gfront—
ether31000BASE-T1Gfrontmanagement
2 × qsfp28-1-1 – qsfp28-2-1QSFP28 (100GE)100Gfront—
4 × sfp28-1 – sfp28-4SFP28 (25GE)25Gfront—
4 × sfp-sfpplus1 – sfp-sfpplus4SFP+ (10GE)10Gfront—
serial0Console (RJ45)—frontconsole

Specifications

Vendor
MikroTik
Type
Router
Mounting
19-inch rack, 1U
Size
443 mm depth
Weight
11.6 kg
Ports
14
Also known as
RDS2216-2XG-4S+4XS-2XQ, RDS2216-2XG-4S+-4XS-2XQ

Source: the vendor's own site and the NetBox device type library. Vendor's page, checked 2026-11-11.

YAML

# MikroTik ROSE Data server (RDS)
# Converted from the punchdown catalog on 2026-11-10. Source of the data: vendor and netbox.
network: 1
imports:
  - ../../defaults/types.network.yaml
models:
  mikrotik/rds2216-2xg-4s+4xs-2xq:
    name: ROSE Data server (RDS)
    vendor: MikroTik
    role: router
    aliases: [ RDS2216-2XG-4S+4XS-2XQ, RDS2216-2XG-4S+-4XS-2XQ ]
    mount: 19in
    size: { units: 1, depth: 443 }
    weight: 11.6
    ports:
      ether1..2: { type: 10gbase-t }
      ether3: { type: 1000base-t, role: management }
      qsfp28-1-1: { type: 100gbase-x-qsfp28 }
      qsfp28-2-1: { type: 100gbase-x-qsfp28, label: "2" }
      sfp28-1..4: { type: 25gbase-x-sfp28 }
      sfp-sfpplus1..4: { type: 10gbase-x-sfpp }
      serial0: { type: console-rj-45, role: console }
    x-family: ethernet-routers
    x-airflow: front-to-rear
    x-full-depth: true
    x-module-bays: 24
    source:
      url: https://mikrotik.com/product/rds2216
      checked: 2026-11-11
      x-from: vendor and netbox
      x-netbox: mikrotik-rds2216-2xg-4s-plus-4xs-2xq
      x-reference-image: https://cdn.mikrotik.com/web-assets/rb_images/2438_hi_res.png
      x-netbox-elevation: [ front, rear ]