Cisco Meraki MS250-48 - Stackable Access Switch

Highlights

Switch ports/stacking ports

• 48 × 1G port models
• 4 × 10G SFP+ uplinks
• Stack up to 8 units
• 80 Gbps of physical stacking

Power/PoE

• Unpowered model
• MS250-48LP includes 370W
• MS250-48FP includes 740W
• Up to 30W per port
• Modular power supply

Hardware platform

• Reliable platform with 24/7 Meraki Support
• 1RU rack mountable
• Non-blocking switch fabric
• Voice and video QoS
• Non-blocking switch fabric

Cloud management

• Email alerts for switch management
• Remote troubleshooting tools
• Manage ports from a GUI-based dashboard
• Zero-touch provisioning
• Per-port and per-client usage statistics
• Secure, user-scheduled firmware updates

Switching capabilities

• Layer 3
• Warm spare redundancy (VRRP)
• OSPF Routing
• MAC forwarding entries, up to 32K
• DHCP Server, DHCP Relay
• 802.1X Authentication
• DHCP Snooping
• STP Enhancements
• IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs

Specifications

Interfaces

• 48 × 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ45)
• 4 × 10G SFP+ ports for uplinks
• 2 × stacking interfaces
• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

Management

• Managed via the Web using the Meraki cloud management platform
• Integrated with Meraki Wireless and complete portfolio of IT products and solutions
• Zero-touch remote deployment (no staging needed)
• Detailed historical per-port and per-client usage statistics
• Operating system, device, and hostname fingerprinting
• SNMP and SYSLOG support for integration with other network management solutions
• Automatic firmware upgrades with scheduling control

Remote Diagnostics

• Email, SMS and Mobile push notification alerts
• Ping, traceroute, cable testing, and link failure detection with alerting
• Remote packet capture
• Dynamic and interactive network discovery and topology
• Combined event and configuration change logs with instant search

Stacking

• Physical stacking of up to 8 switches with 160 Gbps stack bandwidth on all models
• Virtual stacking supports thousands of switch ports in a single logical stack for unified management, monitoring, and configuration

Ethernet Switching Capabilities

• 802.1p Quality of Service, 8 queues (w/ 6 configurable for DSCP-to-CoS mapping)
• 802.1Q VLAN and trunking support for up to 4,094 VLANs
• 802.1w, 802.1D Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP, STP)
• STP Enhancements: BPDU guard, Root guard, Loop guard, UDLD
• Broadcast storm control
• 802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
• 802.3ad link aggregation with up to 8 ports per aggregate, Multichassis aggregates supported on stacked switches
• Port mirroring
• IGMP snooping for multicast filtering
• MAC forwarding entries: 32K

Security

• Integrated multi-factor authentication for Dashboard management
• Role-based access control (RBAC) with granular device and configuration control
• Corporate-wide password policy enforcement
• IEEE 802.1X RADIUS and MAB, hybrid authentication, and RADIUS server testing
• Single-Host/Multi-Domain/Multi-Host/Multi Authentication
• Port security: Sticky MAC, MAC whitelisting
• DHCP snooping, detection and blocking, Dynamic ARP Inspection
• IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs

Performance

• Switching capacity: 176 Gbps
• Forwarding rate: 130.95 mpps
• Jumbo frame support (9600 byte Ethernet frame)
• Flow control support

Layer 3

• Static routing, OSFPv2
• Multicast routing
• Warm Spare (VRRP)2
• DHCP Relay, DHCP Server

Power

• Power input: 100-240 VAC, 47-63 Hz
• MS250-48: 24-44 W max
• MS250-48LP: 24-447 W max
• MS250-48FP: 25-874 W max
• 48V DC 802.3af/802.3at Power-over-Ethernet (PoE/PoE+) available on all ports (maximum of 30W per port for PoE+) for powered switches

Mounting

• 1U Rack-mountable with included rack mount hardware
• 2-post front mounting options available

Environment

• Operating temperature: -5°C to 50°C
• Humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing
• Variable speed fans

Regulatory

• CSA-US (US, Canada)
• FCC (USA)
• IC (Canada)
• CE (Europe)
• RCM (Australia/New Zealand)
• RoHS

For international availability, please contact sales@meraki.com

Warranty

• Full lifetime hardware warranty with next-day advanced replacement included
• MTBF at 25°C
• MS250-48-HW: 392,157 hours
• MS250-48LP-HW: 339,906
• MS250-48FP-HW 338,366

Physical Specifications (H × W × D)

• MS250-48-HW
• 1.72 × 19.08 × 18.82" (4.38 × 48.46 × 47.8cm)
• 11.56 lb (5.24 kg)
• MS250-48LP-HW
• 1.72 × 19.08 × 18.82" (4.38 × 48.46 × 47.8cm)
• 12.37 lb (5.61 kg)
• MS250-48FP-HW
• 1.72 × 19.08 × 20.42" (4.38 × 48.46 × 51.87cm)
• 12.83 lb (5.82 kg)